NCM 119 MODULE 8 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Site Selection
2. Conduct of Preliminary Social Investigation
3. Coordination with Local Government Unit for assistance
4. Develop survey tools
5. Courtesy call to community leaders - ANSWER-COPAR PRE-ENTRY PHASE:
1. Integration with the community
2. Community Study
3. Local Assembly / General Assembly
4. Identification of Potential Leaders
5. Provision of Health Services - ANSWER-COPAR ENTRY PHASE:
1. Core Group Formation
2. Community Planning
3. Preparing the Community for Organization Building
4. Organizing the Community Health Organization (CHO)
5. Training and Education of the CHO
6. Setting-up of the CHO - ANSWER-COPAR HELPING PHASE:
1. Education and Training
2. Network and Linkages
3. Community Mobilization on Health and Development Concerns
4. Development of Secondary Leaders - ANSWER-SUSTENANCE AND
STRENGTHENING PHASE:
Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR) - ANSWER-is a
widely used framework in public health nursing that aims to empower communities
by involving them in the research process, where they play an active role as
participants (Jimenez, 2008).
Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR) - ANSWER-has
been serving as a tool in community development, aiming to form structures that
hold the people's basic interests as the oppressed and deprived sectors of the
community.
Strategic Plan, Accomplishment Report - ANSWER-One of the partner communities
of Angeles University Foundation - College of Nursing is Barangay Ninoy Aquino,
Angeles City. In this assembly, a Revisit to the _________________ and
_______________________ in the said barangay will be facilitated by CON alumna-
Batch Marilag who were the last leaders in the COPAR.
,Networking - ANSWER-is basically extending the outreach of the resources in
different ways so as to increase the effectiveness of the program.
survey tools, secondary sources, 1-2 organizations - ANSWER-Ideal COPAR
• survey tools/form depending on the needs of the community (custom-made)
• Ideally, there should be no ________________
• Information should come from _________________ from health centers,
municipalities, SGDs
• _____ organizations (ending is CHO) with officers, by-laws
survey tools, CHO, CHO, complex problems - ANSWER-Practice COPAR:
• Ready-made _____________ (passed-down, adopted from other universities)
• End of semester: no _______
• ________ is for self-reliance
• Judging ___________________ as simple ones
prioritized, Should not prioritize something that we cannot do anything at all, -
ANSWER-Come up with problems after assessment
• Too big/too complicated for the health workers to manage should not be
______________
• Principle: ________________________________________________________
• Example: In Ninoy Aquino Community: livelihood problem is difficult to address,
health-related is prioritized
one-day activities/affairs/programs - ANSWER-"Teach the man how to fish, and he
will never be hungry. Give the man fish, and he will ask for more."
• Deviate from _____________________________ - not sustainable
• Planned/conceptualized well
community organizing - ANSWER-According to your understanding of
_______________________, a nurse is both an implementor and an adviser (and
with other roles as well).
Organizing and mobilizing the people to initiate and sustain changes as a group and
an organization, problem-solving - ANSWER-• Decision-making
• Ability to influence, change and modify attitudes/behavior
• CO & COPAR GOAL:
___________________________________________________________________
_________
• As a CO: Able to strengthen the members' capability in _____________________
(aside from KS, flexibility, ability to adapt) decision-making skills for self-reliant
development initiative
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING - ANSWER-• A social development methodology
utilized to facilitate the process of forming and sustaining self-reliant and self-
determination
o Develop the capability to assume greater responsibility for assessing their health
needs and problems
o Plan and implement actions/solutions to solve these problems
, o Create and maintain organization in support of these efforts
o Put up and sustain organizational structures which will support and monitor
implementation of health initiatives by the people
To manage initially diagnosed problems
End goal: community development and self-reliance - ANSWER-COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING is the process whereby the community members (goals) (Gesmundo,
2010) is to:
Community participation - ANSWER-is the center of any development (requires
community participation)
Community participation - ANSWER-WHO: ___________________________ is a
fundamental requirement to achieve health and sustainable development, enabling
citizens to become an integral part of the decision-making and action process
1. Changing the conditions within the community
§ Changing the environment
§ Health services
2. Changing people's behaviors
§ More important than knowledge and skills is their behavior - ANSWER-Effecting
change through community participation means:
1. Passive involvement in pre-determined activities
§ Mere involvement is already participation
2. Full control of health organizations and health-related affairs
§ Already members of core group or CHO Increased participation = Sustainability of
health - ANSWER-Participation in health can range from:
o Because we need to sustain health of the people
o A sustainable community health development is grounded on health promotion and
wellness - ANSWER-Why is there a need to sustain health programs?
