Public Health Module.

On 02 February, 2009 module on Public Health has taken by Meenakshi Agarwal. She has completed her masters in public health and presently serving Deshpande Foundation as a Program Manager-Global Exchange. Previously she has worked for Apnalaya in Mumbai.she has really passion to work in health sector. 

Started with the introduction of the group members, by sharing Name, background and the activity done during the week end. It was a good activity at the beginning of the day’s process to learn about Public Health. The faculty person started the session with introduction and definition to Public Health. After providing a brief idea about PH, a small tale film was screened on Indore. The tale film consisted of the approaches that were used to provide Public Health in the area of slums which are in and around Indore.

She has given some short of Questions:

What were the 2 approaches used in the Indore Urban Health Project?

Who were the major stakeholders in this project?

Which one do you think worked better and why?

What would you change, if anything, about this intervention?

The next activity was done forming sub groups consisting of 3 members in each group and asked to write a project proposal to the funders (group) to get grants for the activity what were the fellows would like to start up with. It was rather a good session to learn the criteria to receive funds from a funding organization. It helped understanding the approach required in receiving grants for the social development activities.