COPAR Flashcards
COPAR stand for
Community Organizing Participatory Action Research
Goals of COPAR
Self reliance
Active community participation
Mobilization
Empowerment
COPAR aims to
Transform from passive to active community
Father of community organizing
Saul Alinsky
Principles of COPAR
People participation
Opressed and exploited the sectors
With COPAR It should lead to self
Empowerment
Remember, COPAR should be interest of the poorest sector
Community organizing process
Community analysis
Design and initiation
Implementation
Program maintenance and consolidation
Dissemination and re assessment
4 methods used in copar
Action reflection action sessions
Consciousness raising
Participatory and mass based
Group centered
Phases of COPAR under Health promotion model
Preparatory phase
Organization and capability building phase
Education and training phase
Collaboration
Phase out
Phases od COPAR under maglaya
Pre-entry
Entry
Community study/diagnosis phase (research phase)
Community organization and capability building phase
Action phase
Sustenance and strengthening
Phase out phase
PSI or
Preliminary social investigation
pre entry or what do we call
initial phase
entry or
Social Preparation Phase
pre entry how many months
1-2 months
criteria for site selection
Depressed and exploited
Ensure acceptance
Poor
Residents
Economically Depressed
Safe
Shows how high morbidity and mortality cases
Evaluated if entered by other organizations with same program
why focus on infant mortality cases
best indicator
most sensitive index
to reflect community
