This is visible in training content by the inclusion of topics on the health system and rural community, communication skills, social sectors in rural areas and intersectoral collaboration, social determinants of health and well-being, and social aspects of the behvarz-client relationship.
Important benefits expected are improved community awareness of climate-sensitive diseases and a strengthening of interdisciplinary (within the MoH) and intersectoral collaboration and communication.
Importantly, research has shown that the primary threat to such systems is the inability of managers to reorganize and recover from significant stressors (Bodin and Norberg 2005; Bunce et al. 2009), highlighting the role of intersectoral collaboration and communication in the planning process.
UNICEF should facilitate internal communication (for intersectoral programming) and information sharing between partners, stakeholders and communities, rather than support vertical reporting structures alone.
The Responsive Interdisciplinary Child-Coordinated Community Health Education and Research RICHERR) initiative is an intersectoral and interdisciplinary community outreach PHC model.
Such individuals, sometimes known as 'boundary spanners' or 'brokers', can facilitate transactions and the flow of information among disparate groups, such as those sharing different notions of evidence, enabling communication and better facilitating intersectoral collaboration [ 52].
The project organization was based on principles for community organization and intersectoral collaboration.
Recommendations The recommendations relate to implementing safe motherhood in a broad manner whereby intersectoral linkages among health, education, nutrition, gender and communication need to be addressed.
The countries identified the importance of community participation and an intersectoral approach in implementing HRH programmes.
