Community Organizing Flashcards
Community health can only be achieved
unless the community health professional
understands the
dynamics of organizing a
community
Among the most important skills what should also be possessed by a public health worker?
ability to plan a community health
promotion/disease prevention
program
Is Community organizing and community development are similar terms and also its meaning?
No.
They are similar terms that have different meanings.
“brings people together to combat shared problems and increase their say about decisions that affect their lives.
Community organizing
“occurs when people form their own organizations
provide long-term capacity to solve their problems.“
Community development
Difference between Community Organizing and Community Development?
Community Org-organizing a people from the community by any person
Community Dev- they form their own org
Seven assumptions for community
organization: (should remember)
- Communities of people can develop capacity to deal with their
own problems. - People want to change and can change.
- People should participate in the major changes taking place in their communities.
- Changes in community that are self-imposed or self-developed
have a meaning and permanence than imposed changes. - A ‘holistic approach’ can deal successfully with problems with
which a ‘fragmented approach’ cannot cope. - Democracy requires cooperative participation and action in the affairs of the community, and people must learn the skills to make things possible.
- Communities of people need help in organizing to deal with
their needs, just as many individuals require help in coping with
their individual problems.
Methods of Community organizing (3)
- Locality Planning
- Social Planning
- Social Action
broad self-help method in which local citizens develop new skills and become more self-sufficient
Locality Planning
Examples of Locality Planning
■ Basket weaving; DA (cooking) ; baking etc….
utilizes skilled volunteers in the community in a technical
process of problem solving
Social planning
Examples of Social Planning
■ Ex. Doctors, nurses, medtechs & OTHER VOLUNTEER
professional
technique that involves the redistribution of power and
resources to disadvantaged segments of the population
Social Action
Example of Social Action
.
■ Social concern ….ex. In cases of fire, calamit
The Process of Organizing a
Community: (A-G)
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.