Health Sciences 2250A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Community Organizing, Social Actions

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2250A/B
• Professor: Marnie Wedlake

Document Summary

Community: a collective body of individuals identified by common characteristics such as geography, interests, experiences, concerns, or values. Processes of community organizing and community building: there is no single unified model, but, there are several methods, locality development, seeks community change through broad self-help participation from the local community, builds a sense of community. Processes of community organizing and community building: recognizing the issue. Groups of participants to organize: executive participants, small, committed core group, leader or coordinator comes from this group, active participants, those willing to work, may also include executive participants, occasional participants. Health promo class notes chapter 9 (community organizing and community building) Building blocks (assets) of communities: primary building blocks, most accessible, located in the neighbourhood and largely under control of those who live in the neighborhood. Health promo class notes chapter 9 (community organizing and community building: e. g. public information.