Community mobilization is an attempt to bring human and non-human resources together to undertake developmental activities and achieve

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Process

Community mobilization is a process through which action is stimulated by a

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itself, or by others, that is planned, carried out, and evaluated by a community's individuals, groups, and organizations on a participatory and sustained basis to improve the health, hygiene and education levels so as to enhance the overall

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in the community. A group of people have transcended their differences to meet on equal terms in order to facilitate a participatory

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process. In other words, it can be viewed as a process which begins a

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among members of the community to determine who, what, and how issues are decided, and also to provide an avenue for everyone to participate in decisions that affect their lives.

Requirements

Community mobilization needs many analytical and supportive resources which are internal (inside the community) and external (outside the community) as well. Resources include: *

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* Organizational capacity * Communications channels * Assessments *

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Resource mobilization Resource mobilization is the process of getting resources from the resource provider, using different mechanisms, to implement an organization's predetermined goals. It is a theory that is used in the study of social movements and argues that the ...

* Administrative and operational management

Strategies

The

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envisions that strong healthcare initiatives will be readily owned by a community if the leaders ("grass tops"), the citizens (" grass roots"), and youth are fully engaged in mobilizing the community, educating stakeholders, and implementing

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interventions. To this respect, 14 strategies guided by best practice have been reported (Huberman 2014): 1. Secure strong leadership 2. Establish a formal structure 3. Engage diverse organizations, community leaders, and residents 4. Ensure authentic participation and shared decision making 5.ensure authentic and productive roles for young people 6. Develop a shared vision 7. Conduct a needs assessment 8. Create a strategic plan 9. Implement mutually reinforcing strategies 10. Create a fundraising strategy 11. Establish effective channels for internal communication 12. Educate the community 13. Conduct process and outcome evaluations 14. Evaluate the community mobilization effort separately

Implications

"Community mobilization" is a frequently used term in developmental sector. Recently, community mobilization has been a valuable and effective concept which has various implications in dealing with basic problems like health and hygiene, population, pollution and gender bias.

References

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