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COMMUNITY ORGANIZING BERNADETTE WYNE TOSOC LEE RN, MAN DEFINITION – COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IS A PROCESS OF OF EDUCATING AND MOBILIZING MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY THE COMMUNITY TO ENABLE THEM TO RESOLVE COMMUNITY PROBLEMS. ORGANIZING GOALS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING – PEOP...

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING BERNADETTE WYNE TOSOC LEE RN, MAN DEFINITION – COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IS A PROCESS OF OF EDUCATING AND MOBILIZING MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY THE COMMUNITY TO ENABLE THEM TO RESOLVE COMMUNITY PROBLEMS. ORGANIZING GOALS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING – PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT & – DEVELOPMENT OF A SELF-RELIANT COMMUNITY COMMUNITY HEALTH – IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE NURSING PRACTICE EMPHASSES 1. PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER TO SOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS OF 2. INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONAL CONSOLIDATION AS A PRE COMMUNITY REQUISITE TO EXTERNAL EXPANSION 3. SOCIAL MOVEMENT FIRST BEFORE TECHNICAL CHANGE ORGANIZING 4. HEALTH REFORMS OCCURING WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF IN PHC BROADER SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION  – COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENTAILS A PROCESS OF ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT SITUATION, THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS, DECIDING ON APPROPRIATE COURSES OF ACTION OR DEVELOPMENT RESPONSES, MOBILIZATION OF RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS AND MONITORING AND EVALUATION BY THE PEOPLE.  1. HUMAN RIGHTS – UNIVERSALLY HELD PRINCIPLES ANCHORED MAINLY ON THE BELIEF IN THE WORTH AND DIGNITY OF PEOPLE. BASIC VALUES 2. SOCIAL JUSTICE – EQUITABLE ACCESS TO IN OPPORTUNITIES FOR SATISFYING PEOPLE’S BASIC NEEDS AND DIGNITY. COMMUNITY 3. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – PREMISED ON THE BELIEF ORGANIZING THAT PEOPLE AS SOCIAL BEINGS MUST NOT LIMIT THEMSELVES TO THEIR OWN CONCERN BUT SHOULD REACH OUT TO AND MOVE JOINTLY WITH OTHERS IN MEETING COMMON NEEDS AND PROBLEMS.  1. COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IS PEOPLE CENTERED. CORE 2. COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IS PARTICIPATIVE. PRINCIPLES 3. COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IS DEMOCRATIC. IN COMMUNITY 4. COMMUNITY ORGANZING IS DEVELOPMENTAL. ORGANIZING 5. COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IS PROCESS-ORIENTED.  1. PRE ENTRY – PREPARATION ON THE PART OF ORGANIZER AND CHOOSING COMMUNITY FOR PARTNERSHIP. – KNOWING THE GOALS OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING ACTIVITY. PHASES OF – IDENTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE BARRIERS, THREATS, STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES. COMMUNITY – COMMUNITIES MAY BE IDENTIFIED THROUGH DIFFERENT ORGANIZING MEANS LIKE OCULAR SURVEY, REVIEW OF RECORDS OF FACILITY, REVIEW OF BARANGAY OR MUNICIPAL PROFILE, REFERRAL FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES/ INSITUTIONS, CONSULTATION FROM THE LGU OR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS  – PRE ENTRY (CONT.) – ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS DURING OCULAR SURVEY: – DOES THE COMMUNITY MEET THE “GIDA” (GEOGRAPHICAL ISOLATED AND DISADVANTAGED AREA) CRITERION OF DOH? – DO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY PERCIEVE THE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE? PHASES OF – DOES THE COMMUNITY SHOW SIGNS OF WILLINGESS COMMUNITY OR HOSTILITY TOWARDS THE ORGANIZER? – IS THERE NO OBVIOUS THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF THE ORGANIZING COMMUNITY ORGANIZER? – ARE THERE OTHER INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS OR AGENCIES WORKING IN THE AREA? – IS THE PARTNERSHIP AMONG ALL POTENTIAL STAKEHOLDERS POSSIBLE AND FEASIBLE?  2. ENTRY INTO THE COMMUNITY – ORGANIZER GETS TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY AND VISE-VERSA. PHASES OF – MAKE COURTESY CALLS TO LOCAL FORMAL COMMUNITY LEADERS ORGANIZING – VISIT TO INFORMAL LEADERS RECOGNIZED IN THE COMMUNITY. – AVOID RAISING UNREALISTIC EXPECTATION IN THE COMMUNITY.  3. COMMUNITY INTEGRATION – PAKIKIPAMUHAY – THE PHASE WHEN THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER PHASES OF MAY ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY IN AN COMMUNITY EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY BETTER AND IMBIBE COMMUNITY LIFE. ORGANIZING – ESTABLISHMENT OF RAPPORT – RESPECT FOR COMMUNITY CULTURE AND TRADITIONS.  – COMMUNITY INTEGRATION (CONT.) PHASES OF – INTEGRATION STYLES: 1. “NOW YOU SEE, NOW YOU DON’T” STYLE COMMUNITY 2. “BOARDER” STYLE ORGANIZING 3. “ELITIST” STYLE  – COMMUNITY INTEGRATION (CONT.) – TECHNIQUES TO FACILITATE COMMUNITY INTEGRATION: PHASES OF 1. PAGBABAHAY-BAHAY OR OCCASIONAL HOME COMMUNITY VISITS 2. HUNTAHAN ORGANIZING 3. PARTICIPATION IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS 4. PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES  4. SOCIAL ANALYSIS PROCESS OF GATHERING, COLLATING AND ANALYZING DATA TO GAIN EXTENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY CONDITIONS, HELP IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEMS OF THE COMMUNITY AND DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THESE PROBLEMS ALSO KNOWN AS SOCIAL INVESTIGATION, COMMUNITY STUDY, COMMUNITY ANALYSIS OR COMMUNITY NEED PHASES OF ASSESSMENT. COMMUNITY OFTEN CALLED COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS REQUIRES COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ORGANIZING FOLLOWING: A. DEMOGRAPHIC DATA B. SOCIOCULTURAL DATA C. ECONOMIC DATA D. ENVIRONMENTAL DATA E. DATA ON HEALTH PATTERN F. DATA ON HEALTH RESOURCES  5. IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL LEADERS CONVERSATIONS AND GROUP DISCUSSIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE OCCASIONS FOR THE ORGANIZER TO INITIALLY GAUGE LEADERSHIP POTENTIALS. CHARACTERISTICS OF POTENTIAL LEADERS: 1. THEY REPRESENT THE TARGET GROUP/COMMUNITY. PHASES OF 2. THEY POSSESS OR DISPLAY LEADERSHIP QUALITIES COMMUNITY 3. THEY HAVE THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE OF THE COMMUNITY. ORGANIZING 4. THEY EXPRESS THE BELIEF IN THE NEED TO CHANGE THE CURRENT UNDESIRABLE SITUATION. 5. THEY ARE WILLING TO INVEST TIME AND EFFORT FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZING WORK 6. THEY HAVE POTENTIAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS  6. CORE GROUP FORMATION MEMBERSHIP OF THE GROUP IS EXPANDED. PHASES OF NEW RECRUITS MUST ALSO BE FROM THE COMMUNITY, SHARING THE SAME PROBLEMS THE COMMUNITY GROUP SEEK TO CORRECT AND BELIEVING IN THE ORGANIZING SAME CORE VALUES, PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES. KEEP GROUP MANAGEABLE BETWEEN 8-12 MEMBERS  7. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS OF INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, THE CORE GROUP, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ORGANIZER, INSTILLS AWARENESS OF COMMON CONCERNS AMONG OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. CONDUCT AN ASSEMBLY OR SERIES OF ASSEMBLIES. COLLECTIVE DECISION MAKING ON PROJECTS AND STRATEGY. PHASES OF CHARACTERISTIC OF A FORMAL ORGANIZATION: COMMUNITY 1. AN ORGANIZATIONAL NAME AND STRUCTURE 2. A SET OF OFFICERS RECOGNIZED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZING COMMUNITY 3. CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS STATING THE VISION, MISSION, AND GOALS(VMG), RULES AND REGULATION, AND DUTIES AN MEMBERS.  8. ACTION PHASE ALSO KNOWN AS THE MOBILIZATION PHASE, THE ACTION PHASE REFERS TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY’S PLANNED PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS DURING THE PHASES OF MOBILIZATION PHASE ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE THE PACE COMMUNITY AND SCOPE OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. ORGANIZING 2. THE PROCESS IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE OUTPUT. 3. REGULAR MONITORING AND CONTINUING COMMUNITY FORMATION PROGRAM ARE ESSENTIAL.  9. EVALUATION A SYSTEMATIC, CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT PHASES OF STATE OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND/OR PROJECT COMPARED TO DESIRED OR PLANNED GOALS OR COMMUNITY OBJECTIVES. ORGANIZING  9. EVALUATION (CONT) AREA OF EVALUATION GENERAL EVALUATION PARAMETERS PROGRAM-BASED WERE THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM/PROJECT ACHIEVED? WHAT STRATEGIES WERE IMPLEMENTED?WHAT WORKED?WHAT DID NOT? WHAT IS THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THE PROJECT ON THE COMMUNITY? HOW WERE THE RESOURCES OF THE ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY UTILIZED? ORGANIZATIONAL WERE THE VISION, MISSION AND GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION ACHIEVED? HOW ARE THE ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES BEING IMPLEMENTED? WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION? HOW WERE THE RESOURCES OF THE ORGANIZATION UTILIZED AND MANAGED? WHAT TYPE OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP IS SHARED AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION, AMONG THE LEADERS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION?  10. EXIT AND EXPANSION PHASE “THE BEST ENTRY PLAN IS AN EXIT PLAN” INDICATION OF READINESS FOR EXIT BY THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER SHOULD INCLUDE : 1. ATTAINMENT OF THE SET GOALS OF THE PHASES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING EFFORT 2. DEMONSTRATION OF THE CAPACITY OF THE PEOPLE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION TO LEAD THE COMMUNITY IN DEALING WITH COMMON PROBLEMS ORGANIZING 3. PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT AS MANIFESTED BY COLLECTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN DECISION MAKING AND COMMUNITY ACTION ON MATTERS THAT IMPACT THEIR LIVES.  PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH (PAR) COMMUNITY AN APPROACH TO RESEARCH THAT AIMS AT PROMOTING ORGANIZING CHANGE AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS. PARTICIPATORY MEMBERS OF THE GROUP BEING STUDIED PARTICIPATE AS PARTNERS IN ALL PHASES OF THE RESEARCH, INCLUDING ACTION DESIGN, DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND DISSEMINATION RESEARCH (BROWN ET AL., 2008).  COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH (COPAR) A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT APPROACH THAT ALLOWS COMMUNITY THE COMMUNITY (PARTICIPATORY) TO SYSTEMATICALLY ORGANIZING ANALYZE THE SITUATION (RESEARCH), PLAN SOLUTION, AND PARTICIPATORY IMPLEMENT PROJECTS/PROGRAMS (ACTION) UTILIZING THE PROCESS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING. ACTION IT IS ESSENTIALLY A RESEARCH PROJECT DONE BY THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY THAT LEADS TO ACTIONS THAT IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. COPAR MODEL  POINTS OF TRADITIONAL RESEARCH APPROACH COPAR COMPARISON DECISION MAKING TOP DOWN EXPERT/NURSE-DRIVEN BOTTOM UP EMPHASIS PROCESS MUCH PREMIUM IS PLACED ON COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PROCESS THE DATA AND OUTPUT. PREMIUM IS PLACED ON THE PROCESS. COMPARISON ROLES NURSE AS A RESEARCHER: OR OBJECTS OF RESEARCH, USUALLY RESPONDENTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS RESEARCHER: THE NURSE IS A FACILITATOR AND OF OF THE RESEARCH INSTRUMENT. DATA ANALYSIS IS DONE BY THE NURSE AND RECORDER. DATA ANALYSIS IS DONE COLLECTIVELY BY THE COMMUNITY. THEN PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY. TRADITIONAL METHODOLOGY RESEARCH TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES RESEARCH TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES ARE PREDETERMINED/ PREPACKAGED BY ARE IDENTIFIED AND DEVELOPED BY THE RESEARCH THE NURSE-ORGANIZER. COMMUNITY. APPROACH OUTPUT UPON COMPLETION, THE STUDY IS PACKAGED SUBMITTED TO THE AGENCY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE BY THE COMMUNITY. THESE AND PUBLISHED. RECOMMENDATIONS WILL LEAD TO AGREED COMMUNITY AND COPAR ARE MADE BY THE RESEARCHER BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY. ACTION/PROJECTS. THE WHOLE RESEARCH CYCLE CONTINUES UNTIL IT BECOMES PART OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. COMMUNITY MEMBERS FORMULATE THE RECOMMENDATIONS PARTICIPATORY 1. TRENSECT WALK DATA FOR MAKING AN OCULAR SURVEY, THE NURSE ASKS A GROUP FROM THE COMMUNITY TO COME ALONG AND JOIN. THE NURSE GATHERING REQUEST THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TAKE THE LEAD IN THE INSPECTION (PASYAL), ASKS THEM CRITICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT METHODS OF THE COMMUNITY AND ALLOWS THEM TO ANALYZE AND DRAW CONCLUSIONS. COPAR  2. MAPPING PARTICIPATORY THE NURSE ASK SOME MEBERS TO DRAW A DETAILED MAP OF THE COMMUNITY AND DATA EMPHASIZING CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE GATHERING COMMUNITY SUCH AS: METHODS OF üRESOURCE MAP COPAR üHEALTH MAP üSEASONAL MAP OR CALENDAR PARTICIPATORY DATA 3. VENN DIAGRAM FOCUSES ON RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE GATHERING COMMUNITY AND BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND METHODS OF OUTSIDE GROUPS OR AGENCIES. COPAR  – HAS EXEMPLARY PROFESSIONAL AND MORAL QUALITIES. – POSSESSES GOOD COMMUNICATION/FACILITATION SKILLS TO BE ABLE TO CALL AND LEAD SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS/TRAININGS AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS. – HAS THE ABILITY TO SET GOOD LEADERSHIP EXAMPLES FOR THE BASIC COMMUNITY TO EMULATE. – DISPLAYS A CHARISMATIC PERSONALITY THAT DRAWS PEOPLE QUALITIES OF TOWARDS THE ORGANIZING WORK AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. A – ADOPTS AND ENJOYS WORKING WITH AND LIVING WITH ALL TYPES OF COMMUNITIES/PEOPLE. COMMUNITY – CAN EMPATHIZE WITH THE PEOPLE OR COMMUNITY HE/SHE IS WORKING WITH. ORGANIZER – BELIEVES IN THE VISION OF CHANGE, EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT. – HAS A PERSONAL CONVICTION CONSISTENT WITH THE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES BEING ADVOCATED.