COVID-19 Course Series Adaptation Toolkit
This document will take you through key considerations and resources when adapting the COVID-19 course series to meet the needs of your own context.
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About the COVID-19 Digital ClassroomThe COVID-19 course series is part of the COVID-19 Digital Classroom initiative. These courses are primarily designed for community-based health workers who practice in low- and middle-income countries. It covers a range of topics on COVID-19, including basic information on the virus and how to mitigate its public health effects. The course is designed to synthesize the most important, high-level information on COVID-19 from a variety of well-respected resources in a practical way. Many of the resources are cited for your reference and include documents and guidelines from the World Health Organization, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the UN, and many other reliable sources. While community-based health workers are the primary audience for this course series, the topics covered are relevant for everyone involved in responding to this pandemic worldwide.
It is important to note that while these courses provide a generalized overview of COVID-19 and information on how to contain the spread of the disease, they cannot account for everything, especially as we are still learning day-to-day about the virus and its impact on our health and society. Therefore, please use this course as a guide, and continue to familiarize yourself with your context, including your country’s public health guidelines, in order to best customize the content we cover here for you and your community’s specific needs.
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La série de cours sur le COVID-19 fait partie du de l'initiative de la classe numérique COVID-19. Ces cours sont principalement destinés aux agents de santé communautaires qui exercent dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire. Ils couvrent une gamme de sujets sur la COVID-19, notamment des informations générales sur le virus et sur la façon d’atténuer ses effets sur la santé publique. Le cours est conçu pour synthétiser les informations les plus importantes et de haut niveau sur la COVID-19 à partir d'une variété de ressources bien respectées de manière pratique. De nombreuses ressources sont citées à titre de référence et comprennent des documents et des directives de l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé, des Centres pour le contrôle et la prévention des maladies, de la Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, de l'ONU et de nombreuses autres sources fiables. Bien que les agents de santé communautaires constituent le principal public de cette série de cours, les sujets abordés sont pertinents pour toutes les personnes impliquées dans la réponse à cette pandémie dans le monde.
Il est important de souligner que si ces cours fournissent un aperçu général de la COVID-19 et des informations sur la façon de contenir la propagation de la maladie, ils ne peuvent pas tout expliquer, d'autant plus que nous poursuivons notre apprentissage quotidien sur le virus et son impact sur notre santé et notre société. Par conséquent, veuillez utiliser ce cours comme guide et continuer à vous familiariser avec votre contexte, notamment avec les directives en matière de santé publique de votre pays, afin de personnaliser au mieux le contenu que nous couvrons ici pour vous et les besoins spécifiques de votre communauté.
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Msururu wa kozi ya COVID-19 ni sehemu ya mkakati COVID-19 Digital Classroom. Kozi hizi zimeundwa kimsingi kwa wahudumu wa afya katika jamii wanaohudumu katika nchi zenye kipato cha chini na cha kati. Inashughulikia mada mbalimbali kuhusu COVID-19, zikiwemo habari ya kimsingi juu ya virusi na jinsi ya kupunguza athari zake kwa afya ya umma. Kozi hii imeundwa kusanikisha habari muhimu zaidi, ya kiwango cha juu juu ya COVID-19 kutoka kwa rasilimali mbalimbali zinazoheshimiwa kwa njia ya vitendo. Rasilimali nyingi zimetajwa kwa marejeleo yako na zinajumuisha nyaraka na miongozo kutoka Shirika la Afya Duniani, Vituo vya Kudhibiti na Kuzuia Magonjwa, Chuo cha Afya ya Umma cha Johns Hopkins Bloomberg, Umoja wa Mataifa, na vyanzo vingine vingi vya kuaminika. Huku wahudumu wa afya katika jamii ndiyo hadhira ya msingi ya msururu huu wa kozi, mada zinazozungumziwa ni muhimu kwa kila mtu anayehusika katika kukabiliana na janga hili ulimwenguni.
