Section: Module 4: Lesson 1: Explore the Skills Involved in Promoting Community Participation | Community Oriented Primary Care | NextGenU.org

  • Student Learning Outcomes:
    Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
    • Describe the importance of community involvement in COPC practice.
    • Identify methods and strategies for promoting community participation.
    • Differentiate among the Locality development model, Social Planning model, and Social action model of community organization.
    • Explain specific strategies that can be used to promote community participation in problem solving through COPC interventions.
    • Describe how to employ strategies to motivate community members to participate in COPC interventions.
    Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 3 hours and 48 minutes.

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    • Required Learning Resources and Activities
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      The Role of Community Participation in Primary Health Care: Practices of South African Health Committees URL
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      Read under the sections titled "Introduction" and "Community participation as part of a PHC approach in South Africa." (4 minutes)

      Primary Health Care Research & Development - 2021

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      Optimising Individual and Community Involvement in Health Decision-making in General Practice Consultations and Primary Care Settings: A Way Forward URL
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      Read the content under the heading " Individual and community involvement in health decision-making: Implementation challenges and solutions" until " Conclusions." (7 minutes)

      European Journal of General Practice - 2020

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      The Contribution of Family Physicians and Primary Care Doctors to Community-Orientated Primary Care URL
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      Read from the section titled "Lead and support the implementation of
      community-orientated primary care" until the end of the document. (19 minutes)

      South African Family Practice - 2021

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      Community Organization in Social Work URL
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      Read the section under the title "3 Models to Community Organization" (Models A, B, and C). (4 minutes)

      SWEduCareBD - 2019

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      Section 1. Strategies for Community Change and Improvement: An Overview URL
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      What Are Effective Strategies in Community Organization? (5 minutes)

      Community Toolbox - 2022

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      Achieving Successful Community Engagement: A Rapid Realist Review URL
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      In the results, section read: Table 4 Summary of guiding principles nd corresponding supportive interventions, contextual factors and mechanisms leading to successful CE interventions. (7 minutes)

      BMC Health Services Research - 2018

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      Case Scenario (90 minutes) Forum
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      Start discussions: 1

      General Instructions

      In this learning activity, you will be provided with a case scenario and respond to questions accordingly.

      Step 1: Analyze

      Review and analyze the case scenario below.

      Case Scenario 

      You are the head physician at your local health authority office. There has been a recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the community, with the death rate at an all-time high, yet vaccination rates have remained stagnant. Individuals appear to be distrustful of the vaccine. You are tasked with increasing vaccination rates and building trust in the community. What will be your next steps?

      Step 2: Prepare 

      Based on the scenario above, prepare a 400-500 word written piece that addresses the following key questions:

      • What methods and strategies may be useful in promoting community participation?
      • What key members of the community could assist with this task? (Religious, political, unions, activists, patient organizations, etc.)
      • What strategies can help motivate the community to participate in interventions?
      • Why will these strategies be useful/appropriate?

      Step 3: Share 

      To share your work, click the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work into the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

      Step 4: Interact 

      To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Be sure your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas on other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click “Post to forum.”

      OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)

      If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”