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MAAM MAI 3
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND DEVELOPMENT (COPAR)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Community Organizing | The process of developing a community’s collective capacity to solve its own problems and pursue development through its own efforts. |
| Goal of Community Organizing | To enable people to work together toward resolving their own health and social issues. |
| Emphasis of Community Organizing in Primary Health Care | People-centered participation, internal organization before external expansion, social movement before technical change, and integration of health reforms with social transformation. |
| Community Development | The end goal of community organizing focused on improving access to resources and uplifting the status of marginalized populations. |
| Basic Values of Community Development | Human Rights, Social Justice, and Social Responsibility. |
| Human Rights | The inherent worth and dignity of all humans including the right to life, development, and self-determination. |
| Social Justice | Fairness in the distribution of resources to meet basic human needs and maintain dignity. |
| Social Responsibility. | The ethical duty to act in solidarity and concern for others as part of one community. |
| Core Principles of Community Organizing | People-Centered, Participative, Democratic, Developmental, and Process-Oriented. |
| Process of COPAR | Includes Pre-entry, Entry, Community Organizing and Capacity Building, Community Action Phase, and Sustenance & Strengthening. |
| Pre-entry/Preparatory Phase | Involves institutional preparation, program formulation, site selection, and initial social investigation. |
| Site Selection Criteria (PIERA) | Poor health situation, Inaccessibility of services, Exploited population, Relative peace and order, and An oppressed community. |
| Entry Phase/Integration Phase | The phase where the organizer enters the community, builds rapport, and lives among the people (“Pakikipamuhay”). |
| Integration Activities | Courtesy calls, participation in community life, and deepening of social investigation. |
| Core Group Formation | Identification and training of local leaders (SALT - Self Awareness and Leadership Training). |
| Criteria for Core Group Formation (BROWN) | Belong to the poor sector, Respected by the community, Open to learn, With good communication skills, No political position. |
| Integration Styles | “Now you see, now you don’t”, Border, and Elitist methods of integration. |
| Community Study | Training members to collect, organize, and analyze data for decision-making and problem-solving. |
| Community Organizing and Capacity-Building Phase | Involves leadership training, management development, and establishment of community structures. |
| Community Action Phase (PISO) | Program Implementation, Identification of resources, Setting up linkages, and Organizing community health workers (CHWs). |
| Sustenance and Strengthening Phase | Focuses on financial management, secondary leadership, and formal linkages with LGUs. |
| Turnover/Termination Phase | The stage where the project or program is turned over to the community for independent sustainability. |
| Roles of a Community Organizer | Enabler, Advocate, Facilitator, and Change Agent. |
| Principles of Community Organizing | Go to the people and live among them, Learn and work with them, Start with what they know, Teach by showing, Use an integrated approach, and Focus on empowerment not relief. |
| Methods of Presenting Community Data | Used to inform, involve, and empower community members for health decision-making. |
| Purposes of Presenting Data | To inform, involve, raise awareness, and enable better community decisions. |
| Types of Graphs for Presenting Data | Bar Graph (comparison), Line Graph (trends), Pie Chart (percentage distribution), Scatter Plot (correlation). |
| End Goal of COPAR | Better quality of life and people empowerment. |