Ni muhimu kutambua kwamba wakati kozi hizi zinatoa muhtasari wa jumla wa COVID-19 na habari juu ya jinsi ya kuzuia kuenea kwa ugonjwa huu, haiwezi kushughulikia kila kitu, hasa kwani bado tunajifunza kila siku kuhusu virusi hivi na athari zake kwa afya na jamii.. Kwa hivyo, tafadhali tumia kozi hii kama mwongozo, na uendelee kujitambulisha na muktadha wako, pamoja na miongozo ya afya ya umma ya nchi yako, ili uweze kubadilisha yaliyomo tunayoshughulikia hapa kwa ajili yako na mahitaji maalum ya jamii yako.
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कोविड-19 पाठ्यक्रम श्रृंखला कोविड-19 डिजिटल कक्षा पहल का भाग है। ये पाठ्यक्रम मुख्य रूप से समुदाय आधारित स्वास्थ्य कार्यकर्ताओं के लिए परिकल्पित किए गए हैं जो निम्न और मध्यम आय वाले देशों में अभ्यास करते हैं। यह कोविड-19 पर कई विषयों को शामिल करता है, जिसमें वायरस पर बुनियादी जानकारी और इसके सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य प्रभावों को कम करने के तरीके शामिल हैं। कोर्स को कोविड-19 की सबसे महत्वपूर्ण, उच्च-स्तरीय जानकारी को एक व्यावहारिक तरीके से विभिन्न प्रकार के सम्मानित संसाधनों से संश्लेषित करने के लिए परिकल्पित किया गया है। आपके संदर्भ के लिए कई संसाधनों का हवाला दिया गया है और इसमें विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन, रोग नियंत्रण और रोकथाम केंद्र, जॉन्स हॉपकिंस ब्लूमबर्ग स्कूल ऑफ पब्लिक हेल्थ, यूएन, और कई अन्य विश्वसनीय स्रोतों से दस्तावेज और दिशानिर्देश शामिल हैं। जबकि समुदाय आधारित स्वास्थ्य कार्यकर्ता इस पाठ्यक्रम श्रृंखला के प्राथमिक दर्शक हैं, परन्तु कवर किए गए विषय दुनिया भर में इस महामारी के जवाब में शामिल सभी के लिए प्रासंगिक हैं।
यह ध्यान रखना महत्वपूर्ण है कि जबकि ये पाठ्यक्रम कोविड-19 का एक सामान्यीकृत अवलोकन प्रदान करते हैं और इस बीमारी के प्रसार को रोकने के तरीके के बारे में जानकारी देते हैं, पर वे हर चीज का हिसाब नहीं दे सकते हैं, खासकर क्योंकि हम अभी भी हर दिन वायरस और स्वास्थ्य और समाज पर इसके प्रभाव के बारे में सीख रहे हैं। इसलिए, कृपया इस पाठ्यक्रम का एक मार्गदर्शिका के रूप में उपयोग करें, और अपने देश के सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य दिशानिर्देशों सहित अपने संदर्भ से खुद को परिचित करना जारी रखें, ताकि आप अपने और आपके समुदाय की विशिष्ट आवश्यकताओं के लिए हमारे द्वारा कवर की गई सामग्री को सर्वोत्तम रूप से अनुकूलित कर सकें।
शामिल हो फेसबुक ग्रुप में कोविड-19 डिजिटल क्लासरूम टूल द्वारा स्वास्थ्य कार्यकर्ताओं और वैश्विक स्वास्थ्य नेताओं के समुदाय के साथ जुड़ने के लिए।
A série dos cursos do COVID-19 faz parte da iniciativa COVID-19 Digital Classroom initiative. Esses cursos foram elaborados principalmente para agentes comunitários de saúde que atuam em países de baixa e média renda. Eles abordam uma variedade de assuntos sobre o COVID-19, incluindo informação básica sobre o vírus e sobre como minimizar seus efeitos na saúde pública. O curso foi elaborado para sintetizar as informações mais importantes e de alto nível sobre o COVID-19 a partir de uma variedade de recursos conceituados de forma prática. Muitos dos recursos são citados para sua referência e incluem documentos e diretrizes da Organização Mundial de Saúde, do Centros de Controle e Prevenção de Doenças, da Escola de Saúde Pública Johns Hopkins Bloomberg, da ONU e de muitas outras fontes confiáveis. Embora agentes comunitários de saúde sejam o público principal para esta série de cursos, os assuntos abordados são relevantes para todos os envolvidos mundialmente na resposta a esta pandemia em todo o mundo.
