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Southeast Asia Behavior Change Training: Risks, Attitude, Norms, Abilities and Self Regulation (RANAS) Approach | 8-9 November 2016 | Cambodia
2016-11-08 08:00 - 2016-11-09 17:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
Risks, Attitude, Norms, Abilities and Self Regulation (RANAS) training was conducted in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on 8-9 November 2016, by Swiss Red Cross, IFRC and Cambodian Red Cross.
The 2-day workshop was participated by water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practitioners from Southeast Asian National Societies of Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Viet Nam, Philippines and IFRC.
The training course module consists of an introduction into the planning, design, and evaluation of systematic behaviour change campaigns.
The participants learned about how to conduct a quantitative survey measuring the behavioural factors, how to identify the required behaviour change techniques and how to verify their effectiveness. The course targets practitioners interested in behaviour change, especially in water, sanitation and hygiene in developing countries. The objective was achieved through lectures, practical experience from the projects, group exercises, and plenary discussions.
The Risks, Attitudes, Norms, Abilities, and Self-regulation (RANAS) approach to systematic behaviour change is an established method for designing and evaluating behaviour change strategies that target and change the factors influencing a specific behaviour in a specific population. In brief, it is an easily applied method for measuring behavioural factors, assessing their influence on behaviour, designing tailored strategies that change behaviour, and measuring the effectiveness of these. Although it was originally developed to change behaviour in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) sector in developing countries, it is applicable to a range of behaviours in various settings and populations.
Training documents:

Systematic Behavior Change in Water Sanitation and Hygiene – A practical guide using the RANAS (Risk, Attitude, Norms and Self Regulation) approach.
Methodological Fact Sheets – RANAS (Risks, Attitudes, Norms, Abilities and Self Regulation) approach to systematic behavior change
For more information, refer to this external link.

Outcome document:

Training Report

Training on Psychosocial Support for Community Practitioners | 9-11 November 2016 | Cha Am, Thailand
2016-11-09 08:00 - 2016-11-11 17:00
The Training on Psychosocial Support for Community Practitioners 2016 organized by Thai Red Cross Society and IFRC, Cha Am, Phetchaburi Province, Thailand, on 9-11 Nov 2016. There were 32 participants (Male: 12, Female: 20) actively participating in the training.
The trainees had various backgrounds and levels of Psychosocial support (PSS) from 11 organizations, including Thai Red Cross, Lao Red Cross, related line ministries (Public Health, Social Development and Human Security, Interior: Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Education: Non-formal Education Department) and civil society organizations.
The contents of PSS training covered 7 topics according to the PSS toolkits of IFRC PS Centre: Crisis events/ Disasters; Stress and Coping; Loss and Grief; Community Based Psychosocial Support; Psychological firs aid and support communication; Children; Supporting Volunteer and Staff.
At the end of training, it was found that participants ‘s knowledge and skills and attitudes about PSS were significantly improved and increased at 85% (70-92 %). Additionally, the revised curriculum for this training was employed and distributed to all participants.
Next steps:

TRCS will be monitoring and following up within 3-6 months with all participants about the update and progress of PSS services from each participant after attended this training and provide.
Planning to link PSS activities to be integrated into the existing program in TRCS. The lessons learned and experiences shared in this training will be summarized and translated to develop the PSS web-based learning platform in 2017.
A short web story promoting Thai Red Cross’ recent training in psychosocial support, building capacity and extending their services even further across the country, including for migrants. Read more…

Training documents (all in Thai language):

Module 1: Crisis events and psychosocial support
Module 2: Stress and coping
Module 3: Loss and grief
Module 4: Community-based psychosocial support
Module 5: Psychological first aid and supportive communication
Module 6: Children
Module 7: Supporting volunteers and staff

Related training documents:

Community-based psychosocial support: Participant’s book [EN] [THAI]
Community-based psychosocial support: Trainer’s Book – A training kit [EN] [THAI]
