Community Development

MARY GRACE D. PARCON, RN, RM, MN

 Organized
effort

Capacity
Goal to Community
to
improve Development participate

Technical
assistance
 Stages of Community Development
1. Stage of Orientation and dependency –
achieve a task

2. The Stage of Conflict – authority

3. The Stage of Cohesiveness - increase mutual trust
4. The work group stage - acceptance
5. The Termination Stage – after achievement of given
task
 INTERVENTIONS TO FACILITATE
GROUP GROWTH
 1. Provide major orientation, structure and directions -
introduction
 2. Help meet member’s interpersonal needs – acknowledge
importance of presence, emotional support, provide feelings of
security
 3. Process, negotiate, and resolve conflicts to everyone’s
satisfaction –handle conflict constructively
 4. Be aware of the effects of own behaviour on the group;
use of self for group growth
-exemplary model
 5. Derive opportunities to apply learning on another
situation – provide varied learning chances for learners
Collaboration and Partnership
Is the kind of relationship characterized by
close collaboration between parties having
shared rights and responsibilities in working
for a joint venture.
ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF
PARTNERSHIP
1. Belief in Egalitarian relationship
2. Openmindedness
3. Respect and trust
4. Commitments to enhance each
others’ capabilities for partnership
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
 In order to create an enabling environment for
the use of IT in healthcare, DOH and DOST
with the guidance of WHO, crafted the
Philippine eHealth Strategic Framework and
Plan (PeHSFP).
 The PeHSFP is our roadmap to how we will
use INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY for
healthcare in the country.
 eHealth is concerned with improving the
flow of information, through electronic
means, to support and facilitate the delivery
of quality and responsive health services,
and better management of health systems
and service delivery networks.
 Brief History
 DOH and DOST are jointly managing the
Philippine eHealth Strategic Framework and Plan.
 July 2013: a joint national eHealth governance
structure was formed
 Sept 2013: DOH and DOST participated in a
writeshop on the WHO-ITU National eHealth
Strategy Toolkit. PeHSFP maps to the framework
of the Toolkit.