The gift of groups

The Gift of GroupsThe Gift of Groups

True or FalseTrue or False

How a woman perceives her How a woman perceives her health is the best predictor of health is the best predictor of her future health?her future health?


What’s most important is not What’s most important is not what skills or capacities a what skills or capacities a woman has, but her belief in woman has, but her belief in her capacity?her capacity?


What matters most is that a What matters most is that a woman is successful in making woman is successful in making behavior change, whether that behavior change, whether that change is big or small?change is big or small?

Creating a Health Optimist vs. Creating a Health Optimist vs. a Health Pessimista Health Pessimist

Continuum of ParticipationContinuum of Participation

Lecture (low participation, didactic)Lecture (low participation, didactic)

Co-facilitated presentationCo-facilitated presentation

Seminar Style Discussion GroupSeminar Style Discussion Group

Facilitated Work MeetingFacilitated Work Meeting

Participant-led Support Group (high Participant-led Support Group (high participation)participation)

The Question?The Question?

What level of What level of

participation participation

is needed?is needed?

Types of GroupsTypes of Groups

Information PresentationInformation Presentation

Skill BuildingSkill Building

Decision MakingDecision Making

Participant DrivenParticipant Driven

Information Presentation GroupInformation Presentation Group

Provide participants with new Provide participants with new information on topics that concern information on topics that concern them.them.

▪▪ Health Education SessionHealth Education Session

▪▪ Community Topical Community Topical presentationpresentation

▪▪ Others? Others?

Skill-Building GroupsSkill-Building Groups

Provide participants with new skills.Provide participants with new skills.

▪▪Assertiveness Training ClassAssertiveness Training Class

▪▪ Communication WorkshopCommunication Workshop

▪▪ Other?Other?

Decision Making GroupsDecision Making Groups

Formed to make decisions on various Formed to make decisions on various issues.issues.

Advisory CommitteeAdvisory Committee

Program DevelopmentProgram Development

Other?Other?

Participant Driven GroupsParticipant Driven Groups

Provide participants with emotional Provide participants with emotional support in overcoming and/or achieving support in overcoming and/or achieving goals.goals.

▪▪ Support GroupSupport Group

▪▪ Clubs (Social and Benevolent)Clubs (Social and Benevolent)

▪▪ Other?Other?

Informal vs. FormalInformal vs. Formal

Informal GroupsInformal Groups::

▪ ▪ have a short lifetime ranging from a have a short lifetime ranging from a few minutes to one sessionfew minutes to one session

▪ ▪ are created quickly (“discuss this are created quickly (“discuss this question with your neighbor”)question with your neighbor”)

▪ ▪ have little structure or formathave little structure or format

Informal groupsInformal groups

Informal Groups:Informal Groups:

▪ ▪ have new group members with have new group members with each each new session/meetingnew session/meeting

▪ ▪ are especially useful during are especially useful during presentationspresentations

▪ ▪ provide a quick check on provide a quick check on comprehensioncomprehension

Informal GroupsInformal Groups

Best used with information Best used with information presentation and skill-building presentation and skill-building groups.groups.

Formal GroupsFormal Groups

Formal groups:Formal groups:

▪ ▪ last several days to several weekslast several days to several weeks

▪ ▪ require more planning require more planning

▪ ▪ have greater structurehave greater structure


Formal groups:Formal groups:

▪ ▪ have a specific purposehave a specific purpose

▪▪have the same group members have the same group members throughout its existencethroughout its existence


Best used with decision making Best used with decision making and participant driven groups.and participant driven groups.

Informal to FormalInformal to Formal

Use informal groups to create formal Use informal groups to create formal groups.groups.

Cheese-making GroupCheese-making Group

Surviving the HolidaysSurviving the Holidays

Market Fresh ClassMarket Fresh Class

Connect with Existing GroupsConnect with Existing Groups

▪ ▪ Identify groups in which women are Identify groups in which women are already involved. already involved.

▪ ▪ Identify women interested in being Identify women interested in being mentors (peer support).mentors (peer support).

New VenuesNew Venues

Online Discussion Group (Yahoo)Online Discussion Group (Yahoo)

Ins and OutsIns and Outs

WebsitesWebsiteshttp://www.selfhelp.on.ca/start.htmlhttp://www.selfhelp.on.ca/start.html (Starting a Self-Help Group) (Starting a Self-Help Group)

http://www.msduua.org/home/Resources_Board/TJDEffectiveGroupFacilitationhttp://www.msduua.org/home/Resources_Board/TJDEffectiveGroupFacilitationpdfpdf

(Effective Group Facilitation) (Effective Group Facilitation)

Useful MaterialsUseful Materialshttp://tucollaborative.org/pdfs/Toolkits_Monographs_Guidebooks/peer_support_consumer_run_services_peer_specialists/Peer_support_developing_and_facilitating_self_help_groups.pdf (Developing Self Help Groups)

http://www.asp.ucar.edu/ecsa/download/Workshop_training/discussion_facilitation_tips.pdf (Facilitating Discussion)

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