Prelim Flashcards
Romans in 5th and 6th century
community minded
improved Greeks’ community sanitation
built sewer systems and aqueducts to transport water
created regulations for building construction, refuse removal, street cleaning and repair
created hospitals for slaves
a process through which communities are helped to identify common problems or goals, mobilize resources, and in other ways developed and impliment strategies for reaching their goals.
Community Organizing
Community Organizing is the process whereby the community members:
develop the capability to assess their health needs and problems
plan and implement actions to solve these problems
put up and sustain organizational structures which will support and monitor implementation of health initiatives by the people
community members have to identify specific health problems, concerned groups and organizations to work with, and the counterpart of the community in terms of support, commitment and human resources
Area Selection
1965
Medicare and medical bills passed
2000
healthy people 2010 published
identification of contact person usually a community leader, regardless of social or political status, core group formation to assist the____________
community profiling
Preparatory Phase includes:
Area Selection
Community Profiling
Entry in the Community and Integration with the People
process of living with the people, understanding their problems, undergoing their hardships, and sharing their hopes and aspirations to help build mutual trust and cooperation
Integration
Organization Phase includes:
Social Preparation
Spotting and developing potential leaders
Core group formation
Setting up of the community organization
Integration paves the way to be introduced to the community. This signals the start of the social preparation phase that would deepen and strengthen ties with the people
Social Preparation
General Phases of Community Organizing
Preparatory Phase Organizational Phase Educational and Training Phase Intersectoral Collaboration Phase Phase Out
consists of the identified leaders tasked to lay down the foundation for a strong people’s organization; ideally, it should represent the different sectors in the community
core group
Educational and Training Phase includes
To conduct the community diagnosis done to come up programs and services that will be delivered to the community
Training of the community health workers
Health services Provision and Mobilization should consider the resources available and problem prioritization while strengthening collective spirit and enhancing the community health worker’s confidence
aim of Intersectoral Collaboration Phase
to get people to work together in order to address problems or concerns that affect them
purpose of Educational Training Phase
to strengthen the organization and develop its capability to attend to the community’s basic health care needs
1974 - present
period of health promotion
1997
Clinton’s attempt at national healthcare program unsuccessful
a relationship among organizations that consists of exchanging information about each other’s goals and objectives, services or facilities. This results in the organization’s becoming aware of each other’s worth and capabilities and how each can contribute to the accomplishment of the network’s goals and objectives
Networking
the level of organizational partnership in which organizations help each other enhance their capacities in performing their tasks, as well as in the provision of services.
At this point, people become partners, not competitors
Collaboration
500 - 1500 AD
Middle Ages
is an overview of the demographic characteristics and the existing community and health-related services and facilities; this will serve as the initial database and provide the basis for planning and programming of organizing activities, including appropriate organizing approaches
community profile
Level of relationship where organizations and citizens form a partnership where all parties give priority to the good of the community
Coalition or Multi sector Collaboration
deals with allowing the community leaders to conduct such activities as meetings, assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
Leadership Formation activities
Advocacy work involves:
Informing the people about the rightness of the cause
Thorough discussing with the people the nature of the alternatives, their content, and possible consequences
Supporting the people’s right to make a choice and to act on their choice
Influencing public opinion
a relationship in which organizations share information and resources and make adjustments in the respective agendas to accommodate the other organization’s agenda
Cooperation
Turnover of the work and develop a plan for monitoring the subsequent follow up of the organization’s activities
Phase out
is the purpose of community organizing and the issues, problems, strategies and victories are a means to the end of increased power for the organization and the community
Power
- David Beckwith and Sandy Stocker
Intersectoral Collaboration Phase includes:
Networking Coordination Cooperation Collaboration Coalition or Multi sector Collaboration Advocacy Work
Prior to 2000 BC
Archaeological findings: sewage disposal and written medical prescriptions
