Description
Provide culturally sensitive health education and services, focusing on women, family and community and promoting healthy family life, and pregnancy planning.
Alternative labels
educate on family life
provide education on family-life
provide culturally-sensitive education on family life
give advice on family life
provide family life education
give lessons on family life
Skill type
skill/competence
Skill reusability level
sector-specific
Relationships with occupations
Essential skill
Provide education on family life is an essential skill of the following occupations:
Family planning counsellor: Family planning counsellors provide support and counselling to adults and adolescents on issues such as reproduction, contraceptive methods, pregnancy or termination of pregnancy, in compliance with the legislation and practices. They also provide information about maintaining optimum health practices, sexual disease prevention and treatment recommendation referrals, working in collaboration with the professional doctors.
Midwife: Midwives assist women in childbirth by providing the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, conduct births and provide care for the new-born. They advise on health, preventive measures, preparation for parenthood, detection of complications in mother and child, accessing of medical care, promoting normal birth and carrying out emergency measures.
Optional skill
Provide education on family life is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
Social counsellor: Social counsellors provide support and guidance to individuals in the social work area, to help them solve specific problems in their personal life. It involves addressing personal and relationship issues, dealing with inner conflicts, crisis moments such as depression and addiction, in an attempt to empower individuals to achieve change and improve their life quality.
Marriage counsellor: Marriage counsellors support and guide couples and families that are going through crises such as depression, substance abuse and relationship problems. They help improving their communication by providing group or individual therapy.
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