Community-based program design: Difference between revisions

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Similar to traditional program design, community-based program design often utilizes a range of tools and models which are meant to enhance the efficacy and outcomes of the program’s design. The difference between traditional design and community-based design, when using these tools, is in the dynamics of the relationship between the designers, the participants, and the community as a whole. It evolved from the [[Charity Organization Society]] (COS) and the [[Settlement movement|settlement house movements]]. Formally, community-based program development has been professionalized by such disciplines as [[urban studies and planning]] and [[social work]].

One advantage is a learning experience between a consumer and a social services provider.<ref name="Advantage" /> One disadvantage is a limited availability of resources.<ref name="Disadvantage" /> The models that can be used for it are the [[Social ecological model|social-ecological model]], which provides a framework for program design,<ref name="Advantage" /> the [[logic model]], which is a graphical depiction of logical relationships between the resources, activities, outputs and outcomes of a program,<ref name="LM" /> the [[social action model]], whose objectives are to recognize the change around usa community in order to preserve or improve standards, understand the social action process/model is a conceptualization of how directed change takes place, and understand how the social action model can be implemented as a successful community problem solving tool,<ref name="SAM" /> and [[Program evaluation and review technique (PERT)|program evaluation]], which involves the ongoing systematic assessment of community-based programs.<ref name="EVAUL" />

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