SALT as community ownership approach to behaviour change
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Community life competence and SALT
Constellation an international NGO has used this approach in more than 70 countries. This is a process to encourage communities to take ownership of their development challenges. When people take ownership of those challenges, they take action to overcome them. Ownership drives action that will not be dependent on external stimulus. Ownership is the foundation of sustainability. The approach we describe has been shown to be helpful across multiple issues including childhealth, maternal health, immunization, nutrition, cholera, diabetes, Ebola, AIDS, malaria, poliomyelitis, water, sanitation and hygiene, palliative care, sexual and reproductive health, drugs, NCDs and aging with dignity.
The Community Life Competence Process and SALT
This Figure (Ed - scroll down at this link) shows the steps of the Learning Cycle that are used in the various interventions.The steps in the learning cycle are preceded by a Step 0 in which the community must come together to establish a common identity grounded in mutual humanity. This augmented learning cycle is referred to as the “Community Life Competence Process (CLCP)”. Augmenting the learning cycle with an initial step of unification of shared identity is critical to achieve coherence in theformation and execution of the action plan.
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