1. Anita Sego
Spring, 2005

2. Chapter Objectives Define community organizing.
Identify the assumptions that underlie the process of community organization.
Briefly explain the difference between locality development, social planning, and social action approaches to community organization.
List the steps for a generalized model for community organizing/building

3. Chapter Objectives Explain what is meant by community building.
Explain the difference between health education and health promotion.
State and summarize the steps involved in creating a health promotion program.
Define the term needs assessment.

4. Chapter Objectives
Briefly explain the six steps used in assessing needs.
Explain the difference between goals and objectives.
List the different type of intervention strategies.
Explain the purposes of pilot testing in program development.
State the difference between formative and summative evaluation.

5. Definition Community organizing
“a process through which communities are helped to identify common problems or goals, mobilize resources, and in other ways develop and implement strategies for reaching their goals they have collectively set.”

6. Assumptions of Community Organization
1. Communities of people can develop the capacity to deal with their own problems.
2. People want to change and can change.
3. People should participate in making, adjusting, or controlling the major changes taking place in their communities.
4. Changes in community living, which are self-imposed or self-developed have a meaning and permanence that imposed changes do not have.

7. Assumptions of Community Organization
5. A ‘holistic approach’ can deal successfully with problems with which a ‘fragmented approach’ cannot cope.
6. Democracy requires cooperative participation & action in the affairs of the community, & people must learn the skills which make this possible.
7. Frequently, communities of people need help in organizing to deal with their needs, just as many individuals require help with individual problems.

8. Community Organizing Methods
Locality development
is a broad self-help method in which local citizens develop new skills and become more self-sufficient.
Social planning
utilizes skilled volunteers in the community in a technical process of problem solving.
Social action
is a technique that involves the redistribution of power and resources to disadvantaged segments of the population.

9. Process for Organizing a Community
Recognizing the problem
Making entry into the community
Organizing the people
Assessing the community
Determining priorities & setting goals
Selecting a solution to the problem

10. The Final 4 Steps
Implementing
Looping back
Evaluating
Maintaining

11. Creating a Health Promotion Program
Assessing
needs
Identifying
the
problem
Setting
goals
&
Objectives
Developing an
Intervention
Implementing
the
Intervention
Evaluating
the results
A Generalized Model for Program Planning

12. Creating a Health Promotion/ Disease Prevention Program - Overview
Assessing the needs
Identifying the problem(s)
Setting goals and objectives
Developing an intervention
Implementing the intervention
Evaluating the results

13. Assessing the Needs Determine the purpose & scope Gathering data
Analyzing the data
Identifying factors linked to the health problem
Identifying the program focus
Validating the prioritized need

14. Creating a Health Promotion/ Disease Prevention Program - Overview
Assessing the needs
Setting goals and objectives
goal is a future event toward which an endeavor is directed
objectives are steps taken in pursuit of a goal
Developing an intervention
designing activities that meet your objectives
Implementing the intervention
putting into practice
Evaluating the results

15. Evaluating the results

16. Evaluating the results
Planning the evaluation

17. Evaluating the results
Planning the evaluation
Collecting the data

18. Evaluating the results
Planning the evaluation
Collecting the data
Analyzing the data

19. Evaluating the results
Planning the evaluation
Collecting the data
Analyzing the data
Reporting results

20. Evaluating the results
Planning the evaluation
Collecting the data
Analyzing the data
Reporting results
Applying the results

21. Community Organization and Health Promotion Planning: Two Important
Chapter 5
Community Organization and
Health Promotion Planning: Two Important
Tools Of Community Health