Prepare To Mobilize

STEPS
  1. Select a health issue and define the community
  2. Put together a community mobilization team
  3. Gather information about the health issue and the community
  4. Identify resources and constraints
  5. Develop a community mobilization plan
  6. Develop your team

STEP 3: Gather information about the health issue and the community.

After you have defined the health issue and put together your team, it will be time to explore the issue in greater detail and learn as much as you can about the people who are most affected by it and the community you are planning to work with. This knowledge will be essential when you come to the next to last step of this preparation phase: designing the overall goals and objectives of your community mobilization plan. But you will also need this information when it comes time to develop your team, for example, to decide if you need a partner (and how to choose one), and to identify your resources and constraints. These actions cannot be carried out until you are familiar with the health issue and the community.

Gathering Information About The Health Issue
Gathering Information About The Community
Sources of Information
Initiating contact with the community
What does my information mean? Looking for underlying themes.