DAVAO MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC.

MEDICAL SCHOOL DRIVE, BAJADA, DAVAO CITY

COLLEGE OF NURSING

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS

IN NCM 113

A CASE PRESENTATION ON:

“Community Organizing Participatory Action
Research in Marilog, Davao City”

SUBMITTED TO:
MA. ELSIE S. CALLUENG, RN, MAN
CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR
SUBMITTED BY:
PAULINE JOYCE U. TAYABAN, St. N DMSFI

DATE SUBMITTED: NOVEMBER 19, 2020

COPAR or Community Organizing Participatory Action Research is a vital part of
public health nursing. COPAR aims to transform the apathetic, individualistic and
voiceless poor into a dynamic, participatory and politically responsive community.
COPAR has four phases namely:
Pre-Entry Phase, Entry Phase, Organization-building phase, and sustenance and
strengthening phase.

1. Pre-Entry Phase

This phase refers to the initial phase of the organizing process where the community/
organizer looks for communities to serve/help. It is viewed as the easiest stage as far as
actual outputs, activities and systems and time spent for it. Activities remembered for
this stage are: choosing the site for network care, creating rules for site determination
and designing plan for network improvement.

Preparation of the Institution

In this phase, the students will have a meeting with the faculty about the
immersion program in Marilog, to:

● Train faculty and students in COPAR.

● Formulate plans for institutionalizing COPAR.
● Revise/enrich curriculum and immersion program.
● Coordinate participants of other departments.
Site Selection

● Initial networking with the local government.

● Conduct preliminary special investigation.
● Make a long/short list of potential communities.
● Do ocular survey of listed communities.

Criteria for Initial Site Selection

● Economically depressed. No strong resistance from the community.

● No serious peace and order problem.

● No similar group or organization holding the same program.

Identifying Potential Municipalities
● Make long/short list of potential municipalities
Choosing Final Community

● Conduct informal interviews with community residents and key informants.

● Determine the need of the program in the community.
● Take note of political development.
● Develop community profiles for secondary data.
● Develop survey tools.
● Pay courtesy call to community leaders.
● Choose foster families based on guidelines
Identifying Host Family

● House is strategically located in the community.

● Should not belong to the rich segment.
● Respected by both formal and informal leaders.
● Neighbors are not hesitant to enter the house.
● No member of the host family should be moving out in the community.
2. Entry Phase
Is crucial in determining which strategies for organizing would suit the chosen
community. Success of the activities depend on how much the community organizers
has integrated with the community.

Guidelines for Entry

● Recognize the role of local authorities by paying them visits to inform their
presence and activities.
● Her appearance, speech, behavior and lifestyle should be in keeping with
those of the community residents without disregard of their being role model.
● Avoid raising the consciousness of the community residents; adopt a low-key
profile.
Activities in the Entry Phase

● Integration. Establishing rapport with the people in continuing effort to imbibe

community life.
o living with the community
o seek out to converse with people where they usually congregate
 o lend a hand in household chores
avoid gambling and drinking
o
● Deepening social investigation/community study
o verification and enrichment of data collected from initial survey

conduct baseline survey by students, results relayed through

o
community assembly
Core Group Formation

● Leader spotting through sociogram.

o Key Persons. Approached by most people

o Opinion Leader. Approached by key persons

o Isolates. Never or hardly consulted

3. Organization-building Phase
Entails the formation of more formal structure and the inclusion of more formal
procedure of planning, implementing, and evaluating community-wise activities. It is at
this phase where the organized leaders or groups are being given training (formal,
informal, OJT) to develop their style in managing their own concerns/programs.

Key Activities

● Community Health Organization (CHO)

o preparation of legal requirements
o guidelines in the organization of the CHO by the core group
election of officers
o
● Research Team Committee

● Planning Committee
● Health Committee Organization
● Others
● Formation of by-laws by the CHO
4. Sustenance and Strengthening Phase
Occurs when the community organization has already been established and the
community members are already actively participating in community-wide undertakings.
At this point, the different committees’ setup in the organization-building phase are
already expected to be functioning by way of planning, implementing and evaluating
their own programs, with the overall guidance from the community-wide organization.

Key Activities

● Training of CHO for monitoring and implementing community health

programs.
● Identification of secondary leaders.
● Link aging and networking.
● Conduct of mobilization on health and development concerns.
● Implementation of livelihood projects.

PROJECT PROPOSAL

A. PROJECT TITLE: “KEEP IT CLEAN, KEEP IT GREEN”

B. PROJECT PROPOSAL
The Keep it Clean, Keep it Green project aims to educate the youth to concern
about the crisis of rubbish in the environment by learning through the activities
and experience from real situations. The project also motivates the community to
initiate a sustainable waste management system. This project will benefit both
youth/students and the community in long terms.
C. TARGET GROUP: Youth (Students)
D. NUMBER OF PEOPLE (Staff Participant) : 30 persons
E. PROJECT OBJECTIVES
a) To raise environmental awareness and self-responsibility among the youth
and community.
b) To educate the youth in waste management and the crisis of raffles in the
environment .
 c) To initiate the sustainable waste system to the community.
Project Budget

Accomodation

Transportation 1,000 php

Tokens/Giveaways 1,050 php

Food- Snacks and Lunch 3,000 php

Materials used for certificate and 500 php

invitations

Tarpaulin 200 php

Total 5, 750 php

The researchers and the community created objectives and goals, the table
responds to the arranged exercises and strategies for the community.

DAY 1
OBJECTIVES TARGET ACTIVITIES IN-CHARGE

1. 1.
2. All members of the
1. Arrival
2. Introduce the team and
group and faculty
2. Courtesy call
barangay officials and
3. All group members,
3. Conduct a survey to
present goals and
faculty with
the residents.
objectives in the
barangay leaders
4. Inspection to the site.
community
4. All members of the
5. Create center
3. Identify conceivable group
gathering individuals.
interest of the community 5. All members of the

and danger factors. group with faculty;

and barangay
4. Check Proximity to faults
 or fault traces. Stable officials

subsurface and bearing

capacity. Danger of slides

or liquefaction

5. Conduct an assembly;

Establish center gathering

and illuminate regarding

their jobs and duties;

Election of officials; and

Create draft rules of the

wellbeing association.

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

TIME ACTIVITY IN- CHARGE

7:00-8:00 AM REGISTRATION ALL PARTICIPANTS AND

GROUP MEMBERS

8:10-8:20 AM OPENING PRAYER AND PRESIDENT

OPENING REMARKS

8:20-9:00 AM INTRODUCTION PRESENTORS

9:00- 10:00 AM LESSON PROPER PRESENTORS

10:00- 10:20 AM SNACKS WITH ALL GROUP MEMBERS

INTERMISSION NUMBER

10:20-10:40 AM Q&A, GIVING OF VICE PRESIDENT AND

TOKENS AND PRIZES MC’S

10:40- 11:00 AM CLOSING PRAYER AND GROUP LEADER

CLOSING REMARK