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HS 2250 Unit 5 (Week 11+12)- Questions and Answers
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HS 2250 Unit 5 (Week 11+12)- Questions and AnswersShared needs Correct Ans-with commitment to getting needs met.
E.g., Walkerton (outbreak of E.coli, shared need to make sure water supply is good)
Shared emotional connection Correct Ans-through experiences, history, mutual support.
E.g., Veterans; you, students during pandemic; New Yorkers post 911
Community-based programs and potential for population change Correct Ans-Large
potential for population changes - principles of participatory democracy & social justice -
work to build wide spread normative, economic, & political support for changes in a
community's social fabric
Community orginization Correct Ans-AKA. com. development, com . participation, grass-
roots participation, etc .
C.O. = methods of intervening to deal with social problems.
Need to be managed by many organizations - make it stronger, better tailored and more
comprehensive.
CO concerned with enrichment, development & / or change of social institutions.
, HS 2250 Unit 5 (Week 11+12)- Questions and Answers
Not a "science", but rather "an art of building consensus within a democratic process".
Helps people to come to a happy medium in concern to issues at hand that can be addressed
to best meet the needs of all involved.
Challenges to Community Organization Correct Ans-Historically, dependence on
neighbors/community (eg., barn burn, raise kids, friends)
Now, we depend on higher levels of gov. than our individual communities (eg., water, house,
food bank)
Ex. Impact of COVID - 19? In community, sharing resources.
No longer "feel" community- oriented, as a society, in general.
We can & often need to organize the com. to analyze & solve shared problems/concerns (eg.,
safety/crime = neighborhood watch)
Assumptions that those who work to organize communities work under a set of
assumptions... Correct Ans-1. Coms. can develop capacity to deal with own problems
2. People want to change & can change
3. People should play active roles in major changes taking place in their coms.
4. Self-imposed changes work better than other-imposed changes (consider "buy in" factor)
, HS 2250 Unit 5 (Week 11+12)- Questions and Answers
5. Holistic approach offered through varying interests provides more successful way to deal
with issue
6. Democracy requires cooperation of people and their actions re what they want to change
(involvement through democracy make the change more viable)
7. Help is often needed to mobilize communities toward meeting their needs
What are the advantages of trying to change health behaviors at the community versus
personal levels? Correct Ans-More than just focusing on influencing a particular
individual's choice, about creating environments that support healthy behaviors, how to
create supportive environments for children to thrive, creating conditions that enable people
to live healthy lives
Work to address issues of importance to the community
What does "building capacity" mean re community-based strategies? Correct Ans-Key
strategies used to provide effective programing for community members. Build capacity with
other people who work with parents and children to foster good access to healthy food and
nutrition, including programming, and embrace a healthy approach to food.
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