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CCAk
(CommunlLy Crganlzlng arLlclpaLory AcLlon
8esearch)
r CCA8 ls collecLlve parLlclpaLory
LransformaLlve
llberaLlve susLalned and sysLemaLlc process of
bulldlng people's organlzaLlon by moblllzlng and
enhanclng Lhe capablllLles and resources of Lhe
people for Lhe resoluLlon of Lhelr lssues and
concerns Loward effecLlve change ln Lhelr
exlsLlng
oppresslve and explolLaLlve condlLlons (1994
naLlonal 8ural CC Conference)
r A process by whlch a communlLy ldenLlfles
lLs needs and ob[ecLlves develop confldence Lo
Lake acLlon ln respecL Lo Lhem and ln dolng so
exLends and develop cooperaLlve and
collaboraLlve aLLlLudes and pracLlces ln Lhe
communlLy
r A conLlnues and susLalned process of
educaLlng Lhe people Lo undersLand and develop
Lhelr crlLlcal awareness of Lhelr exlsLlng
condlLlons worklng wlLh Lhe people collecLlvely
and efflclenLly on Lhelr lmmedlaLe needs Loward
solvlng long Lerm problems
Importance of CCAk
r CCA8 ls an lmporLanL Lool for communlLy
developmenL and people empowermenL as Lhls
helps Lhe communlLy workers Lo generaLe
communlLy parLlclpaLlon ln developmenL
acLlvlLles
r CCA8 prepare people Lo evenLually Lake
over Lhe managemenL of a developmenL
program ln Lhe fuLure
r CCA8 maxlmlzes communlLy parLlclpaLlon
and lnvolvemenL communlLy resources are
moblllzed for healLh developmenL servlces

r|nc|p|es of CCAk
r eople especlally Lhe mosL oppressed
explolLed and deprlved secLors are open Lo
change have Lhe capaclLy Lo change and are
able Lo brlng abouL change
r lL should be based on Lhe lnLeresL of Lhe
pooresL secLors of socleLy
r lL should lead Lo a selfrellanL communlLy
and socleLy
hase of CCAk
1 reLntry phase
r ln Lhls phase of CCA8 Lhe communlLy
organlzer's acLlvlLles comprlse of Lwo ma[or
Lasks Lhe slLe secLlon and selecLlon of hosL
famllles or Lhe sLaff house
r 1he lnlLlal phase of Lhe organlzlng
process where Lhe communlLy/organlzer looks
for communlLles Lo serve/help
r lL ls consldered Lhe slmplesL phase ln
Lerms of acLual ouLpuLs acLlvlLles and sLraLegles
and Llme spenL for lL
AcLlvlLles lnclude



r ueslgnlng a plan for communlLy
developmenL lncludlng all lLs acLlvlLles and
sLraLegles for care developmenL
r ueslgnlng crlLerla for Lhe selecLlon of
slLe
r AcLually selecLlng Lhe slLe for communlLy
care
Lntry hase
r 1hls ls called Lhe Soclal reparaLlon
phase as lL ls Lhe where Lhe acLlvlLles are done
1hls lncludes Lhe senslLlzaLlon of Lhe people on
Lhe crlLlcal evenLs
ln Lhelr llfe
r SomeLlmes called Lhe soclal preparaLlon
phase as Lo Lhe acLlvlLles done here lncludes Lhe
senslLlzaLlon of Lhe people on Lhe crlLlcal evenLs
ln Lhelr llfe lnnovaLlng Lhem Lo share Lhelr
dreams and ldeas on how Lo manage Lhelr
concerns and evenLually moblllzlng Lhem Lo Lake
collecLlve acLlon on Lhese
r 1hls phase slgnals Lhe acLual enLry of Lhe
communlLy worker/organlzer lnLo Lhe
communlLy
She musL be gulded by Lhe followlng guldellnes
r 8ecognlzes Lhe role of local auLhorlLles by
paylng vlslLs Lo
r Pere appearance speech behavlor and
llfesLyle should be ln keeplng wlLh Lhose of
Lhe communlLy resldenLs wlLhouL
dlsregard of Lhelr belng role models
r Avold ralslng Lhe consclousness of Lhe
communlLy resldenLs adopL a lowkey proflle
3 Crgan|zat|on8u||d|ng hase
r 1hls enLalls Lhe formaLlon of more formal
sLrucLures and Lhe lncluslon of more formal
procedures of plannlng lmplemenLaLlon and
evaluaLlng communlLywlde acLlvlLles
r lL ls aL Lhls phase where Lhe organlzed
leaders or groups are belng glven Lralnlngs
(formal lnformal C!1) Lo develop Lhelr skllls and
ln managlng Lhelr own concerns/programs
r 1hls phase slgnals Lhe sLarL of communlLy
self managemenL on Lhe developmenL program
and Lhe formaLlon of Lhe communlLy healLh
organlzaLlon aka CC8LC8Cu lncludlng Lhelr
Lralnlng Lo become parLners ln communlLy
healLh developmenL
4 Sustenance Strengthen|ng hase
r 1hls phase Lhe communlLy healLh
organlzaLlon are already parLlclpaLlng ln
communlLy wlde healLh programs lncludlng Lhe
dellvery of Lhe baslc healLh servlces speclally ln
areas where healLh faclllLles are noL avallable
r lmplemenLaLlon of llvehood programs ls
lmporLanL ln Lhls phase of CCA8 as proflL from
Lhls wlll help Lhe communlLy healLh organlzaLlon
Lo flnance Lhelr planned healLh programs and
Lhls ls Lrue lf flnanclal asslsLance are noL
avallable from Lhe governmenL and prlvaLe
secLors


