Community Media/Isabel/Planning Workshop Oct09

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Health Learning with Community Media - Programme Planning Workshop Oct 20-22, 2009

This was the first workshop of the Community Media programme under COL's "Health Communities" programme to be held in Solomon Islands.

For background information click here

This initial workshop was held at the Provincial Assembly Conference Room, Buala, Isabel Province, Tuesday Oct 20 – Thursday Oct 22, 2009. The workshop involved 16 members of Isabel Health and Education Services, the Ministry of Health and Medical Services / Health Promotion Division, The Pacific Open Health Learning Network, Solomon Islands Development Trust, People First Network, Guguha Distance Learning Centre and representatives from four communities hosting FM stations.

The workshop was successful in planning a 3-month collaborative programme for the development of 4 health learning programmes for targeted sections of the community, concerning 3 selected health priorities. A series of workshops will follow to provide training in content skills, technical skills, monitoring, sustainability and governance.

The programme has brought together several stakeholders, and the collaboration will help Isabel Province to make use of this powerful medium in all of its programme sectors. In doing so, it is hoped that the role that each partner can play will become clearer, and the networks will become more relevant and useful to the communities and thus more sustainable.

Objectives

The workshop was held to

  • To open dialogues at different levels between health, community media and Isabel stakeholders
  • Build sustainable partnership
  • Design new health learning programmes using a range of different multichannel components
  • Achieve consensus on operational matters

Summary of workshop outcomes and follow on plans

The workshop was held in Buala between October 20-22, 2009, involving 16 members of Isabel Health and Education Services, the Ministry of Health and Medical Services / Health Promotion Division, The Pacific Open Health Learning Network, Solomon Islands Development Trust, People First Network and representatives from four communities hosting FM stations.

The workshop was successful in planning a 3-month collaborative programme for the development of 4 health learning programmes for targeted sections of the community, concerning 3 selected health priorities. A series of workshops will follow to provide training in content skills, technical skills, monitoring, sustainability and governance.

The programme has brought together several stakeholders, and the collaboration will help Isabel Province to make use of this powerful medium in all of its programme sectors. In doing so, it is hoped that the role that each partner can play will become clearer, and the networks will become more relevant and useful to the communities and thus more sustainable.

Workshop Schedule

  1. Opening by Isabel Province Minister for Health, Hon. Thaddues Siota
  2. Introduction, Background and Objectives
  3. The basic principles of learning programmes (group activity)
  4. About the Commonwealth of Learning Community Learning with Media Programme
  5. Identifying the Priority health issues (group work)
  6. Designing the programmes (in groups)
    1. Identifying the targets and problem solvers
    2. Developing the message and programme matrices for each health issue
    3. Deciding on learning media formats and sources
    4. Deciding on the programme teams
    5. Designing learner support mechanisms and clarifying role of partners
    6. Identifying the interviewees and resource people
    7. Making operational plans, including budgets, and sustainability
    8. Training needs assessment and planning
    9. Monitoring and evaluation
  7. Identifying some Open and Distance Learning (ODL) courses for healthcare workers that will support the learning programmes

Participants

Name Organisation, Location Title/Post Email Fixed line Mobile
Adrian Leamana MHMS/HPD, Honiara Training Officer aleamana AT moh.gov.sb 7492512
Anderson Garomo MHMS/IPHSD, Buala Hospital EPI Coordinator Use Buala Hospital 7457366
Patteson Khana Susubna FM FM Chairman & Operator susubona AT pipolfastaem.gov.sb 7402760
John Duran Tataba FM FM & Email Operator tataba AT pipolfastaem.gov.sb 7402579
Drummond Tagi Kia FM FM & Email Operator kia AT pipolfastaem.gov.sb 7464419
Walter Turasi SIDT Community Media Officer walterturasi AT gmail.com 23409 7418692
Martin Gavira MHMS/IPHSD, Tataba Area Health Clinic Community Health Registered Nurse Use PFNet Tataba 7402098
Sarina Lulei Buala FM FM Operator ikuchugele AT gmail.com
Clare Devi POLHN, Honiara Supervisor claredevi AT gmail.com 7471315
Paul Tauriki DLC, Guguha Supervisor paul.tauriki AT schoolnet.net.sb 7402169
Dorothy Bana (Day 1) IPED, Buala CFSP Coordinator 35168
Edith Kopala (Days 2-3) IPED, Buala Primary School Teacher, Jejevo PS 35168
Mercy Walani MHMS/IPHSD, Buala Heath Promotion Officer houmercy AT yahoo.com 7402909
Melody Siapu MHMS/IPHSD, Buala Community Nursing Program Officer jmsiapu AT gmail.com 35058/35112
Jack Hou MHMS/IPHSD, Buala Principal Health Promotion Officer jack_hou AT hotmail.co.uk 35120 7442593
Roslyn Dika MHMS/IPHSD, Kia Area Health Clinic Midwife 7454997
Tony Matelaomao PFNet, Honiara Communications and Rural Dev Officer commoff AT pipolfastaem.gov.sb 26358 7403685
Lyndon Bako Isabel Provincial Government Administration barkoj AT hotmail.com or I.profance AT solomon.com.sb 35115
David Leeming Consultant for COL, Honiara Faciitator/Isabel media programme coordinator david AT leeming-consulting.com 7476396
Ian Pringle Education Expert, Media, COL, Canada Facilitator/COL Programme Manager ipringle AT col.org

Groups

Particants for most of the workshop were in three groups, associated three rural communities that host radio stations; Sarina joined on Day 2 and represented a fourth station. Each group worked on the learning programme for the particular community shown below.


Group 1 (Kia) Group 2 (Susubona / Buala) Group 3 (Tataba)
Drumond Tagi

Roslyn Dika

Jack Hou

Adrian Leamana

Dorothy Bana / Edith

Patteson Khana

Walter Turasi

Melody Siapu

Paul Tauriki

Sarina Lulei

John Durani

Martin Gavira

Mercy Walani

Clare Devi

Tony Matelaomao

Anderson Garomo

Priority Health Issues identified by groups

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
  1. Teenage Pregnancy and STIs
    • On the rise (MHMS, SIPPA data)
  2. Poor Sanitation
    • Increase in associated problems (skin diseases, diarrhea)
  3. Acute Respiratory Infections
    • Highest incidence rate in Isabel
  1. Hookworm
    • due to poor sanitation
    • affects mostly children
    • affects general health (anaemia)
  2. Substance abuse
    • Widespread
    • Marijuana
    • Kwaso (home distilled liqour)
  3. Teenage pregnancy
    • It limits youth opportunities
  1. Waste Disposal – Latrine
  2. Adolescent reproductive risk factors
    • Teenage Pregnancy
  3. Diet and Healthy Lifestyle

Following the group feedback, a discussion led to the three main general issues being selected for the learning programmes:

  1. Reproductive health
  2. Health environment
  3. Health Lifestyle

Formats

formats identified by the participants
more formats

The groups identified the following formats and their various merits, shown on right.

Developing the Learning Programmes

The three groups then went on the develop their programmes. Click to see the completed programmes.

  1. Group 1 (Kia)
  2. Group 2 (Susubona and Buala)
  3. Group 3 (Tataba)

Gallery

  • Adrian and Roslyn

  • Minister Siota opening the workshop

  • Minister Siota opening the workshop

  • Workshop day 1

  • Group 1

  • Jack Hou making a point

  • Paul Tauriki

  • Walter Turasi

  • Group 1

  • Clare Devi, POLHN

  • Group 2

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