Behavior Change Communication for Improved Infant Feeding: Training of Trainers for Negotiating Sustainable Behavior Change

This training module from the Academy for Educational Development (AED) has been designed as a course to train community health workers and trainers of community health workers to deliver training on behaviour change communication (BCC) related to infant feeding. It emphasises BCC skills and infant feeding technical content. The approach is geared toward practical responses to problem solving and questions related to infant feeding.

The training module contains a section with learning activities for a 2-day practice training. As part of the training of trainers (TOT), participants practice training community health workers in BCC skills and infant feeding content (using learning sessions from the community module). These 2 days of practice aim to ensure that participants feel prepared to conduct training. A sample TOT schedule is included. This trainers’ manual includes details of content, learning objectives, key messages, learning activities, time allocated, and materials and handouts for each learning activity for both community and TOT sessions.