Community
mobilization
,Definition
It is the process of getting the community
incorporated to fully participate in the programmes
for the purpose of ownership and sustainability.
PHC is provided to patients in their communities.
Communities are therefore required to initiate and
sustain activities, which support it.
The community must participate and get involved
in the decision making process, planning,
organisation, implementation and monitoring of
activities associated with community strategy.
, Importance of Community Mobilisation
The importance of community mobilisation is to:
• Prepare the community for participatory action.
• Create awareness about their health problems,
causes, prevention and care required.
• Identify problems together with the community and
seek means of solving them.
Gather information about the community’s beliefs’,
feelings, myths and misconception of their problems.
• Identify available resource and how the resources can
be used to solve the problems.
• Establish relationships within the community.
• Ownership and sustainability of the programme
mobilization
,Definition
It is the process of getting the community
incorporated to fully participate in the programmes
for the purpose of ownership and sustainability.
PHC is provided to patients in their communities.
Communities are therefore required to initiate and
sustain activities, which support it.
The community must participate and get involved
in the decision making process, planning,
organisation, implementation and monitoring of
activities associated with community strategy.
, Importance of Community Mobilisation
The importance of community mobilisation is to:
• Prepare the community for participatory action.
• Create awareness about their health problems,
causes, prevention and care required.
• Identify problems together with the community and
seek means of solving them.
Gather information about the community’s beliefs’,
feelings, myths and misconception of their problems.
• Identify available resource and how the resources can
be used to solve the problems.
• Establish relationships within the community.
• Ownership and sustainability of the programme
