Public Health
According to WHO, health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions.
OCTOPUS provides a number of services aimed at health promotion of individuals and communities. These services include thematic trainings, advocacy initiatives and research.
Services aimed at health promotion
- Participatory approaches for research and health education;
- Occupational Safety and Health (OSH);
- WASH programming for schools and communities;
- Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH);
- Maternal and Child Health (MCH);
- Nutritional assessments and management;
- Mainstreaming HIV&AIDS in development programmes.
The courses that we currently offer on public health promotion include:
- Hygiene & Sanitation promotion using PHAST, CLTS and CHAST approaches;
- Hygiene & Sanitation Promotion for Emergency Contexts;
- Sustainable and Inclusive WASH in Schools (WinS);
- Sustainable and Inclusive WASH in Communities (WinC);
- Synergized WASH and Nutrition programming;
- Water Safety Planning for Drinking water supply systems (WSP);
- Social and Behaviour Change Communication for health promotion (SBCC).
Some examples of the many fields of public health Octopus Consultancy works on:
- First responders
- Restaurant inspectors
- Health educators
- Scientists and researchers
- Nutritionists
- Community planners
- Social workers
- Epidemiologists
- Public health physicians
- Public health nurses
- Occupational health and safety professionals
