Some Conditions that May Affect Success in Implementing Any of the Best Processes
REFLECTION QUESTIONS: SOME CTB SUPPORTS:
1. Do staff, community members, and other key agents have the knowledge and skills to facilitate this work?

CHAPTER 14: CORE FUNCTIONS IN LEADERSHIP

CHAPTER 15: BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE MANAGER

CHAPTER 16: GROUP FACILITATION AND PROBLEM-SOLVING

2. Are key agents able to do what is needed in the face of competing requirements and demands?

CHAPTER 15: BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE MANAGER

CHAPTER 43: MANAGING FINANCES

1.8: Some Lessons Learned on Community Organization and Change

18.2: Participatory Approaches to Planning Community Interventions

20.6: Training for Conflict Resolution

27.9: Transforming Conflicts in Diverse Communities

3. Does the initiative have the necessary organizational leadership and competence?

CHAPTER 9: DEVELOPING AN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR THE INITIATIVE

CHAPTER 13: ORIENTING IDEAS IN LEADERSHIP

CHAPTER 14: CORE FUNCTIONS IN LEADERSHIP

24.3: Promoting Coordination, Cooperative Agreements, and Collaborative Agreements Among Agencies

4. Do group members have a history of collaboration and working together about what is important?

CHAPTER 5: CHOOSING STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT

14.7: Building and Sustaining Relationships

24.4: Developing Multisector Collaborations

30.4: Recognizing Allies

5. Is support for carrying out this process of sufficient amount, quality, and continuity?

CHAPTER 12: PROVIDING TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

15.3: Providing Support for Staff and Volunteers

42.1: Developing a Plan for Financial Sustainability

6. Is there adequate time and effort devoted to implementing targeted actions?

7.3: Methods of Contacting Potential Participants

CHAPTER 10:HIRING AND TRAINING KEP STAFF OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

11.1: Developing a Plan for Involving Volunteers

7. Are barriers to participation (e.g., language, child care, transportation) removed to permit full participation in the effort by those most affected?

CHAPTER 26: CHANGING THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER 27: CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN A MULTICULTURAL WORLD

CHAPTER 30: PRINCIPLES OF ADVOCACY

7.7: Involving People Most Affected by the Problem

23.5: Increasing Access for People with Physical Disabilities

23.6: Using Outreach to Increase Access

8. Is the process adapted to fit and address local needs and context?

14.4: Understanding People's Needs

19.4: Adapting Community Interventions for Different Cultures and Communities

27.10: Understanding Culture, Social Organization, and Leadership to Enhance Engagement

45.1: Understanding Social Marketing: Encouraging Adoption and Use of Valued Products and Practices

9. Are there opportunities for sustaining the process?

42.1: Developing a Plan for Financial Sustainability

42.5: Writing a Grant

46.3: Promoting Adoption of the Initiative's Mission and Objectives

10. Does use of the process avoid negative side effects and ethical concerns?

6.19: Handling Crises in Communication

19.5: Ethical Issues in Community Interventions

31.6: Demonstrating Economic Benefit or Harm

 

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