Community Organizing Flashcards

1
Q

Community health can only be achieved
unless the community health professional
understands the

A

dynamics of organizing a
community

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2
Q

Among the most important skills what should also be possessed by a public health worker?

A

ability to plan a community health
promotion/disease prevention
program

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3
Q

Is Community organizing and community development are similar terms and also its meaning?

A

No.

They are similar terms that have different meanings.

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4
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“brings people together to combat shared problems and increase their say about decisions that affect their lives.

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Community organizing

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5
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“occurs when people form their own organizations
provide long-term capacity to solve their problems.“

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Community development

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6
Q

Difference between Community Organizing and Community Development?

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Community Org-organizing a people from the community by any person
Community Dev- they form their own org

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7
Q

Seven assumptions for community
organization: (should remember)

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  1. Communities of people can develop capacity to deal with their
    own problems.
  2. People want to change and can change.
  3. People should participate in the major changes taking place in their communities.
  4. Changes in community that are self-imposed or self-developed
    have a meaning and permanence than imposed changes.
  5. A ‘holistic approach’ can deal successfully with problems with
    which a ‘fragmented approach’ cannot cope.
  6. Democracy requires cooperative participation and action in the affairs of the community, and people must learn the skills to make things possible.
  7. Communities of people need help in organizing to deal with
    their needs, just as many individuals require help in coping with
    their individual problems.
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8
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Methods of Community organizing (3)

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  1. Locality Planning
  2. Social Planning
  3. Social Action
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9
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broad self-help method in which local citizens develop new skills and become more self-sufficient

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Locality Planning

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10
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Examples of Locality Planning

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■ Basket weaving; DA (cooking) ; baking etc….

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11
Q

utilizes skilled volunteers in the community in a technical
process of problem solving

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Social planning

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12
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Examples of Social Planning

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■ Ex. Doctors, nurses, medtechs & OTHER VOLUNTEER
professional

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13
Q

technique that involves the redistribution of power and
resources to disadvantaged segments of the population

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Social Action

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14
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Example of Social Action

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■ Social concern ….ex. In cases of fire, calamit

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15
Q

The Process of Organizing a
Community: (A-G)

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A. Recognition of problem.
B. Gaining entry into the community.
C. Organizing the people.
D. Identifying the specific problem.
E. Determining the priorities and setting goals.
F. Arriving at a solution and selecting intervention activities.
G. Do the final steps in the process.

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16
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Final steps in the process: (1-4)

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  1. Implementation of the intervention activities.
  2. Evaluation of results to reveal the degree of success.
  3. Maintaining or sustaining the intervention long
    enough to ensure success.
  4. Looping back to an earlier stage of the plan, if
    necessary.
17
Q

Started in the 1979 Surgeon General’s Report on Health Promotion, and Disease Prevention

A

Health promotion/disease prevention program planning

18
Q

When does Health promotion/disease prevention program
planning started

A

1979

19
Q

What happened in 1979?

A

in 1979 in Surgeon General’s Report on Health Promotion, and Disease Prevention. The Health promotion/disease prevention program planning has started

20
Q

What is the goal of Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention
Programming

A

Basic understanding of program planning must be
disseminate

21
Q

Basic understanding of program
planning involves the understanding
that: (1-4)

A
  1. Health Education
  2. Health promotion/disease prevention
  3. Program Planning
  4. Community organization
22
Q

is the “the continuum of learning which enables people, to voluntarily make decisions, modify behaviors, and change social conditions in ways that are health enhancing

A

Health Education

23
Q

is “the aggregate (bits & pieces) of all purposeful activities
designed to improve personal and public health through a
combination of strategies

A

Health promotion/disease prevention

24
Q

What are the examples of Health promotion/disease prevention?

A

EX…implementation of behavioral change strategies,
health education, health protection measures, risk factor
detection, health enhancement, and health maintenan

25
Q

a process in which an intervention is planned to
help meet the needs of a specific group of people

A

Program Planning

26
Q

is “intervention whereby individuals, groups, and
organizations engage in planned action to
influence social problem

A

Community Organization

27
Q

It is concerned with the enrichment, development,
and/or change of social status of the community

A

Community Organization

28
Q

Creating a program: Steps 1-5

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  1. Assessing the needs of the target population
    1. Setting goals and objectives
  2. Developing an intervention
  3. Implementing the intervention
  4. Evaluating the results is comparing the program’s
    outcome
29
Q

is the
first task in creating a health promotion/disease
prevention program.

A

Assessing the needs of the target population

30
Q

Steps in Assessing the needs of the target population

A

a. Step 1 is gathering data.
b. Step 2 is analyzing the data collected.
c. Step 3 is prioritizing the identified needs.
d. Step 4 is validating the need.

31
Q

lays the foundation for
the program.

A

Setting goals and objectives

32
Q

is designing the
activities that will help the target population meet
their objectives

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Developing an intervention

33
Q

is the actual putting
into practice of the activities that made up the
intervention

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Implementing the intervention

34
Q

is comparing the program’s
outcome with some standard of acceptability that
was noted in the goals and objectives.

A

. Evaluating the results

35
Q

Evaluating the results is comparing the program’s
outcome with some standard of acceptability that
was noted in the _____ and ______

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goals and objectives.

36
Q

Step in evaluation(1-5)

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a. Planning the evaluation
b. Collecting the data
c. Analyzing the data
d. Reporting results
e. Applying the results