Schools, seminars to improve health in developing countries

The Community Heath Development (CHD) course is for those who want to see lasting change in the lives of families. It's about servant leadership and it's more than just theory. It's a journey into God's heart for hurting and broken people. Emphasis is not so much on knowledge gained as on principles applied.

Community Health Development is about transformation, and is for those who are committed to the long haul. CHD is a journey to discover not just the right answers, but the right questions: questions God will use to reveal Himself to a broken world as Jehovah Rapha and Shalom- God, our health, our wholeness.

The Community Health Development course is a six month study track designed to equip servant-leaders to pioneer new work and train others in Community Health Development/Discipleship.

Course Topics

• Week-long sections of the course are taught by recognized speakers from around the world. The 20-24 week intensive series of lectures, workshops and field assignment (CHC 305/306) include topics such as:
• Community Health Development
• God's heart for mercy ministries,
• Primary Health Care: focusing on poverty, access and sustainability
• Paternalism and dependency - from relief to development
• Five leading causes of child mortality
• Community Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)
• Appropriate health technologies for improving water and sanitation
• A Biblical World View of Development and Wholistic Ministry
• Project Management: making a lasting change
• Community-based Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)
• Vision and strategic planning, budgeting (sustainability and counting the cost)
• Writing the vision (Students develop a realistic four-year project proposal),
• Logframe tools Results-frame
• The Passionate Journey: training servant team leaders for cross-cultural conflict resolution
• Facilitating Participative Learning & Action
• Helping communities assess their health needs
• Building consensus for sustained action
• (Forming Community Development Committees, PRA, RRA, RAP)
• Community-based, church-based and government-based approaches
• Community Nutrition and Child Development
• Household Food Security / Micronutrients
• Epidemiology
• Rapid 30-Cluster Survey,
• Field tested KPC Health Assessment for Child Survival
• Training of Survey Trainers (TOST)
• Tropical Infectious Diseases
• Disease and the Community
• Water and Sanitation
• Behavior Change Communication (BCC)
• Becoming a Trainer
• Social Mobilization
• Health Advocacy: pleading the plight of the poor
• Developing & moderating a web-based interactive forum for your work and community

Spirit Infused

Beyond the curriculum, the course is infused weekly with times of worship, intercession for focus nations and one another, and praxis times of reflection led by friends like Dean Sherman, David Boy and Steve Goode on what we're learning and how that applies to our calling. Students also meet weekly with staff both one-on-one and in small groups to practice the habits of transparent servant-leaders.

Field Practicum - Getting our hands dirty!

An integral part of the CHD course is the 8-12 week practical field assignment. Often working with local health officials and government leaders in developing countries, students have opportunity to apply and test the principles and skills they have learned in the classroom. Students assess areas of need and help plan and launch new works by establishing health services and training programs. By modeling servant leadership, students disciple young leaders providing a foundation for local ministries to reach their communities. Past field assignments have worked in over 20 developing nations.

Tuition & Dates

Information regarding tuition will be sent to all applicants.
For dates when the course is offered, see the campus Course Schedule.
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Prerequisites

Completion of the YWAM-DTS (Discipleship Training School and Field Assignment -- IDS 701/702) or YWAM-CDTS (Crossroads Discipleship Training School -- IDS 703/704) is required as well as the Introduction to Primary Health Care course (CHC 206/207) unless the applicant comes with substantial field experience and has the approval of the school leader.

Credits

Twenty to twenty-four (20-24) semester-equivalent credits will be earned upon successful completion of the Community Health Development Classroom Phase (CHC 305) and Field Assignement (CHC 306) or Internship phase (CHC 308). The CHD can also be taken at a masters level (CHC 405/406408). These credits may be applied towards a UofN Associate's or Bachelor's degrees in Primary Health Care, a Graduate Diploma in International Health (DIH), or transferred to other colleges and universities.