This module is to equip learner with the appropriate knowledge, skills and attitude to enable them effectively contribute to the national HIV response.

Sociology In other words it is the study of mans behavior in groups or the interactions among human beings, of social relationships and the processes by which human group activity takes place.

Through interaction with others, a person gains an identity, develops values and inspirations and under favorable conditions become able to make full use of his potentials.

A building stone may be defined as a sound rock that can be safely used in some situation in the construction as a massive dressed or undressed unit. Stones are derived from the rocks which are naturally occurred as the portion of earth’s crus

Timber is a type of wood which has been processed into beams and planks and thus they can be used for building purposes. Finished timber is supplied in standard sizes for the industry. Timber is used for building houses and making furniture.

The aim of community health is to generate organized community effort to address public health problems and needs. In order to help the community prevent disease and improve their health, we need to understand how it organises itself as individuals, families and within the larger community.

Steel is one of the most commonly used materials in civil engineering due to its high strength, durability and relatively low cost. It is an alloy of iron and a number of other elements including carbon. Manufacturers produce different types of steel by varying the type and quantity of alloy components, as well as the production process and the manner in which they are worked.

A child in need is one who has been abandoned, orphaned, or one whose parents are incapable of looking after them properly. Such a child needs the best possible alternative arrangements for their care in the absence of the parents.

Glass, an inorganic solid material that is usually transparent or translucent as well as hard, brittle, and impervious to the natural elements Glass is used in the building industry as insulation material, structural component, external glazing material, cladding material; it is used to make delicate looking fenestrations on facades as well as conventional windows. It is also used as solar power glass and switchable glass projection screens

Community diagnosis is a process through which health workers and community members identify community’s priority health problem, and together make plan of action and implement them.

By the end of this session the trainees will be able to effectively discuss methods of family planning.

A structure is basically anything constructed or built from different interrelated parts. It is designed to bear loads. The externally applied loads will cause a particular response in the structure in terms of internal forces.

A force as you defined in secondary school is a push or pull. Forces may fail to change an object’s motion if they are cancelled by other forces, e.g. the force of gravity pulling you down right now is being cancelled by the force of the chair pushing up on you. When nothing is moving, forces are balanced. The metric unit of force is the Newton (N). Forces may be internal (forces acting within the structure itself) or external (forces acting on the object from the outside) In simple terms; when you take a force and divide it over a particular crosssectional area you get stress.

Growth refers to the process of growing up including development of the human body as it gets older and the psychology development of person as he/she matures. Development can also be looked as a progressive series of changes that occurs in predictable pattern as the result of interaction between biological and environment factors.

Resource is anything that we can term to use or anything that we can use to generate well or other term of utility. Management is appropriate, efficient and effective use of resources. Resource management is the practice of deliberate, effective and efficient use/utilization of resources.

Disaster management is a systematic process (i.e., is based on the key management principles of planning, organizing, and leading which includes coordinating and controlling). It aims to reduce the negative impact or consequences of adverse events (i.e., disasters cannot always be prevented, but the adverse effects can be minimized).

An entrepreneur is a person who identifies a business opportunity, harnesses and obtains the resources necessary to initiate a successful basis activity.The entrepreneur implements the idea, An entrepreneur is therefore a central key individual in the society who makes things happens for economic development.

A database is a collection of structured and related data items organized so as to provide a consistent and controlled access to the items or a database is an organized collection of related data.

A project is the work performed by an organization one time to produce a unique outcome. Examples are building a new house, developing new social work application, creating a new radio advert/commerce.

Conflict refers to the struggle between incompatible or opposing needs, wishes, ideas, interests or people. This arises when individuals or groups encounter goals that both parties cannot obtain satisfactorily.