É importante observar que, embora esses cursos forneçam uma visão geral generalizada do COVID-19 e informações sobre como conter a propagação da doença, elas não podem explicar tudo, principalmente porque ainda estamos aprendendo no dia-a-dia sobre o vírus e seu impacto em nossa saúde e na sociedade. Portanto, use este curso como um guia e continue a se familiarizar com seu contexto, incluindo as diretrizes de saúde pública de seu país para personalizar melhor o conteúdo que abordamos aqui para você e as necessidades específicas de sua comunidade.
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مجموعة مسارات كوفيد -19، جزء من مبادرة فصل دراسي رقمي عن كوفيد -19. في الأساس، صمّمت هذه المسارات للأخصائيين الصحيين المجتمعيين ممن يمارسون مهنتهم في بلدان ذات دخل منخفض ومتوسط. إضافة إلى ذلك، تُغطي هذه المسارات، مجموعة من موضوعات متعلّقة بكوفيد-19 بما فيها معلومات أساسية حول الفيروس وكيفية تخفيف آثاره الصحية. صُمم المسار بهدف توليف وتجميع بطريقة عملية، أهم وأبرز المعلومات (ذات مستوٍ عال) حول كوفيد-19، من نابعة من مصادر موثوقة ولها اعتبارها. ذكرت أو أدرجت العديد من هذه المصادر لتكون مرجع لك وتتضمن وثائق وتعليمات من منظمات مثل منظمة الصحة العالمية، ومراكز التحكم والوقاية من الفيروسات، وجامعة جونز هوبكنز بلومبرغ للصحة العامة، والأمم المتحدة، والعديد من المصادر الأخرى الموثوق بها. في حين أن أخصائيي (ات) الصحة المجتمعية هم الشريحة الرئيسية المستهدفة في مجموعة الفصول هذه، فالمواضع المغطاة ههنا المتناولة، تتصل ب وقد تهم جميع من يشارك في الاستجابة لتلك الجائحة عالميًا.
يرجى التنبية بأن تلك المسارات تعطي رؤية عامة حول فيروس كوفيد-19 ومعلومات بشأن كيفية احتواء الجائحة. لكنه ليس بمقدورها التطرّق لكل المسائل وشملها، خاصة أننا ما زالنا نتعلم يوميًا بشأن الفيروس وتأثيره على صحتنا ومجتمعنا. لذلك، يرجى استخدام هذا المسار كاسترشاد، أو كدليل، ومواصلة مؤالفة نفسك والتعرّف على سياقك ومحيطك، بما في ذلك الإرشادات والتعليمات للصحة العامة الخاصة ببلدك؛ من أجل فهم للمحتوى أفضل التي نغطيها لاجتياجاتك الخاصة ولمجتمعك.
انضم (ي) إلى جروب موقع الفيس بوك للتشارك والتفاعل و أخصائيي الصحة المجتمعية وقادة الصحة العالمية ممن يستخدمون أدوات الغرفة الدراسية الرقمية الخاصة بكوفيد-19.
La serie de cursos sobre la COVID-19 forma parte de la iniciativa del Aula Digital sobre COVID-19. Estos cursos están diseñados principalmente para el personal comunitario de la salud que trabaja en países de ingresos bajos y medios. Abordan una variedad de temas relacionados con la COVID-19 e incluyen información básica sobre el virus y cómo mitigar sus efectos en la salud pública. Los cursos están concebidos para sintetizar de forma práctica la información más importante y de alto nivel sobre la COVID-19 de un conjunto de recursos prestigiosos. Muchos de estos recursos se citan para su consulta e incluyen documentos y recomendaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades, la Escuela de Salud Pública Bloomberg de Johns Hopkins, las Naciones Unidas y muchas otras fuentes confiables. Aun cuando el personal comunitario de la salud es el público principal de esta serie de cursos, los temas tratados son pertinentes para todas las personas que participan en la respuesta a esta pandemia en todo el mundo.
