CHN CHAPTER 3 Flashcards
It is a multi-dimensional process involving major changes in social structures, population, attitudes and national institutions, as well as the acceleration of economic growth, reduction of inequality and eradication of absolute poverty.
Development
It is a term used to describe an an organized effort of people to improve the conditions of community life and the capacity of the people to improve the conditions of community life and the capacity of the people for participation, self-direction and integrated efforts in community affairs.
Community development
What do you mean by COPAR?
Community Organizing Participatory Action Research
It ensures health in the hands of the people
COPAR
It is a vital part of public health nursing
COPAR
This aims ti transform the apathetic, individualistic and voiceless poor into dynamic, participatory and politically responsive community.
COPAR
A collective, participatory, transformative, liberative, sustained and systematic process of building people’s organizations by mobilizing and enhancing the
capabilities and resources of the people for the resolution of their issues and concerns towards effecting change in their existing oppressive and exploitative conditions.
COPAR
A process by which a community identifies its needs and objectives, develops confidence to take action in respect to them and in doing so, extends and develops cooperative and collaborative attitudes and practices in the community.
COPAR
A continuous and sustained process of educating the people to understand and develop their critical awareness of their existing condition, working with
the people collectively and efficiently on their immediate and long-term problems, and mobilizing the people to develop their capability and readiness
to respond and take action on their immediate needs towards solving their long-term problems.
COPAR
What are the core principles in CO?
- people centered
- participative
- democratic
- developmental
- process-oriented
Core Values
- Human rights
- Social justice
- Social responsibility
What are the goals of CO?
- People empowerment
- Building relatively permanent structures and people’s organizations
- Improved quality of life
What are the importance of COPAR?
- COPAR is an important tool for community development and people empowerment as
this helps the community workers to generate community participation in development
activities. - COPAR prepares people/clients to eventually take over the management of a
development programs in the future. - COPAR maximizes community participation and involvement; community resources are
mobilized for community services.
What are the principles of COPAR?
- People especially the most oppressed, exploited and deprived sectors are open to change, have the capacity to change and are able to bring about change.
- COPAR should be based on the interest of the poorest sector of the community.
- COPAR should lead to a self-reliant community and society.
What are the critical steps of COPAR?
Integration, Social Investigation, tentative program planning, groundwork, meeting, role play, mobilization or action, evaluation, reflection, organization
It is a critical step where you need to live with the people
Integration
process of collecting, collating and analyzing data to draw a clear picture of the community
Social Investigation
process of identifying goals, specific activities, resources, possible hindrances, tactics, persons responsible and time table
Tentative program planning
going around asking people on one- on –one regarding an issue that has been chosen
Groundwork
meeting with the people to discussed problems and issues
meeting
dry run, to act the meeting that will take place between the leaders and the government representatives
Role play
a way to train people to anticipate what will happen and prepare themselves for such eventuality
Role play
actual community action undertaken to resolve identified community problems and concerns
Mobilization or action
determining if actions were successful or not
Evaluation
dealing with deeper, on-going concerns; gives the people time to reflect on the reality of life compared to the ideal
Reflection
entails the formation of a more formal structure and the inclusion of a more formal procedures of planning, implementing and evaluation
Organization
What are the phases of COPAR?
Pre-Entry Phase
Entry Phase
Organization-building Phase
Sustenance and Strengthening Phase
Is the initial phase of the organizing process where the community organizer looks for communities to serve and help
Pre-entry Phase
sometimes called the social preparation phase
Entry Phase
This phase Is crucial in determining which strategies for organizing would suit the chosen community
Entry Phase
In this phase, Success of the activities depend
on how much the community organizers has integrated with the community.
Entry Phase
What phase Entails the formation of more formal structure and the inclusion of more formal procedure of planning, implementing, and evaluating community-wise activities?
Organization-building Phase
It is at this phase where the organized leaders or groups are being given training (formal, informal, OJT)
to develop their style in managing their own concerns/programs.
Organization-building Phase
This phase Occurs when the community organization has already been established and the community members are already actively participating in community-wide undertakings
Sustenance and strengthening phase
At this point/phase, the different committees setup in the organization-building phase are already
expected to be functioning by way of planning, implementing and evaluating their own
programs, with the overall guidance from the community-wide organization.
Sustenance and strengthening Phase
Activities included in Pre-Entry Phase
- Preparation of the institution
- Site Selection
- Identifying Potential Municipalities
- Identifying Potential Community
- Choosing Final Community
- Identifying Host Family
What are the criteria for initial site selection?
❖ Must have a population of 100-200 families.
❖ Economically depressed. No strong resistance from the community.
❖ No serious peace and order problem.
❖ No similar group or organization holding the same program.
Activities in the Entry Phase
Integration
Deepening social investigation/community study
Core group formation
Activities in the Organization-building phase
- Creation of different committees
what are the different committees created during the activities in Organization-building phase?
- Community Health Organization (CHO)
- Research Team Committee
- Planning Committee
- Health Committee Organization
- Firmation of by-laws by the CHO
Activities in Sustenance and strengthening phase
❖ Training of CHO for monitoring and implementing of community health
program.
❖ Identification of secondary leaders.
❖ Linkaging and networking.
❖ Conduct of mobilization on health and development concerns.
❖ Implementation of livelihood projects.
