title: A nursing model of community organization for change.
abstract: Community health nursing has the potential to reach beyond the individual and create interventions that affect the community as a whole. The Nursing Model of Community Organization for Change presented in this article describes the relationships among the concepts of empowerment, partnership, participation, cultural responsiveness, and community competence within a community organizing context. These concepts are implemented through the use of the Nursing Model of Community Organization for Change, which consists of four phases: assessment/reassessment, planning/design, implementation, and evaluation/dissemination. This nursing model provides a theoretical framework for community health professionals when creating community health interventions in partnership with community members.
authors.affiliation: Community Health Nursing Program & School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98125, USA.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guthrie
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schirle
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States