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Community engagement does not take place in a vacuum; there must be a situation such as community challenges, health inequalities, societal needs, or a need for a socially responsive approach in education, research, and services. The community challenges include any difficult situation that affects the wider population, the community as a whole or a group of individuals in the community. It is noted that there are several layers of communities, but each has its own challenges, structure, and interest. Community challenges may be identified by the community members themselves, faculty members and students. The second antecedent is health inequalities, which is defined as variances in the health status or in the spread of health determinants amongst different population groups. Depending on the situation, the extent of inequality may be noted to give information on unique situations and set priorities within a given population. Some health disparities are related to biological differences, and others may be related to the external environment and conditions mainly outside the control of the affected individuals (Nuuyoma & Makhene, 2020).
Research provides guidance for conducting fieldwork with marginalized communities. Researchers are asked to (a) provide enough support to facilitate ongoing interactions with marginalized communities, (b) manage the expectations of these communities, (c) provide encouragement without coercion for community members participating in fieldwork, and (d) respond to individual needs of study participants. Most of the useful guidance for conducting fieldwork with marginalized communities is scattered and does not ask researchers to proactively design and implement fieldwork around the vulnerabilities of these communities. Sometimes this guidance is from the viewpoint of the researcher, at times emphasizing the researchers’ convenience rather than focusing on the communities’ vulnerabilities. Most ICT4D studies do not provide any structured guidance for addressing fieldwork challenges. Researchers are advised to make thorough plans but to remain flexible, collaborate with local partners, and anticipate delays in data collection due to unforeseen circumstances (Potnis & Gala, 2020).
The process of community engagement requires participants to be socially and culturally responsive to reach out to minorities and disadvantaged individuals. Community engagement activities seek to identify and find solutions to the challenges affecting community members and to develop the leadership skills of health professionals. Therefore, being socially responsive may be interpreted as an indicator of the presence of community engagement. According to Coetzee, for community engagement to be effective, the facilitators need to understand all elements of community life and understand their behaviors, to determine the immediate and long-term needs. In that way, the engagement activities will be socially responsive. Thus, they will address not just one element of the community but will influence or touch the lives of many individuals (Nuuyoma & Makhene, 2020).
Reference
Nuuyoma, V., & Makhene, A. (2020). Community engagement in the Faculty of Health Science: A Concept Analysis. Health SA Gesondheid, 25. https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v25i0.1403
Potnis, D., & Gala, B. (2020). Best practices for conducting fieldwork with marginalized communities. Information Processing & Management, 57(3), 102144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2019.102144
Respond to the bold paragraph ABOVE by using one of the option below… in APA format with At least two references and a minimum of 200 words….. .(The List of References should not be older than 2016 and should not be included in the word count.) Include at least one scholarly reference and appropriate in-text citations and Address all points on the DQ. One point will be deducted for not addressing each item mentioned above. Remember that presenting someone else’s work as your own is plagiarism.
- Ask a probing question.
- Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting.
- Offer and support an opinion.
- Validate an idea with your own experience.
- Make a suggestion.
- Expand on your colleague’s posting.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.
It is important that you cover all the topics identified in the assignment. Covering the topic does not mean mentioning the topic BUT presenting an explanation from the context of ethics and the readings for this class
To get maximum points you need to follow the requirements listed for this assignments 1) look at the word/page limits 2) review and follow APA rules 3) create subheadings to identify the key sections you are presenting and 4) Free from typographical and sentence construction errors.
REMEMBER IN APA FORMAT JOURNAL TITLES AND VOLUME NUMBERS ARE ITALICIZED.
References
American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
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