Reversing the trends: the second national health sector strategic plan of Kenya: community strategy implementation guidelines: key health messages for level1 of the Kenya essential package for health: a manual for community health extention workers and community health workers

Seeks to enhance community access to health care in order to improve individual productivity and thus reduce poverty, hunger, and child and maternal deaths as well as improve educational performance. Brings out the need to support household-based caregivers through a host of community owned resource persons who are experienced in many aspects of health care. Provides a handy reference for promoting improved household health practices. Aims at enhancing the transfer of knowledge and skills on health matters from resource persons to family members with the idea of helping people make informed choices, decisions and actions for health.|Stresses on the importance of good communication especially in community health workers. Provides information on family planning if a woman is not ready to get pregnant, gives guidelines on the care that should be given to expectant mothers during pregnancy as well as during child birth and also provides a highlight into early childhood development, late childhood adolescence and youth.