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Community Organizing and Advocacy - Coggle Diagram
Community Organizing and Advocacy
As the field of health promotion involves working across different disciplines, cultures, communities, and practices, effective collaboration plays a critical role in addressing complex problems.
1.1. Successful collaboration confronts challenges inherent to health promotion
Differing language of practice
Broad range of outcome measures
Time constraints
1.2. Collaboration enables successful working relationships
Creative problem-solving approaches
Interdisciplinary teamwork
Innovative interventions for community health
Collaboration in health promotion relies upon the practice of reflection, whether individual or collaborative, as it promotes the examination of intervention and practice effectiveness while navigating the messiness of real-life problem-solving.
2.1. Reflection can expand one knowledge toolkit
Theory development
Self-development
Enhance decision-making
Change meaning schemes
2.2. Commitment to the process builds trust between all parties involved
Collective consideration
Requires investment of time and energy
2.3. Reflexivity is an important skill, as each health promotion initiative is unique
Shaped by the diversity of individuals involved
Shaped by the goals of the organization
Influenced by community cultural values
Participatory practice in health promotion extends beyond project-centered collaboration and includes community development and social change to create and support health and health equity.
3.1. Participatory practices must avoid associated risks
Tokenism
Further burdening those who already face disproportionate health inequities
Constraints on individuals’ ability to participate
3.2. The key principles of participatory action are built on the notion of interconnectedness
Empowerment
Reciprocity
Co-learning and consciousness-raising
3.3. Participatory practices place the community as experts and change agents
Improves self-determination
Increases autonomy
Builds trust
Meets people where they are at
Storytelling and dialogue serve as participatory practice tools that help connect health promotion with community well-being.
4.1. Sharing creates a sense of connection and empathy among community members
Captures experiences
Expresses feelings
Co-creates meanings
4.2. Storytelling and dialogue facilitate collective questioning
Challenges assumptions
Examines root causes
Highlights marginalized perspectives
Community organizing and community building involve helping community groups identify needs and develop strategies to reach their collective goals, all while focusing on building community capacity.
5.1. Community members play an active role in their community
Leadership roles
Building social networks
Having access to decision-making power
5.2. Community participation avoids “problem-fixing” and externally driven strategies
Needs identified by groups within the community
Community-driven solutions
Awareness of community capacity
5.3. Community organizing and building empowers the community
Enhances community competence
Improves problem-solving ability
Fosters true community ownership of programs and actions