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Community Based Health Care

Community Health · Level 6  ·  7 Chapters

Compiled by: Consolata Aoko

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What Community Based Health Care covers

In this unit, you will be able to confidently plan and deliver comprehensive community-based health care by assessing local needs and coordinating with health service providers. You will skillfully manage essential services, from disease diagnosis and treatment to palliative care and disaster preparedness, ensuring quality and compassionate support for your community. By the end, you'll be equipped to strengthen health connections, provide effective counselling, and monitor treatment adherence, making a real difference in the lives of those you serve.

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Careers after Community Based Health Care

Community Based Health Care skills open doors to making a real difference in the health and wellbeing of Kenyan communities. Whether you work in rural villages or urban informal settlements, mastering these skills means you can lead efforts to improve access to health services, prevent disease, and support vulnerable populations. Your expertise will be valued across many sectors, and you will be empowered to build a meaningful career or business that uplifts lives.

  • Work with community health volunteers (CHVs) and public health officers in county health departments, helping to design and implement health outreach programs tailored to local needs—from immunization drives to maternal health education.
  • Join organizations like Kenyatta National Hospital outreach teams, NGOs, or faith-based groups providing HIV/TB counseling and palliative care, ensuring patients receive compassionate, standards-based support.
  • Engage with the jua kali sector by training informal caregivers or offering community-based health consultancy services, creating entrepreneurial opportunities that improve health literacy and care quality.
  • Collaborate with agribusinesses and schools to conduct health needs assessments and disaster preparedness planning, reducing risks from waterborne diseases and environmental hazards.
  • Support the matatu industry by organizing health and safety awareness campaigns for drivers and conductors, helping reduce accidents and occupational health issues.
  • Work in county disaster management units to assess and improve community disaster preparedness, ensuring swift, coordinated responses during emergencies like floods or disease outbreaks.

By mastering Community Based Health Care, you position yourself as a vital link between health systems and communities, gaining skills that are in high demand and making a lasting impact on Kenya’s health future. Your commitment will not only build your career but also transform the lives of those around you. Keep learning and leading—Kenya’s health needs you!

Chapters

1
Plan community-based health care
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2
Manage HIV/AIDS and TB
13 topics
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3
Manage mental health
19 topics
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4
Conduct integrated community case management (ICCM)
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5
Manage malaria and zoonotic diseases
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6
Conduct psycho-active drugs reduction
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7
Manage minor ailments
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What Community Based Health Care covers: 55 main topics in 7 chapters

1. Plan community-based health care

  1. 1.0 Definition of terms and key concepts in community-based health care
  2. 1.1 Determination of community-based health care schedule and work plan
  3. 1.2 Community health service providers
  4. 1.3 Material and resources for community health care service
  5. 1.4 Community-based health care services
  6. 1.5 Community-based health care services conduction in community health needs assessment
  7. 1.6 Community disaster preparedness assessment
  8. 1.7 Non-manageable conditions Progressive Diseases
  9. 1.8 Palliative care needs provision

2. Manage HIV/AIDS and TB

  1. 2.0 Concepts of HIV
  2. 2.1 HIV and TB risk assessment and community prevention
  3. 2.2 HIV and TB diagnosis
  4. 2.3 Counselling of infected and affected patients
  5. 2.4 Management of Coinfected patients with active TB
  6. 2.5 TB treatment and its phases
  7. 2.6 Adherence to TB treatment
  8. 2.7 ARV and TB drug interactions
  9. 2.8 HIV and TB cases monitoring
  10. 2.9 HIV and TB defaulters mapping and referring

3. Manage mental health

  1. 3.0 Introduction
  2. 3.1 Monitoring framework for Psychosocial Support
  3. 3.2 Assessment of patients with mental illness
  4. 3.3 Provision of emotional and psychosocial support
  5. 3.4 Integration of mental support systems
  6. 3.5 Referral for patients with mental health
  7. 3.6 Building on available resources and capacity on mental health
  8. 3.7 Protection and provision of mental patients rights and equity

4. Conduct integrated community case management (ICCM)

  1. 4.0 Introduction
  2. 4.1 ICCM implementation support tools and personnel
  3. 4.2 ICCM implementation support tools and personnel designing and developing
  4. 4.3 Causes of childhood illnesses and mortality
  5. 4.4 Treatment options
  6. 4.5 Monitoring and evaluation procedures for ICCM

5. Manage malaria and zoonotic diseases

  1. 5.0 Introduction
  2. 5.1 Malaria and zoonotic disease prevalence rates
  3. 5.2 Malaria disease prevention
  4. 5.3 Malaria disease control
  5. 5.4 Health management practices on zoonotic diseases
  6. 5.5 Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT)
  7. 5.6 Emergency measures are constituted based on severity of disease conditions
  8. 5.7 Disease control programs

6. Conduct psycho-active drugs reduction

  1. 6.0 Introduction
  2. 6.1 Psycho-active drugs
  3. 6.2 Identification of psycho-active drugs
  4. 6.3 Psycho-active drugs demand reduction strategies
  5. 6.4 Monitoring psycho-active drugs use
  6. 6.5 Preparation and dissemination of monitoring report

7. Manage minor ailments

  1. 7.1 Determination and identification of patients with common ailments and minor injuries
  2. 7.2 Home visitation
  3. 7.3 Clinical assessment of patients
  4. 7.4 Causes of common ailments and injuries
  5. 7.5 Appropriate medication
  6. 7.6 Patients referrals
  7. 7.7 Identification of a range of psychosocial and cultural factors on the management of the patient and remedies
  8. 7.8 Development of methods for management of minor injuries and illnesses

Practise this unit

The practical 101 The assessment itself: tools, materials and the marks Step-by-step guide 101 PPE, each step, what good looks like, common mistakes

Revise this unit

Past papers & answers 8 Real CDACC papers for this unit, free to download Exam-style questions 98 Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself 273 Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions 191 Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation 65 What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations 42 Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards 1,357 Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator 7 On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios 81 Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income 60 Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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