Tenders Are Invited For Development Of PersonCentered Counseling Tools And Training For Health Workers And Vhsgs

Tenders are invited for Development of PersonCentered Counseling Tools and Training for Health Workers and VHSGs. Health services are essential for improving maternal and child health outcomes. In Cambodia, sociocultural and gender-related factors influence womens and caregivers access to and use of services. Understanding how gender dynamics, household roles and responsibilities, and sociocultural norms shape careseeking behaviorsparticularly for optimal breastfeeding and for early screening and treatment of acute malnutritionis critical. Limited attention has been paid to how counseling practices at the provider level interact with these dynamics. The counseling approach is a critical lever for improving both the experience of care and continuity of service use. Women often face barriers such as limited counseling time (due to provider workloads), inconsistent use of job aids by health workers, and a lack of respectful communication. Evidence shows that personcentered (womencentered) counseling, grounded in respect, autonomy, dignity, emotional safety, and shared decisionmaking, can improve service uptake and satisfaction, ultimately strengthening maternal and child health outcomes (Afulani et al., 2019). The Transforming Lives with Nutrition Actions (TLNA) program, implemented by Helen Keller and funded by Global Affairs Canada, is a multiyear initiative that identifies barriers and opportunities to improve access to essential health and nutrition services and cocreates solutions with women, caregivers, influential household members, and communities in Cambodia, Kenya, and Senegal. Earlier phases mapped barriers and opportunities with health workers, women caregivers, fathers and mothersinlaw (Action Committees), as well as community leaders (Phase 2), and generated actionable ideas (Phase 3), including improvements to counseling tools and training for health workers. Tender Link : https://www.bongthom.com/job_list.html?category_id=55&order_by=start_date&order_dir=desc