Table 2 Training schedule for VHTs in the intervention
Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
8:30–9:00 am | Registration and introductions | Recap | Recap |
9:00–9:30 am | Pre-course questionnaire | Mediation skills | PPFP methods overview |
9:30–10:00 am | Introduction to ACCU project and this course | Role-play on mediation skills | |
10:00–10:30 am | General counselling skills | Solution-focussed model of couples’ counselling | Male involvement in family planning/RH services |
Health break | |||
11:00 am–12:00 nn | REDI counselling framework | Role-plays on couples’ counselling | Health education and films show |
12:00–1:00 pm | Role-plays on individual counselling | High-risk pregnancies Birth planning | Gender-based violence |
Lunch | |||
2:00–3:00 pm | Couples’ counselling skills and self-awareness | Role-plays on birth planning and couples’ counselling | GBV role plays |
3:00–4:00 pm | Forming alliances; directing communication | Postpartum family planning and concepts | General role-play practice |
4:00–4:50 pm | Role-plays on couples’ counselling | Barriers to uptake of PPFP and common myths | Post-course questionnaire |
4:50–5:00 pm | Daily evaluation | ||