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What Is Copar?: COPAR Stands For Community Organizing Participatory Action Research

This document discusses the phases of COPAR (Community Organizing Participatory Action Research). It outlines 4 phases: 1) Pre-Entry Phase which involves selecting sites and communities, 2) Entry Phase which focuses on integrating with the community, 3) Organization-building Phase which forms more formal community groups and structures, and 4) Sustenance and Strengthening Phase where established community organizations take over planning, implementing, and evaluating programs with guidance. Each phase involves key activities like social investigation, leader identification, and training community health organizations. The document also provides an initial understanding of the differences between CHN1 (focusing on a participating family) and CHN2 (guiding programs for the whole community) during a Community Imm

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What Is Copar?: COPAR Stands For Community Organizing Participatory Action Research

This document discusses the phases of COPAR (Community Organizing Participatory Action Research). It outlines 4 phases: 1) Pre-Entry Phase which involves selecting sites and communities, 2) Entry Phase which focuses on integrating with the community, 3) Organization-building Phase which forms more formal community groups and structures, and 4) Sustenance and Strengthening Phase where established community organizations take over planning, implementing, and evaluating programs with guidance. Each phase involves key activities like social investigation, leader identification, and training community health organizations. The document also provides an initial understanding of the differences between CHN1 (focusing on a participating family) and CHN2 (guiding programs for the whole community) during a Community Imm

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GOPEZ, RAMIL L.

CHN312
BSN3Y1-1A WEEK 1

1. What is Copar?

COPAR stands for Community Organizing Participatory Action Research


 A social development approach that aims to transform the apathetic, individualistic and
voiceless poor into dynamic, participatory and politically responsive community.
 A collective, participatory, transformative, liberative, sustained and systematic process of
building people’s organizations by mobilizing and enhancing the capabilities and
resources of the people for the resolution of their issues and concerns towards effecting
change in their existing oppressive and exploitative conditions (1994 National Rural
Conference).
 A process by which a community identifies its needs and objectives, develops confidence
to take action in respect to them and in doing so, extends and develops cooperative and
collaborative attitudes and practices in the community (Ross 1967).
 A continuous and sustained process of educating the people to understand and develop
their critical awareness of their existing condition, working with the people collectively
and efficiently on their immediate and long-term problems, and mobilizing the people to
develop their capability and readiness to respond and take action on their immediate
needs towards solving their long-term problems (CO: A manual of experience, PCPD).

2. What are the phases of COPAR?

1. Pre-Entry Phase

Is the initial phase of the organizing process where the community organizer looks for communities to
serve and help. Activities include:

Preparation of the Institution

 Train faculty and students in COPAR.


 Formulate plans for institutionalizing COPAR.
 Revise/enrich curriculum and immersion program.
 Coordinate participants of other departments.
Site Selection

 Initial networking with local government.


 Conduct preliminary special investigation.
 Make long/short list of potential communities.
 Do ocular survey of listed communities.
Criteria for Initial Site Selection

 Must have a population of 100-200 families.


 Economically depressed.No strong resistance from the community.
 No serious peace and order problem.
 No similar group or organization holding the same program.
Identifying Potential Municipalities

 Make long/short list of potential municipalities


Identifying Potential Community

 Do the same process as in selecting municipality.


 Consult key informants and residents.
 Coordinate with local government and NGOs for future activities.
Choosing Final Community

 Conduct informal interviews with community residents and key informants.


 Determine the need of the program in the community.
 Take note of political development.
 Develop community profiles for secondary data.
 Develop survey tools.
 Pay courtesy call to community leaders.
 Choose foster families based on guidelines
Identifying Host Family

 House is strategically located in the community.


 Should not belong to the rich segment.
 Respected by both formal and informal leaders.
 Neighbors are not hesitant to enter the house.
 No member of the host family should be moving out in the community.
2. Entry Phase

sometimes called the social preparation phase. Is crucial in determining which strategies for organizing
would suit the chosen community. Success of the activities depend on how much the community
organizers has integrated with the community.

Guidelines for Entry

 Recognize the role of local authorities by paying them visits to inform their presence and
activities.
 Her appearance, speech, behavior and lifestyle should be in keeping with those of the
community residents without disregard of their being role model.
 Avoid raising the consciousness of the community residents; adopt a low-key profile.
Activities in the Entry Phase
 Integration. Establishing rapport with the people in continuing effort to imbibe
community life.
 living with the community
 seek out to converse with people where they usually congregate
 lend a hand in household chores
 avoid gambling and drinking
 Deepening social investigation/community study
 verification and enrichment of data collected from initial survey
 conduct baseline survey by students, results relayed through community
assembly

Core Group Formation

 Leader spotting through sociogram.


 Key Persons. Approached by most people
 Opinion Leader. Approached by key persons
 Isolates. Never or hardly consulted

3. Organization-building Phase

Entails the formation of more formal structure and the inclusion of more formal procedure of planning,
implementing, and evaluating community-wise activities. It is at this phase where the organized leaders or
groups are being given training (formal, informal, OJT) to develop their style in managing their own
concerns/programs.

Key Activities

 Community Health Organization (CHO)


 preparation of legal requirements
 guidelines in the organization of the CHO by the core group
 election of officers
 Research Team Committee
 Planning Committee
 Health Committee Organization
 Others
 Formation of by-laws by the CHO

4. Sustenance and Strengthening Phase

Occurs when the community organization has already been established and the community members are
already actively participating in community-wide undertakings. At this point, the different committees
setup in the organization-building phase are already expected to be functioning by way of planning,
implementing and evaluating their own programs, with the overall guidance from the community-wide
organization.

Key Activities
 Training of CHO for monitoring and implementing of community health program.
 Identification of secondary leaders.
 Linkaging and networking.
 Conduct of mobilization on health and development concerns.
 Implementation of livelihood projects.

Give your initial understanding about the differences of your CHN1 and CHN 2 Community
Immersive Program (CIP)
For me the role of the community health nurse or CHN 1 is in the participating family’s this
is to focus on the CHN 1. Community health nursing refers to a systematic, comprehensive focus on
wellness, health protection, and disease, and injury prevention for the population residing in a specific area.
The nurse functions as advocate, case manager, consultant, health care provider, educator, and collaborator
with other agencies for healthy outcomes of the entire community. Nurses involved in the health of a
specific community such as the family participating will assess the members living in the demographic areas
Education of the population is important. Developing and providing instructions to reframe from outdoor
activities during the peak hours of traffic in the neighborhood will minimize exposure.
Effective health seeking behaviors related to the expressed desire for a higher level of wellness, evidenced
by, involvement in physical/recreational activity in the community. The nurse may assist the members of the
community to explore motivations, behaviors, and feelings regarding their determination to increase their
level of wellness. In response to the person’s self- awareness for the desired elevation of maximum health,
the nurse may reinforce the need to modify and plan more achievable personal goals. While in Community
Immersive program of CIP you will witness the differenet demographic situations in an area or in the
coomunity you will be facing the whole community or different families in the community. You are the
one who will guide the public local officials in able to have a successful community immersive project or
programs to attain and to attain the optimum level of functioning of the people living in the area.

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