CORE TASKS: |
SOME CTB SUPPORTS: |
1. 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
Chapter 1, Section 4: Troubleshooting guide: Common Problems in Community Work and How to Address Them
Chapter 1, Section 9: Community Action Guide: A Framework for Addressing Community Goals and Problems
CHAPTER 3: Assessing Community Needs and Resources
Chapter 3, Section 1: Developing a Plan for Identifying Local Needs and Resources
Chapter 3, Section 2: Understanding and Describing the Community
Chapter 3, Section 4: Collecting Information about the Problem
Chapter 3, Section 5: Analyzing Community Problems
Chapter 3, Section 6: Conducting Focus Groups
Chapter 3, Section 7: Conducting Needs Assessment Surveys
Chapter 3, Section 8: Identifying Community Assets and Behavior
Chapter 3, Section 15: Qualitative Methods to Assess Community Issues
Chapter 3, Section 16: Geographic Information Systems: Tools for Community Mapping
Chapter 3, Section 17: Leading a Community Dialogue on Building a Healthy Community
CHAPTER 8: Developing a Strategic Plan
Chapter 8, Section 1: An Overview of Strategic Planning of “VMOSA” (Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies, and Action Plans)
Chapter 8, Section 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
Chapter 1, Section 7: Working Together for Healthier Communities: A Framework for Collaboration among Community Partnerships, Support Organizations, and Funders
CHAPTER 3: Assessign Community Needs and Resources
Chapter 3, Section 3: Conducting Community Tool Box - Section 3. Conducting Public Forums and Listening Sessions
CHAPTER 4: Getting Issues on the Public Agenda
Chapter 4, Section 1: Developing a Plan for Getting Community Health and Development Issues on the Local Agenda
Chapter 4, Section 2: Communicating Information about Community Health and Development Issues
Chapter 4, Section 3: Gaining Public Support for Addressing Community Health and Development Issues
Chapter 4, Section 5: Making Community Presentations
CHAPTER 6: Promoting Interest in Community Issues
CHAPTER 7: Encouraging Involvement in Community Work
CHAPTER 36: Introduction to Evaluation
Chapter 36, Section 2: Intervention Research with Communities: A Gateway to Tools
Chapter 36, Section 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
Chapter 3, Section 3: Conducting Public Forums and Listening Sessions
Chapter 3, Section 4: Collecting Information about the Problem
Chapter 3, Section 5: Analyzing Community Problems
CHAPTER 38: Some Methods for Evaluating Community Intervention
Chapter 38, Section 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
Chapter 1, Section 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
Chapter 2, Section 2: PRECEDE/PROCEED
CHAPTER 4: Getting Issues on the Public Agenda
Chapter 4, Section 4: Talking about Risk and Protective Factors Related to Community Health
CHAPTER 17: Analyzing Community Problems and Solutions
Chapter 17, Section 4: Analyzing Root Causes of Problems: The “But Why?” Technique
Chapter 17, Section 5: Analyzing Social Determinants of Health and Development
CHAPTER 27: Cultural Competence in a Multicultural World
Chapter 27, Section 1: Understanding Culture and Diversity in Building Communities
Chapter 27, Section 5: Learning to be an Ally for People from Different Cultures
Chapter 27, Section 6: Creating Opportunities for Members of Groups to Identify Their Similarities, Differences, and Assets
Chapter 27, Section 8: Multicultural Collaboration
Chapter 27, Section 9: Transforming Conflicts in Diverse Communities
Chapter 27, Section 10: Understanding Cultures, Social Organization, and Leadership to Enhance Engagement
CHAPTER 36: Introduction to Evaluation
Chapter 36, Section 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
Chapter 1, Section 5: Our Evaluation Model: Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives
CHAPTER 3: Assessing Community Needs and Resources
Chapter 3, Section 1: Developing a Plan for Identifying Local Needs and Resources
Chapter 3, Section 3: Conducting Public Forums and Listening Sessions
Chapter 3, Section 5: Analyzing Community Problems
CHAPTER 5: Choosing Strategies to Promote Community Health and Development
Chapter 5, Section 5: Coalition Building I: Starting a Coalition
CHAPTER 13: Orienting Ideas in Leadership
Chapter 13, Section 6: Recognizing the Challenges of Leadership
CHAPTER 24: Improving Services
Chapter 24, Section 7: Developing and Increasing Access to Health and Community Services
CHAPTER 27: Cultural Competence in a Multicultural World
Chapter 27, Section 4: Strategies in Activities for Reducing Racial Prejudices and Racism
Chapter 27, Section 7: Building Culturally Competent Organizations
Chapter 27, Section 9: Transforming Conflicts in Diverse Communities
Chapter 27, Section 10: Establishing Neighborhood Beautification Programs
CHAPTER 45: Social Marketing of Successful Components of the Initiative
Chapter 45, Section 2: Conducting a Social Marketing Campaign
CHAPTER 46: Planning for Long-Term Institutionalization
Chapter 46, Section 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
Chapter 1, Section 5: Our Evaluation Model: Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives
CHAPTER 2: Some Other Models for Promoting Community Health and Development
Chapter 2, Section 1: Developing a Logic Model of Theory of Change
Chapter 2, Section 2: PRECEDE/PROCEED
CHAPTER 16: Group Facilitation and Problem-Solving
Chapter 16, Section 2: Developing Facilitation Skills
CHAPTER 17: Analyzing Community Problems and Solutions
Chapter 17, Section 6: Generating and Choosing Solutions
CHAPTER 19: Choosing and Adapting Community Interventions
CHAPTER 24: Improving Services
Chapter 24, Section 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
Chapter 1, Section 5: Evaluation Model: Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives
CHAPTER 2: Other Models for Promoting Community Health and Development
Chapter 2, Section 2: PRECEDE/PROCEED
CHAPTER 36: Introduction to Evaluation
Chapter 36, Section 1: A Framework for Program Evaluation: A Gateway to Tools |
