COPAR Phases

• COPAR Phases: Mnemonic - PE DOA ST
• COPAR Phases: Mnemonic - PE DOA ST

  1. Preentry
  2. Entry
  3. Diagnosis
  4. Organization
  5. Action
  6. Sustenance and strengthening
  7. Turn-over or phase out
• COPAR Phases

  Pre-Entry

  • Simplest phase in terms of actual outputs, activities and strategies and time spent for it
• COPAR Phases

  I. Pre-entry or Initial phase

  • (x) papasok
• COPAR Phases

  I. Pre-entry or Initial phase

  • Activities: mnemonic - TADP
• COPAR Phases

  I. Pre-entry or Initial phase

  • Training and orientation of copar staff
  • Area or site selection
  • Dialogue with the mayor
  • PSI
• COPAR Phases

  I. Pre-entry or Initial phase

  • PSI: Preliminary Social Investigation
• COPAR Phases

  I. Pre-entry or Initial phase

  Criteria for Site Selection:

  • 100 to 200 families
  • Dopes and virgin (underserved)
  • Must not have serious problem
  • Needing health assistance
  • Willingness
  • Accessible
• COPAR Phases

  I. Pre-entry or Initial phase

  PSI - initial data of community

  • identify contact person
  • ocular survey or records review
• COPAR Phases

  II. Entry Phase or Social Preparation Phase
• COPAR Phases

  II. Entry Phase

  • Goal: Establish the ground or foundation of the organization
• COPAR Phases


  II. Entry Phase or Social Preparation Phase

  • Activities: mnemonic - CSICCD
• COPAR Phases


  II. Entry Phase or Social Preparation Phase Activities

  Activities:

  • Courtesy call to the brgy. captain
  • Select are or residence
  • Integration or immersion with the community
  • Core group formation: selection of leaders
  • Conduct SALT
  • DSI
• COPAR Phases


  II. Entry Phase or Social Preparation Phase Activities

  Activities:

  • Conduct SALT - Self awareness and leadership training
• COPAR Phases


  II. Entry Phase or Social Preparation Phase Activities

  Activities:

  • DSI - deepening social investigation: identify the pressing needs of people
• COPAR Phases

  II. Entry Phase or Social Preparation Phase Activities

  Activities:

  • Integration or immersion - imbibe the life of people in the community, gather data through participant observation
• COPAR Phases

  Entry

  • Most important characteristic of core group or leaders: Able to mobilize the community
• COPAR Phases



  III. Community Diagnosis or research phase or community study
• COPAR Phases



  III. Community Diagnosis

  • Profiling the community, community diagnosis, identifying community proplems, prioritization of problems
• COPAR Phases

  III. Community Diagnosis

  • Activities: Research
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  III. Community Diagnosis

  Activities:

  • Selection of the research team
  • Training on data collection
  • Planning for the actual gathering of data
  • Data gathering
  • Training on data tabulation
  • Community tabulation
  • Analyzing data
  • Community Presentation
  • Prioritization of community need or problems for action
• COPAR Phases

  III. Community Diagnosis

  • Research Team: “ad hoc committee” - temporary, conducts community dx
• COPAR Phases

  IV. Community Organization or Capacity Building Phase
• COPAR Phases

  IV. Community Organization

  • Activities: Organization - officers - leaders
• COPAR Phases

  IV. Community Organization

  • Plan solution for community problems
• COPAR Phases

  IV. Community Organization

  Activities:

  • Create commu. health organization
  • Election of officers
  • Delineation of the roles, functions, and task of officers
  • Training of leaders
  • Team building exercises = cohesiveness
  • ARAS
• COPAR Phases

  IV. Community Organization

  • ARAS - ACTION REFLECTION ACTION SESSION
• COPAR Phases


  IV. Community Action Phase or Mobilization Phase
• COPAR Phases


  IV. Community Action Phase

  • Mobilization - exercise of people’s power
• COPAR Phases


  IV. Community Action Phase

  • Activities - mnemonic: ETPSR
• COPAR Phases


  IV. Community Action Phase

  Activities

  • Exercise of people's power
  • Training of BHWs
  • Pime of Health Services
  • Setting up of linkages
  • Resource mobilization
• COPAR Phases


  IV. Community Action Phase

  Activities

  • Training of BHWs - implementers of plans
• COPAR Phases


  IV. Community Action Phase

  Activities

  • Pime: Project Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation
• COPAR Phases


  VI: Sustenance and Strengthening Phase

  • Activities: mnemonic - FISCNDF
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  VI: Sustenance and Strengthening Phase

  • Formulation and ratification of Constitution and law
  • Identification and development of secondary leaders
  • Setting up a financing scheme
  • Continuing education and training of BHW
  • Negotiate for the absorption of BHW
  • Development of long-term community health dev't plans
  • Formalizing linkages, networks, referral systems
• COPAR Phases


  VII. Turn-over or Phase out
• COPAR Phases


  VII. Turn-over or Phase out

  After 5 years, the nurse gradually prepares for:

  1. Turnover of work
  2. Transfer of community organization roles and responsibilities and documents
  3. Subsequent follow-up of the organizations activities
• COPAR Phases


  VII. Turn-over or Phase out

  • Achieve self-reliance