
Course description
The Community Health Information Systems (CHIS) course equips trainees with skills in collecting, recording, managing, and reporting community health data. It emphasizes the use of health information for planning, decision-making, monitoring, and improving community healthcare services.
Specific Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, trainees should be able to:
Define community, health,information, systems and CHIS
Explain CHIS importance in healthcare delivery.
Differentiate types and sources of community health data.
Demonstrate correct methods of collecting, recording, and reporting health information.
Interactive learning activities
Group discussions on the importance of health information systems.
Role plays on data collection and reporting in community settings.
Practical demonstrations of filling health registers and reporting forms.
Case studies involving community health data interpretation.
- Teacher: Ivy Flora
