TABLE 1.

THNA Community Volunteer Training Topics, Khatlon Region, Tajikistan

Community Health Worker TrainingCommunity Agricultural Worker Training

  1. Communication skills and principles of adult learning

  2. Safe WASH principles

  3. Principles of healthy nutrition, including micronutrients

  4. Exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding of children

  5. Childhood malnutrition; child growth monitoring and promotion

  6. Prevention of anemia in women and children

  7. Antenatal care, nutrition, and danger signs during pregnancy

  8. Conducting household visits, and THNA data collection requirements

  9. Cooking demonstrations

  10. Facilitating and leading peer support groups on various topics

Fall

  1. Communication skills and principles of adult learning

  2. Poultry care and dairy production (home cheese-making)

    Winter

  3. Household budgeting

  4. Family entrepreneurship

    Spring

  5. Home garden management:

    • Crop rotation

    • Disease management

    • Irrigation

    • Pest management

  6. Soil fertility (composting)

    Summer

  7. Post-harvest technologies (food preservation and storage)

  • Abbreviations: THNA, Tajikistan Health and Nutrition Activity, WASH, water, sanitation, and hygiene.