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6 COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION IS A CAPACITY BUILDING PROCESS THROUGH WHICH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS PLAN, CARRY OUT AND EVALUATE ACTIVITIES IN A PARTICIPATORY, SUSTAINED WAY TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND OTHER CONDITIONS, EITHER THROUGH THEIR OWN INITIATIVE OR STIMULATED BY OTHERS 7 . Scope for Community Mobilization Most efforts to improve maternal and newborn health have focused on strengthening service delivery. And while improving access to, and quality of, important health services are essential, reducing maternal and newborn deaths also requires action at the community level. For this reason, Community Mobilization is recognized as a key intervention in the Global consensus on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH). Community Mobilization differs from, and can be more effective than, health education, as it aims to empower communities to change their situation. This involves an investment in people’s innate potential to become leaders, make decisions and take coordinated action to resolve health issues. Importance of Self-Help Groups In many rural communities in India, women have very few opportunities to improve their health or that of their families. Even where local health committees exist, they are often dominated by community leaders or men, which can mean critical health issues affecting women and children falling to the wayside. Self-Help Groups (SHGs) provide the needed informal space to build on women’s interest in improving the health of their families and also have the capability of reaching the poorest and most marginalized women. Besides income benefits from small savings, SHGs encourage an exchange of ideas and information to identify problems and innovate as a collective to find solutions for overcoming economic, social and cultural barriers.
7 Addressing The Problem In this context, RGMVP launched the Uttar Pradesh Community Mobilization Project (UPCMP) alongside a consortium of development practitioners, action-oriented researchers and behavior change experts to pilot and evaluate a unique model through social platforms. Partners include the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Community Empowerment Lab (CEL), Population Council (PC) and the Centre for Global Health and Development (CGHD) at Boston University. With the generous support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the project has revealed a promising, institutionalized and scalable social platform through which maternal, neonatal and child health interventions may be built upon. Process Document Objectives The present document seeks to capture the design and processes under UPCMP and articulate the deeper insights and explanations as to why and how positive results were achieved. It reflects on the various kinds of capacity building and health mobilization activities carried out, the process underlying these activities and the roles and responsibilities of individuals and groups to sustain the process. We hope to educate others about RGMVP and explain how it has innovated the conventional SHG model to expand and leverage its scope from mere micro-finance linked groups to vibrant and inclusive leadership building platforms with strong potential to impact family health outcomes at scale. 1 UNICEF (2009). The State of the World’s Children: Maternal and Newborn Health. 2 Ibid 3 Registrar General of India (2016). SRS Survey 2014. 4 Save the Children (2010). A Fair Chance at Life: Why Equity Matters for Child Mortality. 5 Jenny Ruducha et al (2016). Who’s Advice Should I take? A Qualitative Study of Community Strengthening and Health Message Delivery in Rural UP. BU Centre for Global Health and Development. 6 Population Council. Shaping Demand and Practices to Improve Family Health Outcomes: Designing a Behavior Change Communication Strategy in India. Uttar Pradesh ed. Vol. 1: Sage, 2012. Print. 6 Population Council. Shaping Demand and Practices to Improve Family Health Outcomes: Designing a Behavior Change Communication Strategy in India. Uttar Pradesh ed. Vol. 1: Sage, 2012. Print. 7 Howard-Grabman, Lisa et al. (2007). Demystifying Community Mobilization: An Effective Strategy to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health.
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Page 3 and 4: 3 ABOUT RGMVP Rajiv Gandhi Mahila V
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Page 13 and 14: 13 UPCM STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK VISION
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