Transformative Needs Assessment Methodology: A Mixed Approach for Organizations Serving Marginalized Communities

2021 ◽  
pp. 109821402096079
Author(s):  
Nicole Sankofa
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Nonlinear Process ◽  
Juvenile Detention ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Action Committee ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
Internal And External Factors

Needs assessments (NAs) for marginalized communities would ideally contextualize needs in the sociocultural context, use agency-supportive methods, and result in liberatory action planning. This article develops the Transformative Needs Assessment With Marginalized Communities (TNAMC) using a mixed-methods approach that examines internal and external factors of needs for marginalized communities using liberatory methods to arrive at emancipatory action planning. This nonlinear process includes identifying concerns, checking assumptions, action committee selection, identifying need areas, situating need areas in context, identifying metrics of needs, collecting and analyzing data, prioritizing needs, creating action strategies, and developing an action plan. Each phase is discussed using the examination of anti-recidivism adolescent development needs in a predominately Black juvenile detention facility ( N = 87 juveniles) as exemplar. The development of TNAMC is designed to aid NA evaluators in designing assessments that integrate social action as a primary purpose of the NA while empowering marginalized communities throughout research processes.

scholarly journals Participatory Needs Assessment and Action Planning for a Clinical and Translational Research Network

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
LaKaija J. Johnson ◽  
Jolene Rohde ◽  
Mary E. Cramer ◽  
Lani Zimmerman ◽  
Carol R. Geary ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Translational Research ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Clinical And Translational Research

WHO European Health Literacy Action Plan

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
K Sørensen ◽  
A Koylyu ◽  
B Mikkelsen
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
Member States ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
European Health ◽  
Other World ◽  
Action Networks

Abstract Background Grounded in the last decade's health literacy developments; the work of the European health literacy action networks on measurement and NCDs as well as the newly adopted European Health Literacy Roadmap and resolution agreed upon by their 53 Member States in 2019, the WHO European Region continues its investment in health literacy. A WHO European health literacy action plan is under development to be launched in 2021. The action plan implies concrete actions for Member States on how to develop health literate populations and societies. Methods Based on co-creation principles, the development of the action plan is conducted by stakeholders from a wide range of fields and disciplines. Lead by the WHO European Regional Office, the process includes an initial stakeholder meeting, iterative technical consultations with experts and the wider stakeholder community and Member State consultations. The analytical methods integrate a SWOT-analysis, future scenario thinking and long-sight action planning approaches as well as application of health literacy analytics. Results The results of the initial analytical steps will be presented such as the SWOT analysis, the future scenarios and associated recommendations on how to create health literate populations and societies in Europe. Additionally, the outline of the draft of the European health literacy action plan will be open for discussion and input. Conclusions Through an iterative process, the European health literacy action plan is co-produced by multiple actors through a series of consultations facilitating ownership and accountability. The European health literacy action plan can be an inspiration and a model for other world regions.

Enhancing the Marginalized Youth Media Participation Through Formation of a Nation Building Action Plan with Intervention Study Design

2021 ◽  
pp. 1326365X2110096
Author(s):  
Norshuhada Shiratuddin ◽  
Shahizan Hassan ◽  
Zainatul Shuhaida Abdul Rahman ◽  
Mohd. Khairie Ahmad ◽  
Kartini Aboo Talib ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Study ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Marginalized Youth ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Building Action ◽  
Youth Media ◽  
Youth Council ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Malaysian marginalized youth participation in nation building through various media platforms is low. Therefore, an action plan was developed to enhance the social, political and economic participation of youth in marginalized communities through media utilization. The action plan consists of target items and approaches to conduct activities. Eight media-participation-related modules were also tested in an intervention study. The modules were targeted at increasing the level of youth media, social and political participation. Various agencies such as the Malaysian Youth Council, were involved to help realize the plan aims. Results from the stakeholders’ reviews indicated that more efforts have to be carried out to expose these youth to good practices in the use of social media for participation purposes. The findings also concluded that this action plan is well-formed, can serve as a guide, allows integration of cultural harmony and offers empowerment to the youth.

Social Enterprise in Taiwan

2020 ◽  
pp. 260-275
Author(s):  
Yi-jung Wu
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Policy Integration ◽  
Modern Development ◽  
The Government

In “Social Enterprise in Taiwan: Economic and Social Welfare Transition,” the author introduces the economic and welfare journey of Taiwan over the past century and discusses how the newly blossomed business model of social enterprise shapes the social welfare and economic disciplines in the modern development of Taiwan. The implication of social enterprise starts in 2007. The planning process reveals the interdependency between economic and welfare development and extends the discussions to public–private collaboration on resolving social problems. In 2014, the government announced its phase-one plan “2014–2016 Social Enterprise Action Plan.” The Ministries of Labor, Economic Affairs, Interior, and Health and Welfare have collaborated for policy integration and action planning since then. By the end of 2019, there were 455 various-sized enterprises registered on the list of social innovative organizations. Many social enterprises progress to become B corporations. By November 2019, there were already 25 B corporations in Taiwan, with 8 of them honored as “the best for the world 2019.”

