Community Organizing-Participatory Action Research HRDP III PCPD, Inc.

1. COMMUNITY HEALTH
DEVELOPMENT
With
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING-
PARTICIPATORY ACTION
RESEARCH
By: Rommel Luis C. Israel III
Health Services Coordinator
SPU-HRDP III CO-PAR
THE CO-PAR PROCESS

2. HEALTH RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM III
• Developed and sponsored by
Philippine Center for Population
and Development, Inc. (PCPD,
Inc)
• Purpose:
- to make health services
available and accessible to
depressed and underserved
communities in the Philippines

3. PCPD, Inc.
• It is a non-stock, non-profit private institution
• Serves as a resource center assisting
institution and agencies through programs and
projects geared toward the social human
development of rural and urban communities
• Formerly Population Center Foundation

4. HRDP III

5. HRDP III
• It aimed to develop an effective
primary health care system in
underserved communities through
the improvement of the
capabilities of health training
institutions:
a. to provide community
outreach services

6. HRDP III
b. To train and to
organize community
residents in the
management of their
health concerns

7. HRDP III: GOAL
It is the delivery of health care to
the far-flung communities which
can not be reached by the health
care agencies. Through the
development of available health
care givers and the local
residents, the primary health care
can be delivered to the
community members.

8. HRDP III: STRATEGY
The strategy:
COMMMUNITY ORGANIZING and
PARTICIPATORY ACTION
RESEARCH
- to activate the
involvement of community
members

9. HRDP III: PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS
DURING ITS IMPLEMENTATION
1. De La Salle University,
College of Medicine,
Dasmarinas, Cavite
2. Liceo de Cagayan,
College of Nursing,
Cagayan de Oro City
3. Saint Paul University,
College of Nursing,
Tuguegarao City
4. Sacred Heart College of
Nursing, Lucena City

11. PRE-ENTRY PHASE
• It is the initial phase of the
organizing process where the
community organizer looks for
communities to serve/help
• It is considered the simplest
phase in terms of actual outputs,
activities and strategies and time
spent for it

12. PRE-ENTRY PHASE
• Community consultations/dialogues
• Setting of issues/considerations related to site
selection
• Development of criteria for site selection
• Preliminary Social Investigation (PSI)
• Networking with LGUs, NGOs, and other
departments within the HRDP-NGO

13. ENTRY PHASE
• It is some times called the social preparation
phase
• The activities done here includes the
sensitization of the people on the critical
events in their life, motivating them to share
their dreams, ideas on how to manage their
concerns and eventually mobilizing them to
take collective action on these

14. ENTRY PHASE
• This phase signals the actual entry of the
community worker/organizer into the community
who must be guided by the following guidelines:
a. Recognize the role
of local authorities
by paying them visits
to inform them of
their presence and
activities
CO-PAR Community Immersion of Arellano University,
College Of Nursing at San Miguel, Bulacan

15. ENTRY PHASE
b. His appearance, speech, behavior
and lifestyle should be in keeping
with those of the community
residents without disregard of their
being role model
b. Avoid raising the consciousness of the
community residents; adopt a low-key
profile

16. ENTRY PHASE
• Integration with the
community
• Sensitization of the
community/Information
campaigns
CO-PAR Community Integration,
Arellano University, College Of Nursing

17. ENTRY PHASE
• Continuing social
investigation
• Core Group formation
- Development of
criteria for selection
- Defining roles/
functions/tasks of the
CG
CO-PAR, Arellano University-College Of Nursing
Adopted Community: San Miguel, Bulacan

18. ENTRY PHASE
• Coordination/
Dialogue/
Consultation with
other community
organizations
• Self-Awareness
and Leadership
Training (SALT)/Action
Planning
CO-PAR, Arellano University-College Of Nursing
Adopted Community: San Miguel, Bulacan

19. COMMUNITY STUDY/DIAGNOSIS
PHASE (Research Phase)
• Selection of the research team
• Training on data collection
methods and
techniques/Capability-building
(includes development of data
collection tools)
• Planning for the actual gathering
of data

20. COMMUNITY STUDY/DIAGNOSIS
PHASE (Research Phase)
• Data gathering
• Training on data
validation (includes
tabulation and
preliminary analysis of
data)
• Community validation
• Presentation of the
community
study/diagnosis and
recommendations CO-PAR, Arellano University, College
Of Nursing

21. COMMUNITY STUDY/DIAGNOSIS
PHASE (Research Phase)
•Prioritizations of community
needs/problems for action.
CO-PAR, Arellano University-College Of
Nursing

22. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND
CAPABILITY-BUILDING PHASE
• Community meetings to draw up guidelines for
the organization of the CHO
• Election of officers
• Development of management systems and
procedures including delineation of the roles,
functions, and tasks of officers and members
of the CHO

23. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND
CAPABILITY-BUILDING PHASE
• Team building/Action-Reflection-
Action (ARA)
• Working out legal requirements
for the establishment of CHO
• Organization of working
committees/task groups
(education and training,
membership of committees)

24. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND
CAPABILITY-BUILDING PHASE
•Training of the CHO
Officers/Community leaders
CO-PAR, Arellano University-College Of Nursing
Adopted Community: San Miguel, Bulacan

25. COMMUNITY ACTION PHASE
• Organization and training of CHWs
- Development of criteria for
the selection of CHWs
- Selection of CHWs
- Training of CHWs
• Setting up of linkages/network
referral systems

26. COMMUNITY ACTION PHASE
• Plan for health
services/intervention
schemes and
community
development
projects
• Initial
identification and
implementation
of resource
mobilization
schemes
CO-PAR, St. Ferdinand College, Ilagan, Isabela

27. SUSTENANCE AND
STRENGTHENING SCHEME
• Formulation and ratification of
constitution and by-laws
• Identification and development of
secondary leaders
• Setting-up and institutionalization
of financing scheme for
community health
program/activities

28. SUSTENANCE AND
STRENGTHENING SCHEME
• Formalizing and
institutionalization of linkages,
networks and referral systems
• Development and implementation
of viable management systems
and procedures, committees,
continuing education/training of
leaders, CHWs, community
residents

29. SUSTENANCE AND
STRENGTHENING
SCHEME
• Continuing education
and upgrading of
community leaders,
CHWs, and CHO
members
• Development of
medium/long-term
community health
and development
plans CO-PAR, St. Ferdinand College, Ilagan,
Isabela

30. Reference
Population Center Foundation, PCPD I. (1990).
Community Organizing: A Manual On HRDP
EXPERIENCE. Makati: PCPD, Inc..
The Philippine Center For Population And
Development, Inc. (n.d.). Health Resource
Development Program Brochure. Taguig: PCPD,
Inc..

31. References:
Jimenez, Carmen E. (2008). Community
Organizing Participatory Action Research (CO-
PAR) For Community Health Development.
Quezon City: C & E Publishing, Inc..