Coursera - Week 5

Community mobilization and participatory learning and action groups are effective in reducing maternal and newborn mortality. What percentage of the pregnant women in a community should participate in these groups for there to be an effect?

30%

To build empowerment, educators have realized a receptive space is required for learning. What is receptive space in this context?

An environment where learners feel free to discover ideas without judgement

_____________ engages all sectors of the population to address a health, social, or environmental issue by taking an action to make change

Community mobilization

What was the most important element in raising community awareness of maternal newborn health problems in successful projects?

Dialogue

Which of the following are the 4 steps of the participatory learning and action cycles in the correct order?

Identify, Plan, Implement, Evaluate

How do we know the WARMI project was successful?

Newborn death decreased by 50%

A Cochrane Review of maternal-newborn interventions delivered by community health workers found which of the following outcomes (in comparison to areas without community health worker interventions)? Check all that apply.

Referral to health facilities for pregnancy related complications increased by 40% Newborn deaths decreased by 24%

In order for structural violence in a society to break down, which groups in a partnership need to change?

The Bottom-Up partners The Top-Down partners The Outside In partners All of the above

There are several challenges to scaling up women's participatory learning and action projects. One challenge is the time it takes to implement a project. Another example is that health services need to be available if the demand for them increases.

True

. This Bolivian-based project organized women's groups to identify what was needed to improve their reproductive health, and they used PDSA cycles to improve care.

WARMI

For community members to mobilize to improve maternal and newborn health, which of the following beliefs do community members need to hold? Check all that apply.

a. They are the key players to make change b. They know the root cause of the problem