WOT … WOW!! Wednesday 9 January 2013
Ruben F del Prado, MD, M.P.H. ‘88
celebrating our
strengths
community
strengths
Every community has the capacity to respond to life
challenges, to build a common vision,
to act, and to adapt.
We can reveal and nurture that capacity
Communities think and act for themselves.
Facilitators stimulate them to take action through
an approach that appreciates strengths and fosters local ownership.
This is the Community Life Competence Process
People have taken local ownership of the issue
“This is OUR problem and
we are going
to do something
about it!”
People drive effective responses to [public]
health
Health services are needed but don’t replace
what people do for themselves
What does this mean for a HIV?
Local
ownership
Prevention
Treatment and Care
Support
Is a strategic
pillar that
complements
Zero New HIV Infections Zero AIDS-Related Deaths Zero Discrimination
But, is local ownership enough to drive local responses? …
...No, because communities underestimate
their capacity
“We know it’s a problem, but don’t have the resources to
respond”
“We are waiting for the
experts”
“We are victims”
Therefore, we must reveal
their capacity and strengths
Once communities know
their strengths, their self-confidence grows...
… and they’ll use their strengths to address
their problems
“We can do this
together!”
Communities are Stimulated to progress when
others
This Way of Working is S.A.L.T.
Appreciate their strengths
Transfer their learning to other contexts
Learn actively and link them to others
Every community has the capacity to respond to life
challenges, to build a common vision,
to act, and to adapt.
We can reveal and nurture that capacity
Once we discover our strengths
and take ownership, we act
Communities think and act for themselves.
Facilitators stimulate them to take action through
an approach that appreciates strengths and fosters local ownership.
This is the Community Life Competence Process
• STEP 1 - Where do we want to be?
• STEP 2 - Where are we now?
• STEP 3 - How do we get there?
• ACTION!
• STEP 4 - Are we making progress?
• STEP 5 - We learn and share
• STEP 1 - Where do we want to be? • Tool: The Dream (‘LEVEL 5+++’)
• STEP 2 - Where are we now? • Tool: Self-Assessment
• STEP 2 - Where are we now?
• Tool: Self-Assessment
• EXERCISE
WE ARE “…”
COMPETENT, IF
…
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
LEVEL 4
LEVEL 5
Practice I:
Practice II:
Practice III:
Practice IV:
Practice V:
Practice VI:
PRACTICES:
COMPETENCIES
• STEP 2 - Where are we now?
• Tool: Self-Assessment
• ALWAYS • EATING HEALTHY
• STEP 2 - Where are we now?
• Tool: Self-Assessment
• GOOD • INTERDISCIPLINARY • COMMUNICATION
• STEP 3 - How do we get there? • Tool: Self-measurement of change (1)
•STEP 3: ACTION!
• STEP 4 - Are we making progress? • Tool: Self-measurement of change (2)
• STEP 5 - We learn and share • Tool: Peer Assist, Knowledge Fairs, Knowledge Assets
• STEP 1 - Where do we want to be? • Tool: The Dream
• STEP 2 - Where are we now? • Tool: Self-Assessment
• STEP 3 - How do we get there? • Tool: Self-measurement of change (1)
• ACTION!
• STEP 4 - Are we making progress? • Tool: Self-measurement of change (2)
• STEP 5 - We learn and share • Tool: Peer Assist, Knowledge Fairs, Knowledge Assets
Cost Efficient
Don’t have to give anything back
(‘Ownership’ from day one!)
WE SELECT AND DEVELOP OUR COMPETENCIES
LEVELS ON … 2013
WE ARE malaria
COMPETENT, IF
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
LEVEL 4
LEVEL 5
Practice I:
Practice II:
Practice III:
Practice IV:
Practice V:
Practice VI:
Practice VII: We build on strengths (level: )
Cost Efficient
Don’t have to give anything back
(‘Ownership’ from day one!)
WE SELECT AND DEVELOP OUR COMPETENCIES
Can be applied to ANY community
LEVELS ON 8th June 2011
WE ARE
COMPETENT IN
MENTAL HEALTH
ADVOCACY, IF …
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
LEVEL 4
LEVEL 5
Practice I: We communicate so others can act ( )
Practice II: We prioritise the issues that matter (2)
Practice III: We remain informed about those metal heath issues we advocate for (3)
Practice IV: We act out of our respect for and empathy with the community (4)
Practice V: We collaborate (3)
Practice VI: We are cohesive and resilient (2)
Practice VII: We build on strengths (1)
Don’t have to give anything back (‘Ownership’ from day one!)
WE SELECT AND DEVELOP OUR COMPETENCIES
(and this is a wise Investment)
Can be applied to ANY community
Upwards spiral: focusing on strengths and
competencies (unlike a S.W.O.T. analysis)
Fits perfectly into the Results Based Planning cycle
‘Experts’ only when appropriate
Managing for Results
DO
CHECK
ADJUST
PLAN
DO
CHECK
ADJUST
PLAN
DO
CHECK
ADJUST
PLAN
I know what’s expected
of me and why
I do what I
say I’ll do
I put measures in place
and gather information to
evaluate my progress
I modify my
actions to make
sure I do what I
said I would do
I renegotiate
what’s
expected
I
II
III
IV
V
PLAN
DO
CHECK
ADJUST
•S.A.L.T.(Y)
ACTION!
VISION Communities, organisations and
institutions recognise their potential and
build on their strengths; establish and
sustain partnerships and learn from
each other, by sharing and transferring
knowledge and skills, to achieve and
sustain the best possible health,
wellbeing and quality of life for the
memebers of the community - whoever
they are, and wherever they are.
MISSION
Drive Community Life
Competence in the Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health,
through a competent, appropriately
trained, motivated, experienced,
diverse and dynamic team of
Faculty and students.
MISSION
Inspire change, by stimulating
minds, revealing strengths and
encouraging communities to reach
their potential.
MISSION
Facilitate communities to act, to
take ownership and responsibility,
to cultivate partnerships, and to
jointly address challenges.
MISSION
Demonstrate that we do what
we say, and show evidence of
results.
MISSION
Teach and Conduct Community Life Competence as a
reputable practice, and our standard
way of work that is widely used in
communities, endorsed and applied by
key and influential community leaders
and decision makers.
MISSION
Drive Community Life Competence in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health, through a competent, appropriately trained,
motivated, experienced, diverse and dynamic team.
Inspire change, by stimulating minds, revealing strengths and
encouraging communities to reach their potential.
Facilitate communities to act, to take ownership and responsibility, to
cultivate partnerships, and to jointly address challenges.
Demonstrate that we do what we say, and show evidence of results.
Conduct Community Life Competence as a reputable practice, and our
standard way of work that is widely used in communities, endorsed and
applied by key and influential community leaders and decision makers.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health Practice of
“COMMUNITY LIFE
COMPETENCE”
Our way of thinking (WOT) Our way of working (WOW)
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