Teaching Guides and Tools
All eCBHFA training materials can be found in the accordions below. The red Core Modules consist of the five required modules for all eCBHFA volunteers and staff.
Click on the Module name to access and download the materials. Once you have assessed the community, you can access all Primary Prevention modules and topics of eCBHFA according to your community’s priority needs and concerns. Look in the Primary Prevention accordion below for the topics and tools available for download. Mix and match the content to meet the community’s needs.
Keep your eCBHFA COVID-19 content current with this guidance.
CORE eCBHFA VOLUNTEER MODULES
Red Cross Red Crescent in Action Volunteer
1. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
2. The community and the local branch or chapter
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
3. eCBHFA in action
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
4. Volunteering
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
5. Health system strengthening
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
Community Mobilisation
1. Communicating & building relationships
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
2. Sensitising the community to eCBHFA in action
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
3. Community resources
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
4. Community tools
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
5. Working with vulnerable groups
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
6. Health System Strengthening
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
Assessment
1. The project planning cycle and the community assessment
– Volunteer manual
2. Planning the assessment
– Volunteer manual
3. Community assessment tools – Part 1
– Volunteer manual
4. Community assessment tools – Part 2
– Volunteer manual
– Doer/Non-Doer Analysis Tool (see below)
5. Conducting the community assessment: field testing and implementation
– Volunteer manual
6. Making sense of the information gathered
– Volunteer manual
7. Confirming assessment findings with the community
– Volunteer manual
8. Preparing an action plan
– Volunteer manual
9. Reporting on eCBHFA activities
– Volunteer manual
Behaviour Change
1. Principles of behaviour change
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
2. The Social ecological model
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
3. The stages of behaviour change
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
4. Activities for behaviour change
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
Other languages:
Psychological and Basic First Aid
1. Principles of first aid
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
2. Psychological first aid
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
-Tools
3. Basic life support
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
4. Basic first aid for burns and scalds
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
5. Basic first aid for bleeding and wounds
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
6. Basic first aid for choking
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
7. Basic first aid kit
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
Doer/Non-Doer Analysis Tool:
PRIMARY PREVENTION MODULES
Healthy Ageing
Maternal and Newborn Child Health
1. Breastfeeding
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
2. Care during pregnancy
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
3. Family planning
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
4. Female genital cutting
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
5. Menstrual hygiene
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
6. Newborn and new mother care
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
7. Post abortion care
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
8. Preparing for safe birth
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
1. Crisis events and psychosocial support
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
2. Stress and coping
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Worksheet 1
3. Loss and grief
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Case studies for Activity 1.4
4. Psychological first aid
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Tools
5. Psychosocial support activities and referrals
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Key to filling in the referral form
Other languages:
Noncommunicable Diseases
1. The four NCDs
2. The deadly four risk factors
3. Assessment
4. Behaviour change for NCDs
5. Healthy lifestyle action planning
Noncommunicable Diseases and Youth
Road Safety
1. Road Safety behavioural risk factors
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Toolkit
2. Seat belts and restraints
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Toolkit
3. Speeding
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Toolkit
4. Helmets
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Toolkit
5. Drinking, drugs and driving
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Toolkit
6. Distractions
– Volunteer manual
– Facilitator guide
– Toolkit
7. Pulling it all together
– Facilitator guide
– Toolkit
Violence Prevention
Voluntary Non-Remunerated Blood Donation
Topic 1 – Introduction to Blood Donation
Topic 2 – Voluntary, non-remunerated blood donation
Topic 3 – Components of blood
Topic 4 – Blood donors are heroes!
Topic 5 – Let’s donate!
Communicable Disease Prevention
Communicable Disease Prevention Introduction
Communicable Disease Prevention Full Volunteer Guide
Communicable Disease Prevention Full Facilitator Guide
Communicable Disease Prevention Full Toolkit
Topic 1. Basics of Communicable Disease
Topic 2. Transmission Routes
Topic 3. Teaching Disease Prevention
Topic 4. Alerting Authorities to possible disease outbreak
Topic 5. Basic health messaging
Immunization
Topic 1 – Disease, Infection and Vaccination
Topic 2: Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
Topic 3: Following the National Vaccination Schedule
Topic 4 – Promoting Complete Vaccination
Topic 5: Common Barriers to Vaccination
Health in Emergencies
Health in Emergencies Introduction
- Access the complete Health in Emergencies Full Volunteer Guide here.
- Access the complete Health in Emergencies Full Facilitator Guide here.
Access the complete Health in Emergencies Full Toolkit here.
To access material by individual topic, click below.
Topic 1.Programme cycle and disaster cycle
Topic 2. Cycle of needs post-emergency
Topic 3. eCBHFA volunteers as vital link between community and emergency teams
Topic 4. Emergency needs
In development:
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (coming soon)
OTHER MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Epidemic Control for Volunteers
2009 CBHFA Implementation Guide
2011 CBHFA PMER Toolkit
