Community sensitization
This helps in providing first-hand, reliable information to communities,
thereby helping improving their knowledge about health-related matters,
this helps in minimizing panics and spreading of rumors if there is any
outbreak. Community sensitization helps to change people’s behavior or
attitudes towards the issues, inform then on how the new behaviors and
attitudes will have an impact and maybe even change cultural norms and
beliefs.
Community sensitization helps the people in the community to know where
to get the necessary medical help they may need and idea of the process
and cost.
The community leaders and chiefs are mostly involved in this sensitization as
their presence there makes the program more reliable.
