| dc.description.abstract | During the second quarter of 2022, APHRC developed the adolescent mothers’ clubs curriculum. The curriculum
contains 24 sessions and has been adapted from the Population Council’s Adolescent Girls Initiative – Kenya Safe
Spaces curriculum; the Mphatlalatsane (Early Morning Star) Health and Nutrition Programme Manual; the Maternal
and Child Health Handbook (Ministry of Public Health - Cameroon) and the Parenting for Lifelong Health
Programme for Young Children (Facilitator manual). In Malawi, the adolescent mothers’ clubs will be facilitated by
health surveillance assistants (HSAs), who are community health workers paid by the government, while in Burkina
Faso, community health and hygiene agents will facilitate the clubs. Given their role as a bridge between the
community and the health sector, working with community health workers will be critical in facilitating access to
SRH and child health services for adolescent mothers and their children.
The curriculum is made of three components; financial literacy, childcare and lifeskills. Some of the topics covered
are mental health, HIV and AIDS/STIs, sexual and reproductive health, how to save, income cycles, spending
priorities, communication about money, growth and nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, bonding with your
child, giving specific, positive and realistic instructions to our children, praising and rewarding, and using
consequences to support compliance, among others. | en_US |
