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Domains of Capacity Building in Communities

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The Domains of Capacity Building in Communities mind map, created by Leo Romero under CC-BY-NC-SA, synthesizes a 2011 BMC Public Health literature review into 9 core domains with 113 nodes. It covers Learning opportunities and skills development, Resource mobilization, Partnership, linkages, networking, Leadership, Participatory decision-making, Assets-based approach, Sense of community, Communication, and Development pathway. The template serves community organizers, public health practitioners, and researchers seeking a structured framework to assess and strengthen local capacity. Key nodes like 'Empowerment' (subdivided into Social, Political, Technological, Psychological) and 'Sustainability' (within Development pathway) provide actionable subcategories. This Domains of Capacity Building in Communities template offers a comprehensive cheat sheet for planning, monitoring, and evaluating community programs.

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When to use this template

Public health program managers and community development officers

Designing a community health program and need to ensure all capacity dimensions are addressed.

Nonprofit evaluators and grant writers

Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of a local coalition's capacity building efforts.

Community organizers and facilitators

Facilitating a participatory workshop to identify community assets and leadership gaps.

How to use this template

Step 1

Open and Explore the Core Domains

Download the .xmind file and expand the nine main branches to understand the structured framework of community capacity building.

Step 2

Customize Nodes with Local Data

Personalize the template by adding your community's specific examples, action items, and data to the relevant subcategories like empowerment or sustainability.

Step 3

Facilitate Discussions and Export Results

Use the map as a checklist during community meetings to guide decision-making and export your final strategy as an image or PDF for reporting.

Frequently asked questions

The template includes 9 domains: Learning opportunities and skills development, Resource mobilization, Partnership, linkages, networking, Leadership, Participatory decision-making, Assets-based approach, Sense of community, Communication, and Development pathway, with 113 nodes detailing sub-concepts like Empowerment, Dissemination, and Sustainability.

Open the .xmind file in Xmind, then explore each domain to identify strengths and gaps. For example, under 'Participatory decision-making', assess how your community expresses concerns and resolves conflicts. Customize nodes to match your program's context.

Yes, it is licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA by Leo Romero. You can freely edit the .xmind file in Xmind to adapt it to your community project, as long as you attribute the original work and share alike.

It focuses on identifying the knowledge, skills, and talents of community members, matching them with needed skills to achieve the vision, and bringing people with different expertise together.

It describes community as a sense of place where members identify issues, solve problems, and handle conflicts together, with trust, shared identity, and commitment to action. Sub-nodes include respecting viewpoints, understanding history, and showing compassion.

Absolutely. The template is based on a peer-reviewed literature review (Brimblecombe et al., 2011) and provides a structured framework for measuring capacity building, suitable for research proposals, literature reviews, or program evaluation.

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