Article 2 The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership:
Topic: What are the Developmental Stages?
Article 2: The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership
Topic: Engagement to Action
Article 1: Building True Capacity - Indigenous Models for Indigenous Communities
Topic: Culturally Competent Program Planning

Article 1: Building True Capacity - Indigenous Models for Indigenous Communities
Category 4: Culture, Trust, and Community
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This level of community engagement involves providing information to residents without giving decision-making authority.

What is Inform (Level 1)? 


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A city decides to close a neighborhood health clinic without notifying residents or providing any opportunity for community input. The decision is made entirely by city officials.

What is Ignore (Level 0)?


100

This is the way we assess a community's potential for responding to health issues.

What is capacity building?


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What is the term for the right of Indigenous communities to make decisions about their own health programs and communities priorities?

What is self-determination?

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This term describes situations where organizations ask communities for feedback but provide little meaningful influence over decisions.

What is Tokenization? 


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A city health department wants to address food insecurity. Before developing its program, it holds community workshops where residents identify local needs and help shape the program’s priorities. The department retains final decision making authority. 

What is Involve (Level 3)?


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A method to build capacity in communities that directly works with all of the stakeholders and participants. 

What is Participatory design?


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Why might a public health program that works well in one community fail when applied to an Indigenous community?

It may not account for the community’s culture, history, values, or specific needs.

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This is the highest level of Community Engagement Spectrum, where communities lead decisions affecting their lives

What is Defer To (Level) 5, or Community Ownership?


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A nonprofit receives funding to address rising diabetes rates. Instead of designing the program itself, it gives a resident-led coalition authority to determine priorities, allocate program resources, and make major decisions about implementation while the nonprofit provides technical and administrative support.

What is Defer to (level 5)?


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A model defined by a cyclical 4 step process: building relationships, building skills, working together, and promoting commitment.

What is GONA?


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Why are trust and long-term relationships important when developing community health programs?

They help build mutual understanding, strengthen community participation, and support sustainable change.

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Depict a population that might benefit from a GONA approach and how would you implement the 4 step process: building relationships, building skills, working together, and ultimately promoting commitment

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