COPAR
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF COPAR? - correct answer ✔✔Community Organizing Participatory Action
Research
Goals of COPAR - correct answer ✔✔-Social development approach that aims to transform the apathetic,
individualistic and voiceless poor into a dynamic, participatory, and politically responsive community
-Continuous and sustained process of educating the people to understand and develop their critical
awareness of their existing conditions
4 PHASES OF THE COPAR PROCESS - correct answer ✔✔1. Pre-Entry Phase
2.Entry Phase
3. Organization building phase
4. Sustenance and strengthening phase
What Phase is organizing process where the community looks for the community to serve/help - correct
answer ✔✔Pre-Entry Phase
What phase is selecting the site for community care - correct answer ✔✔Pre-Entry Phase
What phase is:
Designing a plan for community development, including all its activities and strategies for
care/development - correct answer ✔✔Pre-Entry Phase
What phase is also called the "Social Preparation Phase" - correct answer ✔✔Entry Phase
What phase is:
Activities done here includes sensitization of the people on the critical events in life. It signals the actual
entry of the community worker/organizer into the community - correct answer ✔✔Entry Phase
, Guidelines of Entry phase: - correct answer ✔✔-Recognize the role of the local authorities by paying
visits
-Appearance, speech, behavior, lifestyle should be kept with those of the community residents without
disregarding of their being role models
-Avoid raising the consciousness of the community residents
-Keep a low profile
What phase is:
formal procedures of planning, implementing and evaluating community-wide activities. - correct answer
✔✔Organization building phase
Phase where trainings are given (formal or informal skills) to develop AKS (Attitude, Knowledge and
skills) in managing their own concern or problems - correct answer ✔✔Organization building phase
What phase is this:
occurs when the community organization has already been established and members are participating -
correct answer ✔✔Sustenance and strengthening phase
PROCESS / METHODS USED in COPAR - correct answer ✔✔1. Progressive cycle of action-reflection-action
2. Consciousness-Raising
THE STUDENT IMMERSION PROGRAM
AIMS: - correct answer ✔✔-to awaken the sensitivity of the student nurses to actual political,
socioeconomic, moral, spiritual realities of the Philippine situation
-to respond concretely to the health needs of the people especially the poor, through people
empowerment and community organization
Students participate in: - correct answer ✔✔1. Selection of site
2. Social investigation
3. Community study and diagnosis
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF COPAR? - correct answer ✔✔Community Organizing Participatory Action
Research
Goals of COPAR - correct answer ✔✔-Social development approach that aims to transform the apathetic,
individualistic and voiceless poor into a dynamic, participatory, and politically responsive community
-Continuous and sustained process of educating the people to understand and develop their critical
awareness of their existing conditions
4 PHASES OF THE COPAR PROCESS - correct answer ✔✔1. Pre-Entry Phase
2.Entry Phase
3. Organization building phase
4. Sustenance and strengthening phase
What Phase is organizing process where the community looks for the community to serve/help - correct
answer ✔✔Pre-Entry Phase
What phase is selecting the site for community care - correct answer ✔✔Pre-Entry Phase
What phase is:
Designing a plan for community development, including all its activities and strategies for
care/development - correct answer ✔✔Pre-Entry Phase
What phase is also called the "Social Preparation Phase" - correct answer ✔✔Entry Phase
What phase is:
Activities done here includes sensitization of the people on the critical events in life. It signals the actual
entry of the community worker/organizer into the community - correct answer ✔✔Entry Phase
, Guidelines of Entry phase: - correct answer ✔✔-Recognize the role of the local authorities by paying
visits
-Appearance, speech, behavior, lifestyle should be kept with those of the community residents without
disregarding of their being role models
-Avoid raising the consciousness of the community residents
-Keep a low profile
What phase is:
formal procedures of planning, implementing and evaluating community-wide activities. - correct answer
✔✔Organization building phase
Phase where trainings are given (formal or informal skills) to develop AKS (Attitude, Knowledge and
skills) in managing their own concern or problems - correct answer ✔✔Organization building phase
What phase is this:
occurs when the community organization has already been established and members are participating -
correct answer ✔✔Sustenance and strengthening phase
PROCESS / METHODS USED in COPAR - correct answer ✔✔1. Progressive cycle of action-reflection-action
2. Consciousness-Raising
THE STUDENT IMMERSION PROGRAM
AIMS: - correct answer ✔✔-to awaken the sensitivity of the student nurses to actual political,
socioeconomic, moral, spiritual realities of the Philippine situation
-to respond concretely to the health needs of the people especially the poor, through people
empowerment and community organization
Students participate in: - correct answer ✔✔1. Selection of site
2. Social investigation
3. Community study and diagnosis
