Source: Chandra-Mouli et al. (2018) – “Building Support for Adolescent Sexuality and Reproductive Health Education”
Community engagement involve several steps, including:
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Knowing the community in order to become familiar with individuals and organisations that can both aid in implementation and form potential partnerships;
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Building trust within the community, especially among the young people who will be served by the CSE programme;
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Starting discussions with the community in order to listen to input and concerns and build community comfort and facility with providing CSE;
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Developing messages and content for the community that reflects the religious and cultural beliefs within the community, and that integrates language that is age- and developmentally-appropriate for youth; and,
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Following up in order to keep the community informed about your program.
Here are some tips for implementing these steps effectively:
(Source: IPPF, 2017 -- Deliver + Enable Toolkit)