Community Organizing Participatory Research (COPAR)
December 1, 2008 · 28 Comments
Definitions of COPAR:
· A social development approach that aims to transform the apathetic, individualistic and voiceless poor into dynamic, participatory and politically responsive community.
· A collective, participatory, transformative, liberative, sustained and systematic process of building people’s organizations by mobilizing and enhancing the capabilities and resources of the people for the resolution of their issues and concerns towards effecting change in their existing oppressive and exploitative conditions (1994 National Rural Conference)
· A process by which a community identifies its needs and objectives, develops confidence to take action in respect to them and in doing so, extends and develops cooperative and collaborative attitudes and practices in the community (Ross 1967)
· A continuous and sustained process of educating the people to understand and develop their critical awareness of their existing condition, working with the people collectively and efficiently on their immediate and long-term problems, and mobilizing the people to develop their capability and readiness to respond and take action on their immediate needs towards solving their long-term problems (CO: A manual of experience, PCPD)
Importance of COPAR:
1. COPAR is an important tool for community development and people empowerment as this helps the community workers to generate community participation in development activities.
2. COPAR prepares people/clients to eventually take over the management of a development programs in the future.
3. COPAR maximizes community participation and involvement; community resources are mobilized for community services.
Principles of COPAR:
1. People, especially the most oppressed, exploited and deprived sectors are open to change, have the capacity to change and are able to bring about change.
2. COPAR should be based on the interest of the poorest sectors of society
3. COPAR should lead to a self-reliant community and society.
COPAR Process:
· A progressive cycle of action-reflection action which begins with small, local and concrete issues identified by the people and the evaluation and the reflection of and on the action taken by them.
· Consciousness through experimental learning central to the COPAR process because it places emphasis on learning that emerges from concrete action and which enriches succeeding action.
· COPAR is participatory and mass-based because it is primarily directed towards and biased in favor of the poor, the powerless and oppressed.
· COPAR is group-centered and not leader-oriented. Leaders are identified, emerge and are tested through action rather than appointed or selected by some external force or entity.
mee too.. can i have a copy of your copar lecture? tnx so much. god bless and more power
the more u hate the more u love n lang. students shud at least accept the fact n included sya sa board, pra mas receptive ung isip pag pinag aaralan ang copar
bakit po walang different approaches to COPAR?
- traditional
- modernization
- transformational
- liberative
thank you sa makakasagot. :)
pls maam e-mail d complete topics under copar i badly need in our report…
hehe.. halos kaparehas na kaparehas ng notes ng prof q.. :)
sir/ma’am can i ask for your COPAR notes??please??
i lost mine during my COPAR EXPOSURE…i badly needed it….tnx in advance…
oh i h8 dis subject!
If you want to pass the test 2 of NLE, well you should start loving it
hey im a first timer with the local board examination….
and they said COPAR is the most neglected subject, thats why thats the best weapon for the BON….. to test every NUrse…
could you help me with COPAR…
could you mail me some most asked questions in COPAR..??/
It’s a combination of research and community nursing process….
Dear Admin;
please email me the copar lecture
i, agree with xxx ! wat the hek is that COPAR…..its so bulshit!
well anti – xx why wont u take ur “Community Organizing Participatory Research ” and shove it in ur hippocritic ass….u sick nitwit!!! u just dont know how boring is dat stupid subject!!!
“COPAR IS D MOST BULSHIT SUBJECT I EVER HAD IN FACT IT IS EVEN WOST THAN RIZAL AND FILIPINO SUBJECTS, WHAT DOES IT do IN NURSING PRACTICE?! THE PRIMARY JOB OF A NURSE IS TO GIVE HEALTH in hospitals CARE NOT TO ORGANIZE COMMUNITY SHITS LIKE THIS.”
Well man/woman you didnt know what your saying. Before anything else COPAR or Community Nursing is very important to the NURSING PRACTICE especially in field works, home visits, etc. How do you care for your patient in the hospital when you dont know how care with your own people outside the hospital. Get me? And last the primary job of a nurse(even there is so many areas for nurses) is to promote,prevent,care to ALL not only the sick in the hospital. I hate to say this but you should go back and take some of your SHIT course
Copar in our first run was boring and really dragging but when I read about COPAR again It was actually good, realizing that the scope of the work of a nurse does not only revolve and involve the hospital setting but also the community around it not mentioning the community we are dwelling in. Copar is a good criterion to determine the capability of a nurse to adapt in different situation. Nursing is Dynamic!
“COPAR IS D MOST BULSHIT SUBJECT I EVER HAD IN FACT IT IS EVEN WOST THAN RIZAL AND FILIPINO SUBJECTS, WHAT DOES IT do IN NURSING PRACTICE?! THE PRIMARY JOB OF A NURSE IS TO GIVE HEALTH in hospitals CARE NOT TO ORGANIZE COMMUNITY SHITS LIKE THIS.”
- Whoever feels like this will fail their NLE. If you dont know the importance of COPAR, then you dont deserve to pass the board exam..
COPAR is one of my unforgetable experience….it is not a joke kind of practice, it gives me a happy memories together with my friends and C.I’s…
pa email nmn pls all about copar-pls pls….tnx po n advance
PLS!4ward me a topic bout COPAR@MY email add…pls!pass it @[email protected]
HRDP-COPAR………Yes its good for me as a future nurse and l learn on how to communicate with other people in the barios..The efficiency of copar is our title in our thesis
hey xxx your such a disgrace to the the nursing profession. in the present condition of this profession we have, Newly registered nurses will be working in the community as per announced by the president of the phil. so you better shut up because NURSING indeed is part of the team in CO. go study your lesson and learn to love COPAR.
thanks for the info….^-^
COPAR is effing included in the boards!! WTF is that for??!!
what school utilize tha copar?
i feel so lucky cause i’m having a great time learning from my CI’s. we did our CO in second yr and we are now polishing our work for the PAR presentation this week. So far it has been a very good application of the COPAR principles given the time limit. I hope you guys get a better grasp of the whole thing because as much as COPAR is tiring and tedious or a nuisance due to the community’s resistance and other factors, COPAR was really formulated for a beautiful purpose. Kudos for Sister Maria (Isabella?) Sabela(?) for spearheading the birth of COPAR (I think she is from Laguna, if got my facts right).
yeah ryt!haha..copar sucks!especially our C.I hu rili dont know how to explain it clearly..i did not learn in this subject,,amf
COPAR IS D MOST BULSHIT SUBJECT I EVER HAD IN FACT IT IS EVEN WOST THAN RIZAL AND FILIPINO SUBJECTS, WHAT DOES IT do IN NURSING PRACTICE?! THE PRIMARY JOB OF A NURSE IS TO GIVE HEALTH in hospitals CARE NOT TO ORGANIZE COMMUNITY SHITS LIKE THIS.
where can i find history of copar in the Philippines?