Community Engagement in Emergencies Preparedness and Response
This course explains the standards for communicating and engaging communities who are responding to nutrition in emergencies. The Community Engagement course has two modules.
Module 1 focuses on the importance of community engagement for nutrition in emergencies.
Module 2 focuses on communication and behavioural change for community engagement during emergencies.
Learning Objectives
By the end of Module 1, you should be able to:
- Discuss the core standards applicable to communication, community engagement, and behaviour change during emergencies
- List the minimum actions for communication and community engagement during emergencies
By the end of Module 2, you should be able to:
- List preparedness actions for communication, community engagement and behaviour change during emergencies
- Identify communication channels in a local context
- Discuss accountability and feedback mechanisms
- Explain the role of behaviour change communication in the adoption and coverage of services