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S1urnover haseout hase
r 1he phase of CCA8 Lo when Lhe
communlLy Crganlzers leave Lhe communlLy Lo
sLand alone and
deepen Lhelr goals of belng selfrellanL

Check for Understand|ng
Cr|t|ca| Act|v|t|es |n 8u||d|ng eop|e
Crgan|zat|on
Cr|t|ca| Steps (act|v|t|es)
1 lnLegraLlon
2 Soclal lnvesLlgaLlon
31enLaLlve program plannlng
4 Croundwork
3 1he meeLlng
6 8ole play
7MoblllzaLlon or acLlon
8 LvaluaLlon
9 8eflecLlon
10CrganlzaLlon
Integrat|on
1he nurse/volunLeers becomlng one wlLh Lhe
people
WP??
r lmmerse Lhemselves ln Lhe
communlLy
r undersLand deeply Lhe culLureleaders
hlsLory rhyLhms and llfesLyle ln Lhe
communlLy
Method of |ntegrat|on
r arLlclpaLlon ln dlrecL producLlon acLlvlLles
of Lhe people
r ConducL house Lo house vlslLs
r arLlclpaLlon ln acLlvlLles llke k8L ecL
r Converslng wlLh people where Lhe usually
gaLhered
r Pelplng ouL household chores
Soc|a| Invest|gat|on
r A sysLemaLlc process of collecLlng
analyzlng Lhe daLa Lo draw a plcLure of Lhe
communlLy
1entat|ve program p|ann|ng
r 1he volunLeers choose one lssue Lo work
on ln order Lo begln organlzlng people
Groundwork
r Colng around and moLlvaLlng Lhe people
on one on one basls Lo do someLhlng on Lhe
lssue LhaL has been chosen
1he meet|ng
r eople collecLlvely raLlfylng whaL Lhey
have declded lndlvldually
r 1he meeLlng glves Lhe people Lhe
collecLlve power and confldence
r roblem and lssues are dlscussed
ko|e p|ay
r 1o acL Lhe wlll Lake place beLween Lhe
leaders of Lhe people and governmenL
represenLaLlves
r lL ls a way of Lralnlng Lhe people Lo
anLlclpaLe whaL wlll happen and prepare

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Lhemselves for such
evenLually
Mob|||zat|on or act|on
r AcLual experlence of Lhe people ln
confronLlng Lhe power and Lhe acLual exerclse
of people power
Lva|uat|on
r 1he people revlewlng Lhe sLeps
(lnLergraLlonmoblllzaLlon/acLlon) so as
deLermlned wheLher Lhey were successful or noL
ln Lhelr ob[ecLlves
kef|ect|on
r ueallng wlLh deeper ongolng concerns Lo
look ouL Lhe poslLlve Lhe volunLeers are Lrylng Lo
bulldlng ln Lhe organlzaLlon
r lL glves Lhe people Llme reflecL on Lhe sLark
reallLy of llfe compared Lo Lhe ldeal
Crgan|zat|on
r 1he people's organlzaLlon ls Lhe resulL of
many successlve and slmllar acLlon of Lhe
people
r A flnal organlzaLlonal sLrucLure ls seL up
wlLh elecLed offlcers and supporLlng
members
App||cat|on of CCAk |n Commun|ty
nea|th Care
A Commun|ty Assessment
r CeLLlng Lo know Lhe communlLy cllenL
1hls lncludes
r ueclslon whaL daLa are Lo be gaLhered
r WhaL daLa need Lo be researched yeL?
r WhaL already avallable?
r Whlch of Lhese are fully reflecLlve of
acLual reallLy?
r Whlch are need Lo beconflrmed valldaLed
or
lnvesLlgaLed furLher?
Lxamples or daLa Lo be gaLhered
r uemographlc daLa
r Socloeconomlc daLa
r ollLlcal
r CulLural
r LnvlronmenLal
r PLAL1P care dellvery

1|an the process of data gather
r ueLermlne daLa gaLherlng
meLhods
a lnLervlew
b CbservaLlon
c 8evlew of secondary daLa
d CommunlLy survey
|an the data gather|ng act|v|ty
rWho wlll gaLher Lhe daLa
rPow wlll Lhe daLa be
gaLher? 1ool be used?
rWho and how wlll Lhe daLa collecLed?
Analyzed?
3Actua| data gather|ng

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4repar|ng a report based on the
gathered (|nc|ud|ng the ||st
pr|or|t|zed prob|ems)
SLraLegles Applled
r lnLegraLlon
r Soclal lnvesLlgaLlon
r Cround worklng
r LCLL A81lClA1lCn
8 |ann|ng
|ann|ng for a rogram of
Act|on]ro[ect
lncludes Lhe ff
r ueLermlnlng ob[ecL for care acLlon
(SMA81)
r SelecL acLlvlLles and meLhods/sLraLegles
for
achlevlng Llme needed
r ldenLlfy Lhe persons responslble
r ueveloplng monlLorlng and evaluaLlon
scheme
C rogram Imp|ementat|on
r Pelp Lhe communlLy Lo recognlze Lhe
problem
r Culdes Lhe communlLy Lo declde on
approprlaLe healLh acLlons Lo develop Lhe
communlLy
r uLlllzes communlLy resources for healLh
care
r Lnhances Lhe capablllLy of Lhe communlLy
D rogram mon|tor|ng and
eva|uat|on
r vlslLaLlon chosen famlly aL Lhe communlLy
afLer/ durlng lmplemenLlng Lhe programs
r ldenLlfy proper referral for Lhe famlly
nurslng care plan
r uocumenLs and evaluaLes Lhe communlLy
program by an evaluaLlon Lool