ROUTINE HOME VISITS

Community Health Volunteers visit the homes of mothers two times during their pregnancy, three times postpartum, and six additional times before the child turns 2, providing crucial education, support and guidance throughout the process. KIKOP has 94 Community Health Workers who reach more than 1,100 women in Kisii County.

RHV model delivers community-driven health education using culturally sensitive strategies to empower the community to take charge of their health

OUR MODEL

The routine home visitation (RHV) model is a community-based service strategy that delivers health education to individual households. This model helps those women and children who may never visit a health clinic near them. RHVs provide an opportunity for the program staff to understand the needs of the mothers and their infants and the barriers they face in successfully adopting and maintaining health behaviors.

OUR PROCESS

RHVs are conducted by a CHV where they provide updated health and preventive education information and collect demographic information through census and vital events methodology. RHVs are an opportunity for CHVs to experience firsthand what an individual mother and her family is experiencing. These visits can become a time for mothers to share private thoughts, concerns, loss, grief, and hopes. CHVs may support the family by providing counseling, thinking about the ways to move forward together, and giving tips and advice to promote healthy behavior and environment for the mother and her family.

OUR IMPACT

Our CHVs have drastically helped improve the lives and wellbeing of mothers and children in the villages we work on. Check out one of their stories below!

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Lilian Nyandika joined the KIKOP team due to her desire to uplift the health of community members who generally did not know much information about their health.

As a CHV, Lilian forms relationships with members of her community and advises them on health matters. During weekly home visitations, Lilian collects information about vital events – such as new pregnancies, deliveries, deaths, and migrations – in each household.

As a result, mothers and CHVs like Lilian are pleased with and grateful for the KIKOP project.

“What motivates me to continue working with KIKOP is the way the officers – the KIKOP officers – work with us, they are so procedural and […] the key messages they give to us has helped the community grow.”