Your Practicum and Community Initiatives
To engage a community successfully, public health leaders must embrace inclusiveness—
all
stakeholders must be included throughout the process. The process must be comprehensive so every aspect of the issue, including root causes, can be addressed to produce systemic change. And most importantly, there must be local ownership over the process so community members feel a sense of empowerment and responsibility for gaining knowledge, sustaining policies, and creating public health change.
Imagine that you are in charge of a new community initiative at your practicum site that will require community engagement to ensure success. Historically, the community's involvement with your agency and its programs has been low, attributable to lack of connection and communication.
Make a proposal to your practicum mentor in which you describe your leadership strategy for engaging community members in this initiative. You can add substance to the scenario by providing additional details about the initiative goals and how you plan to achieve them through community involvement. Support your plan with evidence from course materials or other professional sources.
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Your Practicum and Community InitiativesTo engage a communit
1. Your Practicum and Community Initiatives
To engage a community successfully, public health leaders must
embrace inclusiveness—
all
stakeholders must be included throughout the process. The
process must be comprehensive so every aspect of the issue,
including root causes, can be addressed to produce systemic
change. And most importantly, there must be local ownership
over the process so community members feel a sense of
empowerment and responsibility for gaining knowledge,
sustaining policies, and creating public health change.
Imagine that you are in charge of a new community initiative at
your practicum site that will require community engagement to
ensure success. Historically, the community's involvement with
your agency and its programs has been low, attributable to lack
of connection and communication.
Make a proposal to your practicum mentor in which you
describe your leadership strategy for engaging community
members in this initiative. You can add substance to the
scenario by providing additional details about the initiative
goals and how you plan to achieve them through community
involvement. Support your plan with evidence from course
materials or other professional sources.
