(M) Lesson 2: Community Organizing, Health Education and Health Promotion Flashcards
A social group determined by geographic boundaries and/or common values and interests
Community
Functions within a particular social structure and exhibits and creates norms, values and social institutions; Members know and interact with each other
Community
Whar is ‘community’ in French?
Commune
Whar is ‘community’ in German?
Gemeinshaft
Described as the special, direct, exclusive and personal intangible relationship associated to a larger society
Community
Category of community; share physical space; residents come in contact with each other through proximity, instead of intent
Geographic Communities
Category of community; sometimes referred to as “communities within communities”. Members choose to associate with each other based on common interests or shared concerns. Examples ethnic groups, low income groups
Communities of Interest
Category of community; groups of people primarily interacting through communication
media instead of face-to-face, “social aggregations that emerge from the Net when people carry on public discussions, long enough, with sufficient human feeling, to form webs of personal relationships.”
Virtual communities
“the process of building power through involving a constituency in identifying problems they share and the solutions to those problems that they desire”
Community organizing
A process by which community groups are helped to identify common problems or change targets, mobilize resources, and develop and implement strategies for reaching their collective goals
Community Organizing
Covers a series of activities (at the community level) that is aimed at bringing about desired improvement in the social well-being of individuals, groups and neighborhoods
Community Organization
It is often used interchangeably with community work, community development and community mobilization
Community Organization
“Community characteristics affecting its ability to identify, mobilize, and address problems”
Community capacity
“Social action process to gain mastery over the lives of the community”
Empowerment
“Community organizing starts ‘where peopleare and engage community members as equals’”
Participation & Relevance
Processes that lead to accomplishing goal of mutual social benefit - characterized by interrelated constructs of trust, cooperation, civic engagement, and reciprocity, reinforcement by networking
Social capital
It is a comprehensive description of a population that defines itself, as a community and the resources that exist within that community, carried out with the active involvement of the community itself, for the purpose of developing an action or other means of improving the quality of life of the community
Community profiling
It is a tool for community development
Community profiling
a process designed to create conditions of economic and social progress for the whole community with its active participation and fullest possible reliance upon the community’s initiative
Community Development
An organized effort of 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
7 Key Areas of Community Development; means measures necessary for improving and protecting health and well-being of the people
Health and Sanitation
any system that promotes proper disposal of human and animal wastes, proper use of toilet and avoiding open space defecation
Sanitation
7 Key Areas of Community Development; enables everyone to acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes and values needed to achieve their full potential
Education
7 Key Areas of Community Development; enables the community to provide safety measures in times of adversity as well as in their full potential
Safety preparedness
7 Key Areas of Community Development; encompasses air, water, land and other elements and substances that affect mental and physical well being of the people living in it
Environment
7 Key Areas of Community Development; activities that promote refreshment of body,
mind and spirit
Recreational
7 Key Areas of Community Development; the process of discovering new ways of combining resources with the intention of gaining profit
Entrepreneurship
7 Key Areas of Community Development; the underlying belief of what comprises right and wrong in any society
Morals of citizenry
refer to the person or groups of person who recognized the problem and are actual members of the community
Grass roots
When grass roots plan together to address the problem, it is then called the
Bottom-up approach
Approach when individuals from outside the community will initiate community organization. Organizers can enter the community through a well-respected organization or institution that is already established in the community
Top-down organization
are termed as such because these individual/s control both formally and informally the “political climate” of the community; may be long time residents of the community who know their community, how it functions, and how to accomplish tasks within their community.
Gatekeepers
Organizers must pass through this “gate” to gain entry in the community and must learn how to play their “ball game” and must be approached at their own terms.
Gatekeepers
the core group of community members who already recognize the
problem and is interested in seeing the problem solved of community members who already recognize the problem and is interested in seeing the problem solved.
Executive participants
They will form the backbone of the workforce and will probably end up doing the majority
of the work force
Executive participants
Who forms executive participants?
Grass Roots
a temporary group that is brought together for dealing with a specific problem
Task Force
formal alliance of organizations that come together to work for a common goal
Coalition Group
T or F; Task group is not dissolved after resolving the problem
False (they are)
What are the 2 reasons to complete a comprehensive assessment?
Information is needed for change
Information is needed for empowerment
a process by which data about the issues of concern are collected and analyzed.
Needs Assessment
Intervention strategies; refers to using mass media, billboards, booklets, flyers, pamphlets, infographics, posters and other IEC materials
HEALTH COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
Intervention strategies; methods to teach the community through lecture/webinar/seminars; small group discussions, modules
HEALTH EDUCATION STRATEGIES
Intervention strategies; executive orders, laws, ordinances, policies, position statements
and regulations
HEALTH POLICY/ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES
Intervention strategies; it is designed to change the structure of services or system of care to improve health promotion services: bike lanes, No Smoking signs
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE STRATEGIES
Intervention strategies; using health risk appraisals, community screening for health problems and immunization clinic
HEALTH-RELATED COMMUNITY SERVICES
Intervention strategies; modifying behavior to stop smoking, start exercise, manage stress and regulate diet
BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION ACTIVITIES
Refers to resources that can be available within the community
Horizontal relationship