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Module 1
Discussion 1: defining and working with communities:
1. Reflect on the definition of a ‘community’ by Zakus and Lysack (1998) and the
summary by Laverack (2007, Chapter 2). Consider the diversity of individuals and groups
within a geographical area such as your neighbourhood, what problems might the
neighbourhood’s diversity create in the representation of the community’s members in health
programs? Consider Laverack’s ladder of community-based interaction (2007, Chapter 2) and
with this in mind describe the key steps you have taken or would take how you may
approach what do you consider the best points of entry for practitioners working with
communities and how might this affect the success of a program?
Answer: Community is a group of individuals living close; however, the definition of
the community could not be restricted to the locality. The social interaction among the
societal member for the achievement of a common goal is also an integral part of community
definition. As the implementation of health policy is highly dependent on the local leader,
and the information and knowledge the local leaders have regarding various health policies
are highly variable and very unpredictable (Zakus & Lysack, 1998). The primary problem
associated with the local leaders is their variable approach towards various health policies
along with their characteristics. As per the various level of community interactions suggested
by (Laverack, Health promotion practice: building empowered communities,
2007) , community-level interaction was divided into three primary categories and 8 sub-
categories, stating from the community initiation in the participation with some external
agencies for the implementation of a certain program. Point of entry in the community health
improvement program, the community participation stage would be more appropriate, step as

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it involves the local leaders belonging to various social groups that would be helpful in
interaction with the local leaders.
Laverack, G. (2007). Health promotion practice: building empowered communities. UK:
McGraw-Hill Education.
Zakus, D. J., & Lysack, C. (1998). Revisiting community participation. Health policy and
planning, 1-12.
Discussion 2: community capacity building and empowerment:
2. Reflect on the definition of community capacity by Labonte and Laverack (2001a).
Does this reflect your definition of community empowerment? How might you use it to foster
empowerment in your current workplace or community?
Answer:
Community capacity is characterized as the communication of human investment,
hierarchical resources, and societal capital prevailing inside a particular community that
could be employed to take care of present accumulating issues also improve or retain the
opulence of a given network. It could be associated with casual social procedures as well as
sorted out an effort from an official organization (Traverso-Yepez, Maddalena,
Bavington, & Donovan, 2012). Community empowerment indicates to the methodology
in the direction of empowering the community to expand command towards daily affairs.
"Communities" are attributed to the association of individuals generally having a common
goal and gathered in a common geographical region. 'Strengthening' refers to the
methodology that assists a person to deal with the variables and pathway selections that
model their lives. Community strengthening could be considered as more than the
contribution, cooperation or commitment of the public. That infers community possession

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and activity that unequivocally focuses on social and political change (World Health
Organiastion, 2020). Community strengthening corresponds to a process that involves re-
arranging strength of the society to attain control. An assumption is made in it that some
portion of the community population will be involved; in the similar frame others will at that
point others will be sharing their present force and compromise some of it.
Traverso-Yepez, M., Maddalena, M., Bavington, W., & Donovan, C. (2012). Community
capacity building for health: a critical look at the practical implications of this
approach. Sage Open 2, 2158244012446996.
World Health Organiastion. (2020, April 6). Health Promotion. Retrieved April 6, 2020, from
World Health Organiastion:
https://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/7gchp/track1/en/
MODULE 2:
DISCUSSION 1: THEORIES APPROACHES AND MODELS OF HEALTH
PROMOTION:
1. Review Nutbeam’s short text (2010), Chapters 2 and 3 in Gottwald and
Goodman-Brown (2012), and Chapter 6 in Laverack (2014) on the theories and models of
health promotion. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches in practice
when working with diverse communities. How would you reliably select the most effective
theories and health promotion models for your work? Feel free to draw on your own
experiences.