Week 6 - Working with groups

Question 1

Reminder: there are 6 aspects of PHC principles, what are these?

Answer 1

• Accessible healthcare
• Appropriate technology
• Health promotion
• Cultural Sensitivity
• Intersectoral collaboration
• Community participation

Question 2

There are 9 types of Groups, What are these?

Answer 2

• Community activism (community development)
• Support (peer groups, self-help)
• Activity therapy (child health, development)
• Coaching (health education, promotion)
• Counselling (interactive group therapy)
• Intervention (working with migrant, isolated groups)
• Psychoeducational (prevention of risk factors)
• Psychotherapy (remedial groups)
• Therapy (cognitive behavioural therapy)

Question 3

Trusting and cooperative relationships between groups who have similar demographic or social characteristics is what type of social capital?

Answer 3

Bonding social capital

= successful group

Question 4

Relationships between individuals who are dissimlar with respect to social identity and power is what type of social capital?

Answer 4

Bridging social capital

Question 5

There are 4 group stages, what are these?

Answer 5

1. Orientation (Forming group, training, identifying goals)
2. Accommodation (establishing norms, roles, tone for communication, organisational issues, task, evaluation strategies)
3. Operation: (Linking tasks with goals, progress markers, goal-direction action, implementation)
4. Dissolution (Evaluating outcomes, collecting data, disseminating information

Question 6

A group that sees mutual support, relationships are important is what type of group?

Answer 6

Support Group

Question 7

Interactions between content and process is what type of group?

Answer 7

Problem solving groups

Question 8

Need to embed cultural meanings, ways of knowing, worldview, language, challenging cultural oppression while promoting family, community and cultural safety are aspects of what type of group?

Answer 8

Culturally embedded groups

Question 9

Socio-ecologoical, social learning, social cognition based on expectancies and incentives is part of what model?

Answer 9

Health Belief model

Question 10

The Lewin 1951 created a unfreezing/changing/freezing model.

Identify driving and restraining forces influencing complacency, unwillingness to change and environmental barriers to change is ___.?

Answer 10

Unfreezing

Question 11

The Lewin 1951 created a unfreezing/changing/freezing model.

Communicate impact of potential change and how it can be evaluated and sustained is ___?

Answer 11

Refreeze

Question 12

The Lewin 1951 created a unfreezing/changing/freezing model.

Communicate the information for shared understanding of what can be moved or changed is ___?

Answer 12

Change.

Question 13

There are 5 stages of change; transtheoretical model. What are these?

Answer 13

1. Precontemplation
2. Contemplation
3. Preparation for change
4. Action
   5 Maintenance

Question 14

1. Establish a sense of urgency
2. Create a powerful guiding coalition
3. Share the vision for change
4. Communicate to energise renewal
5. Remove obstacles, encourage risk-taking,
   creativity
6. Plan for short-term wins, rewards
7. Ensure sustainability
8. Anchor changes in work culture

Are part of guides to developed by who?

Answer 14

Kotter’s 1995 guide to change.

Question 15

THINK: what is a leader?

Answer 15

Leadership is about being there for the group, It is about followership - role modelling and mentoring others with:

 trust
 openness to new ideas
 valuing knowledge
 compassion
 presence—being able to ‘walk’ the journey
 mindfulness
 passionate optimism
 resilience
 balance
 impulse control
 accessibility
 emotional competence