(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