DAY 1: Monday, Oct 22, 2007

Session 1: Morning

Understanding the Culture of Men

In this interactive workshop, participants will understand the trends in men’s health and the social forces that influence men’s health seeking and risk taking behaviors.  Participants will also discuss how gender-based beliefs and attitudes influence the provision of quality services to male clients.  Finally, the workshop will explore challenges in service delivery and offer strategies and techniques to enhance reproductive health education and counseling with male clients. 

 Trainer:  Hector Campos

Session 2: Afternoon

Practical Applications of Behavior Change Models

This highly interactive session will give participants the opportunity to explore the challenges of working with people around behavior change, the common themes found in behavior change models that suggest ways to structure programs and interventions and how these challenges and themes apply to their own programs.  The session will begin with a brief look at some of the social forces that contribute to the “culture of men” in the United States and that culture will be the back drop for all of the discussions about behavior change.

Trainer:  Wayne Pawlowski

DAY 2: Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007

Session 3: Morning

Program Planning & Development

In this interactive workshop, participants will become familiar with a framework for planning, developing and expanding male involvement initiatives.  They will assess the organizational readiness and commitment to providing quality services to males. The workshop will focus on the importance of developing programmatic and strategic plans that address men’s reproductive health needs and incorporates key male values for health care services.  

Trainer:  Hector Campos

Session 4: Afternoon

Program Implementation

During this workshop, participants will learn key information to getting male programs off the ground and successfully running to serve their target populations.  This session will look at how to address key issues for male family planning program implementation and the challenges that lie within running such programs.

Trainer:  Oscar Lopez

DAY 3: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007

Session 5: Morning

Program Evaluation Part 1

Trainer:  Kristin Bradley-Bull

Session 6: Afternoon

Program Evaluation Part 2
 

Session will continue from morning.

Trainer:  Kristin Bradley-Bull

DAY 4: Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007

Session 7: Morning

Addressing Your Staff

This session will provide knowledge of staff training opportunities and training in skills needed for staff management, staff retention, and staff satisfaction in male programs.  Additionally, working through staff conflict and resistance to providing male services will be addressed.

Trainer: Erica Monasterio

Session 8: Early Afternoon

Funding & Resource Opportunities 

This session will take a close look at how to enhance program sustainability within the reality of tight budgets and challenging competitive resources.  During this session, participants will gain information and skills to answer the questions, “Where are the resources that could benefit male family planning services?”, “How can my agency access these resources?” and “What other resources are available for male family planning programming?”

Trainer:  Michael Howard

Session 9: Late Afternoon

 Facilitated Share What You've Learned

This session will provide participants with the opportunity to formulate ideas and solid take-home plans for implementing improvements and changes for their male programs.