Question

the name of the course is health communication

What does it mean to mobilize the community?

From your personal or professional experience write one example of community mobilization?

Answer 1

It is a bottom-up participatory process ,using multiple community channels,it seeks to involve community leaders and the commnity at large in addrsssing a health issue,becoming part of the key steps to behavioural or social change or practicing a desired behaviour.it helps in empowering individuals to find their own solutions.it seeks to promote community empowerment by developing skills that can be used beyond addressing the specifc problem or health issue.it relies on peoples power to involve the upper hierarchial levels of society and to develop collaborative efforts to address community -specific issues.

Example

Walk a Block a Day-which motivate individual to get more active by getting themselves involved in Participation in Canada.it uses a peer -to-peer approach to communicate ideas about health .it fuses public health and social justice.it seeks to change norms to support behavioural and social results.Communication interventions are likely to lead to sustainable behavioural and social results