Table 2 Example of specific descriptors of fidelity for the capacity-building component of the empowerment strategy for dengue vector control. La Lisa municipality, Havana City, 2004–2007
Specific descriptors of fidelity for capacity-building | |
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What: development of knowledge and skills on four topics: (1) diagnosis, group work, and participation; (2) surveillance of risks and behaviors; (3) action plans and communication strategy; and (4) participatory evaluation. | |
How: through a workshop based on the principles of the pedagogical model of popular education: e.g., the objective is that the participants think and, consequently, transform their reality, using a dialectic logic between theory and practice and participatory and experience-based learning methods. | |
How frequently: one 4-h workshop for each topic in a 3-month-span period. | |
To whom: a learning group composed of three to five stakeholders with different power relationships in relation to dengue vector control activities, belonging to at least three communities. | |
By whom: facilitators previously trained based on the principles of the pedagogical model of popular education. | |
Specifications related to the context: Three PCs are involved in the project. There are five to six circumscriptions randomly selected per PCs. Methodological support for the training is provided: e.g., written guidelines on how to conduct a popular education workshop, methodological counseling to the facilitators by at least one IPK’s strategy developer. |