The European Pillar of Social Rights: An Assessment of its Meaning and Significance

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 101-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sacha GARBEN
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
True Nature ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The Social ◽  
Better Regulation ◽  
New Institutions ◽  
Country Specific

AbstractThe European Pillar of Social Rights is a high-profile political reaffirmation of twenty social rights and principles. Its implementation deploys the full EU governance arsenal: regulations, directives, recommendations, communications, new institutions, funding actions, and country-specific recommendations. As such, the static imagery evoked by a ‘pillar’ does not capture the true nature of the initiative, which is dynamic and fluid, wide-ranging, and permeating. An equation of the Pillar with the set of twenty rights and principles it proclaims similarly fails to capture its true significance, which lies in its programmatic nature. Several important measures have already been proposed as part of this new social action plan for Europe, some of which are close to adoption. This Article analyses the meaning of the Pillar and its potential significance, by considering its content sensu largo, and its broader context. It argues that even if the Pillar cannot address all the EU's social failings, it has put a surprising social spin on the Better Regulation Agenda that was threatening to erode the social acquis, it has rekindled the EU's relationship with the International Labour Organization and Council of Europe, and it helps rebalance the EU's output by reviving the use of the Treaty's Social Title.

Implementing a Wide-Area Network at a Naval Air Station

2011 ◽  
pp. 268-279
Author(s):  
Susan Page Hocevar ◽  
Barry A. Frew ◽  
Virginia Callaghan Bayer
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Wide Area ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Wide Area Network

This is an action planning case. The case objective is to apply these methodologies and an understanding of organizational change to developing an action plan recommendation for implementation of a wide-area network.

scholarly journals The Creation of a Practice-Based Network of Pharmacists Working in Family Medicine Groups (FMG)

Pharmacy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Maheu ◽  
Marie-Claude Vanier ◽  
Léonie Rouleau ◽  
Nicolas Dugré ◽  
Line Guénette
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Research Network ◽  
First Year ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Mentorship Program ◽  
Assessment Study ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Practice Based Research

A needs assessment study of pharmacists working in family medicine groups (FMG) demonstrated the necessity to build a practice-based network. This network would foster a faster integration into FMG and a more efficient collaborative practice. It would also take advantage of an existing practice-based research network (PBRN)—the STAT (Soutien Technologique pour l’Application et le Transfert des pratiques novatrices en pharmacie) network. A working group of nine FMG pharmacists from the different regions of the province of Quebec, Canada, and a committee of partners, including the key pharmacy organizations, were created. Between January 2018 and May 2019, nine meetings took place to discuss the needs assessment results and deploy an action plan. The practice-based network first year activities allowed identifying pharmacists working in FMGs across the province. A directory of these pharmacists was published on the STAT network. The vision, mission, mandate, name («Réseau Québécois des Pharmaciens GMF») and logo were developed. The first few activities include: Bi-monthly newsletters; a mentorship program; short evidence-based therapeutic letters (pharmacotherapeutic capsules) and a start-up kit to facilitate integration of these pharmacists. The Quebec FMG pharmacist practice-based network has been launched. It is planned to evaluate the members’ satisfaction in late Spring 2020 with regards to activities and resources provided.

Assessing the African Union's 2016–19 Human Rights Action Planning Process: Embracing, and De-Coupling from, the Conventional “Ideal”

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-172
Author(s):  
Obiora Okafor ◽  
Maxwel Miyawa ◽  
Sylvia Bawa ◽  
Ibironke Odumosu-Ayanu
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Conventional Model ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
Conventional Process ◽  
Key Characteristics

AbstractThis article assesses the African Union's planning process regarding the development of the African Human Rights Action Plan (AHRAP) against the dominant or conventional “ideal” or model of human rights action planning. It examines the extent to which the AU's process followed or departed from the conventional model, the strengths and weaknesses of the AU human rights action planning process, and the lessons scholars and policymakers have learned about more effective and more locally responsive human rights action planning. In doing so, the article sequentially addresses the following specific themes: human rights action planning as a concept and its essential elements; the key characteristics and features of the conventional “ideal” human rights action planning process; and the extent to which the AU plan conformed to or departed from this conventional process, and its import. It also teases out some key insights and lessons learnt (in terms of strengths and weaknesses) in respect of the AHRAP planning process.

scholarly journals Enacting Critical Citizenship: An Intersectional Approach to Global Citizenship Education

Societies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Maayke de Vries
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Black Feminists ◽  
Critical Interpretation

Global citizenship is a popular concept that was fully embraced by UNESCO in 2015 with a framework for Global Citizenship Education (GCE). This pedagogical guidance can be characterized as transformative since it aims to foster reflective citizens who contribute to building a more inclusive, just, and peaceful world. Thus, GCE allows educators to take a critical approach to their teaching, hereby articulating a clear social justice orientation towards citizenship education. However, recent studies indicate that most interpretations and thus implementations of GCE do not translate into a social action approach. Therefore, this article conceptualizes an intersectional approach to GCE, to make a critical approach of GCE more likely by practitioners. Intersectionality was developed by Black feminists in the US, to highlight structural oppressions and privileges on the basis of analytical categories. Intersectionality, furthermore, allows for opportunities to recognize resilience and resistance in marginalized communities. Therefore, an intersectional approach to GCE would develop sensibilities among students to understand global structures of oppression and domination on the basis of analytical categories like race, gender, and class. This knowledge would lead to an awareness of one’s own complicity and shared responsibility, resulting in deliberations and eventually political actions. The overall aim is to provide practitioners with a concrete suggestion of a critical interpretation of GCE, to show its potential as a social justice-orientated framework for educators in especially continental Europe.

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