Community Health Care Practicum II

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. undertake a community-based need assessment and propose how the community can address its health needs; 2. organise, plan, and participate in a community health improvement programme; and 3. develop health education material base on the culture and religion of the community.

The Community Health Practicum gives the students the opportunity to participate in on-going intervention programs and activities at the Local Government, the community and health facility levels. The students are to produce reports on health systems research based on their experiences at different levels of activities. At the end of the community practicum, students are expected to present his results/findings in the form of a seminar to the department which shall be graded. Note* This consists of lectures and guided visits to various public health programmes including the following: Environmental health services including visits to water treatment works, sewage treatment plants, market and other food processing factories and abattoirs, refuse disposal systems and many other. Community Welfare Services lectures and visits to remand home. Homes for motherless and handicapped children, prisons, schools for the deaf and many others. Public Health Department: Lectures and visits to familiarize with the activities of the department. Maternal and Child Health Services; lectures and visits. Public Health Laboratories; lectures and demonstration on their activities including testing of water and many others. Control of Communicable diseases, lectures and visits to the tuberculosis clinic and the infectious diseases clinics. Occupational Health Services; lectures and visits to selected industries.