Health organizations use programs and interventions to make progress toward health equity. According to the CDCs Framework for Program Evaluation, planning public health programs requires the initial step of engaging stakeholderswhich include any entities or persons internal or external to the organization itself. When such multisector collaborations ensue, there is an inherent challenge of finding agreement among the stakeholders. In this discussion, you will reflect on the potential disagreements that may emerge from these collaborations and consider the skills needed to negotiate or mediate such conflicts.
For this discussion, please address the following:
Community Conflicts with NGOs (100 words): Identify one NGO who participates in ongoing humanitarian efforts. Describe the organization and detail a conflict/challenge that this NGO may incur within a community. This conflict/challenge may be real or hypothetical.
Conflict Resolution Strategies and Behaviors (200 words): Using the strategies and behaviors outlined in Alessandra & Hunsaker (2006), please respond to the following:
Strategies to Avoid: Describe two (2) strategies that should be avoided. Explain how avoiding these strategies is necessary, given the community conflict/challenge context.
Conflict Resolution Behaviors: Describe two (2) conflict resolution behaviors that you would foster in this given situation. In what ways would these behaviors be prudent for negotiating with the community stakeholders?
