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SOME CTB SUPPORTS: |
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Define the community and identify problems or goals the group is interested in addressing.
- Identify the community of place, experience, &/or interest to focus the group's efforts.
- Identify the broad issues the group will address in the community to focus the analysis & assessment of information.
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CHAPTER 1: Our Model for Community Change and Improvement
1.4: Troubleshooting guide: Common Problems in Community Work and How to Address Them
1.9: Community Action Guide: A Framework for Addressing Community Goals and Problems
CHAPTER 3: Assessing Community Needs and Resources
3.1: Developing a Plan for Identifying Local Needs and Resources
3.2: Understanding and Describing the Community
3.4: Collecting Information about the Problem
3.5: Analyzing Community Problems
3.6: Conducting Focus Groups
3.7: Conducting Needs Assessment Surveys
3.8: Identifying Community Assets and Behavior
3.15: Qualitative Methods to Assess Community Issues
3.16: Geographic Information Systems: Tools for Community Mapping
3.17: Leading a Community Dialogue on Building a Healthy Community
CHAPTER 8: Developing a Strategic Plan
8.1: An Overview of Strategic Planning of “VMOSA” (Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies, and Action Plans)
8.3: Creating Objectives |
2. Engage local people and other key stakeholders in analyzing information about the problem.
- Provide an opportunity for local people & other stakeholders with varied interests to participate in analyzing the issue.
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CHAPTER 1: Our Model for Community Change and Improvement
1.7: Working Together for Healthier Communities: A Framework for Collaboration among Community Partnerships, Support Organizations, and Funders
CHAPTER 3: Assessign Community Needs and Resources
3.3: Conducting Community Tool Box - Section 3. Conducting Public Forums and Listening Sessions
CHAPTER 4: Getting Issues on the Public Agenda
4.1: Developing a Plan for Getting Community Health and Development Issues on the Local Agenda
4.2: Communicating Information about Community Health and Development Issues
4.3: Gaining Public Support for Addressing Community Health and Development Issues
4.5: Making Community Presentations
CHAPTER 6: Promoting Interest in Community Issues
CHAPTER 7: Encouraging Involvement in Community Work
CHAPTER 36: Introduction to Evaluation
36.2: Intervention Research with Communities: A Gateway to Tools
36.6: Participatory Evaluation |
3. Collect and assess information about the extent of the problem or goal and its importance within the community.
- Collect & assess information about the history & context of the community & its importance to the problem or goal.
- Collect & assess information about the extent of the problem or goal & its importance to the community & key stakeholders.
- Populations affected by the problem have been identified & engaged in assessing its importance.
- The group has identified & assessed the consequences of the problem for people affected by it
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CHAPTER 3: Assessing Community Needs and Resources
3.3: Conducting Public Forums and Listening Sessions
3.4: Collecting Information about the Problem
3.5: Analyzing Community Problems
CHAPTER 38: Some Methods for Evaluating Community Intervention
38.2: Gathering Information: Monitoring Your Progress
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4. Identify the key behaviors of whom and related environmental factors that affect them.
- Identify whose behavior needs to change to affect the immediate problem or conditions contributing to the problem.
- Identify personal factors & environmental factors that put people at risk for (or protect them from) the problem.
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CHAPTER 1: Our Model for Community Change and Improvement
1.7: Working Together for Healthier Communities: A Framework for Collaboration among Partnerships, Support Organizations, and Funders
CHAPTER 2: Some Other Models for Promoting Community Health and Development
2.2: PRECEDE/PROCEED
CHAPTER 4: Getting Issues on the Public Agenda
4.4: Talking about Risk and Protective Factors Related to Community Health
CHAPTER 17: Analyzing Community Problems and Solutions
17.4: Analyzing Root Causes of Problems: The “But Why?” Technique
17.5: Analyzing Social Determinants of Health and Development
CHAPTER 27: Cultural Competence in a Multicultural World
27.1: Understanding Culture and Diversity in Building Communities
27.5: Learning to be an Ally for People from Different Cultures
27.6: Creating Opportunities for Members of Groups to Identify Their Similarities, Differences, and Assets
27.8: Multicultural Collaboration
27.9: Transforming Conflicts in Diverse Communities
27.10: Understanding Cultures, Social Organization, and Leadership to Enhance Engagement
CHAPTER 36: Introduction to Evaluation
36.1: A Framework for Program Evaluation: A Gateway to Tools
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5.
Identify resources and barriers to addressing the problem or goal.
- The group has identified potential barriers or resistance to addressing the problem or goal.
- The group has identified organizational or community resources/assets that can be used to help address the problem or goal.
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CHAPTER 1: Model for Community Change and Improvement
1.5: Our Evaluation Model: Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives
CHAPTER 3: Assessing Community Needs and Resources
3.1: Developing a Plan for Identifying Local Needs and Resources
3.3: Conducting Public Forums and Listening Sessions
3.5: Analyzing Community Problems
CHAPTER 5: Choosing Strategies to Promote Community Health and Development
5.5: Coalition Building I: Starting a Coalition
CHAPTER 13: Orienting Ideas in Leadership
13.6: Recognizing the Challenges of Leadership
CHAPTER 24: Improving Services
24.7: Developing and Increasing Access to Health and Community Services
CHAPTER 27: Cultural Competence in a Multicultural World
27.4: Strategies in Activities for Reducing Racial Prejudices and Racism
27.7: Building Culturally Competent Organizations
27.9: Transforming Conflicts in Diverse Communities
27.10: Establishing Neighborhood Beautification Programs
CHAPTER 45: Social Marketing of Successful Components of the Initiative
45.2: Conducting a Social Marketing Campaign
CHAPTER 46: Planning for Long-Term Institutionalization
46.6: Sharing Positions and Other Resources |
6.
Identify the promising interventions that address the key factors affecting the problem or goal.
- Provide an opportunity for local people & other key stakeholders to propose potential solutions for addressing the problem/goal.
- Review evidence of the effectiveness of promising approaches & consider whether what worked elsewhere might work well in the local situation.
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CHAPTER 1: Model for Community Change and Improvement
1.5: Our Evaluation Model: Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives
CHAPTER 2: Some Other Models for Promoting Community Health and Development
2.1: Developing a Logic Model of Theory of Change
2.2: PRECEDE/PROCEED
CHAPTER 16: Group Facilitation and Problem-Solving
16.2: Developing Facilitation Skills
CHAPTER 17: Analyzing Community Problems and Solutions
17.6: Generating and Choosing Solutions
CHAPTER 19: Choosing and Adapting Community Interventions
CHAPTER 24: Improving Services
24.3: Promoting Coordination, Cooperative Agreements, and Collaborative Agreements among Agencies |
7.
Use the analysis in developing, adapting, and evaluating the approach for addressing the problem or goal.
- The group uses or references the assessment or analysis of the problem or goal to inform or support decision-making.
- The data or information collected in the assessment or analysis is used in evaluating the efforts of the initiative or group.
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CHAPTER 1: Model for Community Change and Improvement
1.5: Evaluation Model: Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives
CHAPTER 2: Other Models for Promoting Community Health and Development
2.2: PRECEDE/PROCEED
CHAPTER 36: Introduction to Evaluation
36.1: A Framework for Program Evaluation: A Gateway to Tools |