1. Community-based approach
2. Integrated approach
3. Comprehensive approach - ANSWER-3 IMPORTANT APPROACHES FOR A
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY HEALTH DEVELOPMENT:
§ Empowers the people to address their health needs and problems
§ Aside from core group, given a proper venue/environment to verbalize health
needs and problems
§ "Empowerment" - ANSWER-3 IMPORTANT APPROACHES FOR A
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY HEALTH DEVELOPMENT: Community-based
approach
§ As a nurse, consider various dimensions of health and development:
o Lifestyle
o Changing their environment (major determinant in health)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Site Selection
2. Conduct of Preliminary Social Investigation
3. Coordination with Local Government Unit for assistance
4. Develop survey tools
5. Courtesy call to community leaders - ANSWER-COPAR PRE-ENTRY PHASE:
1. Integration with the community
2. Community Study
3. Local Assembly / General Assembly
4. Identification of Potential Leaders
5. Provision of Health Services - ANSWER-COPAR ENTRY PHASE:
1. Core Group Formation
2. Community Planning
3. Preparing the Community for Organization Building
4. Organizing the Community Health Organization (CHO)
5. Training and Education of the CHO
6. Setting-up of the CHO - ANSWER-COPAR HELPING PHASE:
1. Education and Training
2. Network and Linkages
3. Community Mobilization on Health and Development Concerns
4. Development of Secondary Leaders - ANSWER-SUSTENANCE AND
STRENGTHENING PHASE:
Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR) - ANSWER-is a
widely used framework in public health nursing that aims to empower communities
by involving them in the research process, where they play an active role as
participants (Jimenez, 2008).
Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR) - ANSWER-has
been serving as a tool in community development, aiming to form structures that
hold the people's basic interests as the oppressed and deprived sectors of the
community.
Strategic Plan, Accomplishment Report - ANSWER-One of the partner communities
of Angeles University Foundation - College of Nursing is Barangay Ninoy Aquino,
Angeles City. In this assembly, a Revisit to the _________________ and
_______________________ in the said barangay will be facilitated by CON alumna-
Batch Marilag who were the last leaders in the COPAR.
,Networking - ANSWER-is basically extending the outreach of the resources in
different ways so as to increase the effectiveness of the program.
survey tools, secondary sources, 1-2 organizations - ANSWER-Ideal COPAR
• survey tools/form depending on the needs of the community (custom-made)
• Ideally, there should be no ________________
• Information should come from _________________ from health centers,
municipalities, SGDs
• _____ organizations (ending is CHO) with officers, by-laws
survey tools, CHO, CHO, complex problems - ANSWER-Practice COPAR:
• Ready-made _____________ (passed-down, adopted from other universities)
• End of semester: no _______
• ________ is for self-reliance
• Judging ___________________ as simple ones
prioritized, Should not prioritize something that we cannot do anything at all, -
ANSWER-Come up with problems after assessment
• Too big/too complicated for the health workers to manage should not be
______________
• Principle: ________________________________________________________
• Example: In Ninoy Aquino Community: livelihood problem is difficult to address,
health-related is prioritized
one-day activities/affairs/programs - ANSWER-"Teach the man how to fish, and he
will never be hungry. Give the man fish, and he will ask for more."
• Deviate from _____________________________ - not sustainable
• Planned/conceptualized well
community organizing - ANSWER-According to your understanding of
_______________________, a nurse is both an implementor and an adviser (and
with other roles as well).
Organizing and mobilizing the people to initiate and sustain changes as a group and
an organization, problem-solving - ANSWER-• Decision-making
• Ability to influence, change and modify attitudes/behavior
• CO & COPAR GOAL:
___________________________________________________________________
_________
• As a CO: Able to strengthen the members' capability in _____________________
(aside from KS, flexibility, ability to adapt) decision-making skills for self-reliant
development initiative
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING - ANSWER-• A social development methodology
utilized to facilitate the process of forming and sustaining self-reliant and self-
determination
o Develop the capability to assume greater responsibility for assessing their health
needs and problems
o Plan and implement actions/solutions to solve these problems
, o Create and maintain organization in support of these efforts
o Put up and sustain organizational structures which will support and monitor
implementation of health initiatives by the people
To manage initially diagnosed problems
End goal: community development and self-reliance - ANSWER-COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING is the process whereby the community members (goals) (Gesmundo,
2010) is to:
Community participation - ANSWER-is the center of any development (requires
community participation)
Community participation - ANSWER-WHO: ___________________________ is a
fundamental requirement to achieve health and sustainable development, enabling
citizens to become an integral part of the decision-making and action process
1. Changing the conditions within the community
§ Changing the environment
§ Health services
2. Changing people's behaviors
§ More important than knowledge and skills is their behavior - ANSWER-Effecting
change through community participation means:
1. Passive involvement in pre-determined activities
§ Mere involvement is already participation
2. Full control of health organizations and health-related affairs
§ Already members of core group or CHO Increased participation = Sustainability of
health - ANSWER-Participation in health can range from:
o Because we need to sustain health of the people
o A sustainable community health development is grounded on health promotion and
wellness - ANSWER-Why is there a need to sustain health programs?
1. Community-based approach
2. Integrated approach
3. Comprehensive approach - ANSWER-3 IMPORTANT APPROACHES FOR A
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY HEALTH DEVELOPMENT:
§ Empowers the people to address their health needs and problems
§ Aside from core group, given a proper venue/environment to verbalize health
needs and problems
§ "Empowerment" - ANSWER-3 IMPORTANT APPROACHES FOR A
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY HEALTH DEVELOPMENT: Community-based
approach
§ As a nurse, consider various dimensions of health and development:
o Lifestyle
o Changing their environment (major determinant in health)
