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School of Humanities and Social Sciences

The school of humanities and social sciences at the University of Zambia offers two courses under this program; 1) Strategic Communication for Health and Development and 2) Understanding and Using Demographic and Health Surveys. The strategic communication course was adapted from the Uganda consortium course while the DHS course was developed by MACRO.

1. Course Title 1; Strategic Communication in Health and Development;
Duration: 10 days

Course content
Module 1: Introduction and Basics about Integrated Health
Module 2: Introduction to Key Health Behaviours
Module 3: Theories of Behaviour Change and Communication Models
Module 4: Strategic Design and Communication Approaches
Module 5: Analysis for Strategic Communication
Module 6: Materials Development and Testing
Module 7: Management, Implementation and Monitoring
Module 8: Evaluation and Re-planning

2. Course Title ; Understanding and Using Demographic and Health Surveys;
Duration; 5 days

Course content

Module 1: Introduction to Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
Module 2: Basic Statistics and Demographic and Health Terms for understanding DHS Data
Module 3: Indicators and the DHS
Module 4: Conducting a DHS
Module 5: Understanding DHS Tables and Figures
Module 6: Collecting Data on HIV/AIDS
Module 7: Disseminating and Using Data for Change

About the School of Humanities and Social Sciences
The School of Humanities and Social Sciences is one of the foundation schools of the University. It has been offering degree programmes since teaching commenced at the University in March 1966. The purpose of the school is to alleviate the national manpower shortage in the fields of social sciences and humanities by providing a broadly-based degree that would equip graduates to respond constructively and flexibly to the developing requirements of the public and private sectors.

For any inquiries about this course, please contact;
Bernard Phiri;
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Website: www.unzam.com