Es importante señalar que, si bien estos cursos ofrecen una visión general de la COVID-19, así como información sobre cómo contener la propagación de la enfermedad, no pueden explicarlo todo, especialmente porque todavía estamos aprendiendo día a día sobre el virus y su impacto en nuestra salud y en la sociedad. Por lo tanto, utilice estos cursos como una guía y continúe familiarizándose con su contexto, incluidas las pautas de salud pública de su país, para adaptar de la mejor manera posible el contenido de los cursos a sus necesidades específicas y a las de su comunidad.
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This document will take you through key considerations and resources when adapting the COVID-19 course series to meet the needs of your own context.
The first course in this series focuses on building core knowledge, skills, and attitudes around reducing the risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19, and how to protect yourself and your community.
Topics covered in this course include:
This course covers COVID-19 spread prevention and how you can protect yourself and your community from contracting it. The course focuses on practical ways to practice these behaviors in a variety of different contexts, including in communal spaces, at home, and at health facilities. It discusses how the community can work together to prevent outbreaks of COVID-19 and slow the spread of the disease, so that hospitals do not become overwhelmed with cases.
It is important to note that while this course provides a generalized overview of COVID-19 prevention and protection measures that are widely applicable to a variety of contexts and circumstances, this course does not account for everything, especially as the health community is still learning day-to-day about the virus and its impact. Therefore, please use this course as a guide, and continue to familiarize yourself with your context to best customize the content we cover here for you and your community’s specific needs.
This course will cover the mental health impact of COVID-19, and how a combination of psychosocial support systems and a wellness perspective can be used to mitigate the effects of the highly disruptive, stressful, and disorienting COVID-19 pandemic. While our focus at this time may be more on physical health and wellbeing, it is vital that we do not overlook the importance of addressing mental health concerns, particularly given the potentially traumatic effect of the pandemic across communities and especially for health workers and other vulnerable populations.
It is important to note that while this course provides a generalized overview of COVID-19’s effect on mental health and wellness, there are differences across countries and contexts. There must not be a one-size-fits-all approach to addressing the mental health and psychosocial needs of the population. Therefore, please use this course as a guide, and continue to familiarize yourself with your context in order to best customize the content we cover here for you and your community’s specific needs.
The goal of this course is to help community-based health workers become familiar with the process and skills involved in contact tracing. In this course, we will cover the purpose of contact tracing, which involves identifying, assessing, and managing people who have been exposed to COVID-19 to prevent its transmission. We will cover the steps involved, including how to assess your contacts’ level of risk and how to provide them with the support they need.
The goal of this course is to provide community-based health workers with guidance on how to advise community members on home-based care for COVID-19. This course identifies community-based health workers as people working to address the public health of their communities (for example, community health workers, community health volunteers, health facility workers, health educators / trainers, and health project managers).
The course will cover how to determine eligibility criteria for home-based care and isolation. We will also cover how to support people with COVID-19 in their homes if they meet these criteria, including virtual support (telehealth) and support from their caregivers.
The goal of this course is to provide community-based health workers with a comprehensive understanding of community-based surveillance and their role in it. Community-based surveillance is a rapid and effective system for monitoring your community's health during a public health crisis, such as COVID-19. It is a great way to track events and behaviors that could lead to an increase in COVID-19 cases. This course will walk you through the community-based surveillance workflow, including your responsibilities as a community-based health worker in supporting the data collection and dissemination of information during this pandemic.
As a community-based health worker, you can use risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) to encourage your community to make informed decisions and positive health behavior changes. Throughout this course we will give you an overview of the different elements of RCCE and strategies you can use during the COVID-19 pandemic to help your community stay safe and healthy.