COPAR

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
PASRTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH
- A social development approach that aims to transform
the apathetic, individualistic, voiceless poor into
dynamic, participatory & politically responsive
community.
 4 IMPORTANCE OF COPAR
[Link] for community development
[Link] alternatives solutions to health
problem that may not require medical
intervention.
[Link] people to take over management of
programs in the future.
[Link] resources are mobilize for
community service
4 PRINCIPLES OF COPAR
[Link] people have the capacity to change?
[Link] people posses the ability to change?
[Link] on the interest of the poorest
sectors.
[Link] to development of self reliant
community.
PHASES OF COPAR:

▪PRE – ENTRY
▪ENTRY
▪COMMUNITY BUILDING
▪SUSTENANCE
 PRE - ENRTY
ACTIVITIES: 2. COURTESY CALL
1. SITE SELECTION
Rationale:
CRITERIA:
❖Depressed 1. Show respect to the leaders
❖Exploited
2. Leaders of the community
❖Poor know what are or is the
❖Residents are few need of their area.
❖Economically poor
❖Safe
3. To get their initial support on
❖Show high morbidity and mortality
the health activities are
going to do by the group.
❖Evaluate if entered by other organization
❖Do not have BHS or near hospital
 PRE - ENTRY
3. Personal Visit “Preliminary Social Investigation”
- a secondary data gathering through a review records
4. Agencies Orientation
CONTENT:
❖Policies philosophy of CHN, principles, goals and objection.
❖Initial data gathered.
❖Initial activities.
❖Approach strategies, principles, and process involve.
 ENTRY
❖Actual entry and immersion of community health workers in the community
❖Also known as the Social Preparation phase
❖Considered as the most crucial phase because:
CRITICAL ACTIVITIES
Courtesy call at the barangay level
RATIONALE:
oTo make them aware of your presence in the community.
oTo make them feel that you have recognized their important role in this health
partnership.
oTo establish rapport or initiate a trusting relationship with them.
oTo discuss initial but immediate plans, such as;
 ENTRY
To discuss initial but immediate plans, such as;
1. Settling down in the staff house
2. Term conditions related to staff house immersion
3. Immersion
4. Ocular survey
 ENTRY
2. Community Integration
- to get to know the peoples culture, economy, leaders,
history, rhythm, and lifestyles as bases for own adjustments
better acceptance to the community
- to understand and respect the people and recognize the
positive aspects of their culture that give them strength to
struggle
- to understand how the people analyzed their own situation
-to have basis for modifying own values and lifestyle in
keeping with that of the community
GUIDELINES IN INTERACTION:
▪Appearance, speech, behavior and lifestyle be in keeping with the
community residents, without disregard to being a role model in health
beliefs and practice.
▪Be humble and adopt a low key profile or approach, Go down to their
level. Encourage you call you simply. Refrain from being messianic in
approach. Do not promise anything you are not very sure of giving.
▪ Visit as many as possible in the community by conducting house to
house visit and answering house call
▪Live with the poor people in the community if you really want to be of
service to humanity
▪Participate in direct production, household and social activities of the
people
▪Seek out converse with people where they usually congregate
▪ Avoid too much drinking
3. Leader Spotting and initial core group formation
Core Group - a group of people who are initially as leaders with the ff
characteristics:
Low profile
Education at least basic primary education
Approachable and respected by community
Develops a good communication skills
Serves willfully
4. Self Awareness Leadership Training (SALT)
5. Tentative program planning and implementation
- CHD workers will choose a major health issue during PSI and they will
work on with the general population
- Close coordination of these activities with existing local health
6. Deepening Social Investigation (DSI) Community study/ Participatory
Action Research
PURPOSE:
- Provide a clearer picture about the community
- Basis for planning and organizing activities
- Helps in determining the appropriate approach and method of organizing
7. Community Meeting or Assemblies
PURPOSE:
- To collectively, discuss, agree, plan or act
- To provide an opportunity for the community folks to exercise their
collective power and confidence to act their concern
8. Action Reflection – Action session
- Large focuses on one self reflection about one own contribution to
success and failure of that activity.
ORGANIZATION AND
BUILDING PHASE
DESCRIPTION:
1. This is the phase which entails the formation of more formal
structure and inclusion of more formal procedures of planning,
implementing and evaluating community wide activities.
2. It is in this phase where the organizational leaders, group or
communities are given formal and informal trainings to further
develop their attitudes, knowledge, and skills that they need
in managing their own activities or program
3. also considered MOST CRUCIAL phase of COPAR because”
❑ the focus of COPAR is building and strengthening human behavior
❑ the challenges and struggles of agency health development worker
occur during the stage.
COMMUNITY/WORKING
PHASE
Research – ocular survey, data
gathering, analysis and interpret (formal
social investigation)
Organization – Presentation(General
assemblies)
- small group formation
- training of committee
members
SUSTENANCE PHASE
SUSTENANCE PHASE
- Also known as Phase out
- Continuing Social investigation
- Training of Secondary Leaders
- Establish on efficient financial scheme
PHASE OUT?
- Self reliant
- Voice
- Active Participation
- Increase Health Action Capabilities
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