Abstract & Overview
The purpose of the _project is to study: 1) the principles of training ~uxili8 ry heqlth personnel, 2) the role of the midwife in family planning, ~) the import:mce of maternal " ssible to provide more comprehensive services to mothers and infants at the village level.For the midwife training program, six steps in designing a curriculum can be applied: (1) defining objectives, (2) deciding the types of needs, time allotment and target population, (3) selecting and organizing the appropriate human.physical.materials, and financial resources, and (6) recruitment of participants.The most important teaching methods used in training should provide the learner with the opportunity to articulate his own ideas in working with the people.A set of topics is provided to illustrate the methodology of training.The topics, all related to maternal and child health problems are: Bathing the Baby Birth Control Nutrition for Mothers Strategies for Getting Informacion [rom Mothers.The suggested p~ogram is a four-day mrkshop.Three kinds of participants trainers, trainees, and actual subjects are to be involved.The workshop is divided into t\vo main portions.The morning session is planned for the midwives to be trainees to be trained.The afternoon session is (or the mimvives to practice from what they have teamed in the morning session.The suggested program should not be construed liS final.It needs to be tried as a pilot project on a trial basis and then, adapted to the needs of the people in the different parts of the country.