402 Exam 3 Flashcards
is a group of people that share something in common, such as geographic location, interests, or values
- Community-
is a population or group of individuals who share common personal or environmental characteristics
- Aggregate-
when the nursing focus is on the collective or common good of the population, instead of on individual health.
Nurse may work with individuals, families, other interacting groups, aggregates, or institutions; the resulting changes are intended to affect the entire community
- Community as client-
seeks healthful change for the whole community’s benefit
Population-centered practice-
includes assessment, assurance, and policy development
Core public health functions-
means doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people
Utilitarianism-
means treating people fairly, and distributing resources and burdens equitably among the members of the society
Distributive justice-
means ensuring that vulnerable groups are included in equitable distribution of resources
Social Justice-
- is reflected in the health behaviors and subsequent outcomes of its residents and also by the ability of the community as a system to support healthy individuals
Community health
views individuals as having dynamic interactions with social and environmental features of communities, for example social networks, organizations like schools and businesses, media, government policies, and natural and built environments
Socio-ecological model-
is an example of community partnership for assessment
Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)-
are formal partnerships in which individuals and organizations serve in defined capacities such as steering communities, advisory committees, and work groups
Coalitions-
is the antithesis of the partnership approach most valued in nurse-community partnerships, in which all partners are actively involved in and share power in assessing, planning, and implementing needed community changes
Passive participation-
involvement of the community or its representatives in healthy change
Active participation-
an essential concept for nurses to know and use, as are the concepts of community, community as client, and community health
Partnership-
refer to formal or informal community leaders who create opportunities for nurses to meet diverse members of the community
Gatekeepers-
are not professional or licensed health care providers but are community members from diverse backgrounds who receive training to do health outreach work
- Community health workers-
are collected directly through interaction with community members, which may include community leaders or interested stakeholders
- Primary data-
- are obtained through existing reports on the community including census, vital stats, and numerical reports (morbidity, mortality info) or information from reference books
- Secondary data
include 8 major domains: analytic and assessment skills, policy development/program planning skills, communication skills, cultural competency skills, community dimensions of practice skills, public health science skills, financial management and planning skills, and leadership and systems thinking skills
- Public Health Nursing Competencies-
are numerical measures of health outcomes, such as morbidity and mortality, as well as determinants of health and population characteristics
- Health indicators-
anyone with a personal or occupational interest or concern in a community’s life
- Stakeholders-
refers to the deliberate sharing in the life of a community, for example, participating in a local fair or festival or attending a political or social event
- Participant observation-
can be identified through formal or informal channels in the community. They do not have to hold any formal titles but are generally viewed as leaders in the community
- Key informants-
is similar to an interview, in that it collects data mainly through asking open-ended questions to participants but to a small group rather than an individual
- Focus group-
also called photo elicitation, is a community assessment technique in which community members take photos to represent a topic or theme about community health
- Photovoice-
is a set of software and technology that can create maps electronically
- Geographic information systems (GIS)-
- model based on nursing process and theories, and emphasizes the dynamic nature of community systems as integral to the health of residents
- Community-as-partner
are a method of simple observation, provide quick overview of a community and can be used along with photographs and interviews to get a general overall sense of the community
- Windshield surveys-
identifies ages, genders, martial information, births and infant deaths, race or ethnicity, and density of the population and assemble the information into a table
- Demographic data-
One of two Standardized classification systems to accommodate nursing diagnosis
- North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)-
was developed by visiting nurses and expands beyond the physiological domain and includes environmental, psychosocial, and health-related behaviors domains
- Omaha system-
Community Health: Has three common characteristics:
status
structure
process dimension
: (outcome)—most well-known and accepted approach.
Status
Three parts of status:
biological, emotional, and social.
morbidity/mortality, life expectancy, risk factors.
Biological—
consumer satisfaction & mental health indexes.
Emotional—
can be measured by crime rates, functional levels.
Social part of health status
Services & resources—patterns of use of services, provider to client ratio. Examples include number of hospital beds, number of ER visits at a certain hospital. Demographics is another useful index when looking at community structure.
Structural
effective community functioning or problem solving.
Process dimension:
a process by which parts of a community (organizations, groups, aggregates) “are able to collaborate effectively in identifying the problems and needs of the community; can achieve a working consensus on goals and priorities; can agree on ways and means to implement the agreed-on goals; and can collaborate effectively in the required actions (Cottrell, 1979, p 197).
Community competence
(which includes all of the three concepts listed above): the meeting of collective needs by identifying problems and managing behaviors within the community itself and between the community and the larger society.
Community health definition:
Ability to respond effectively to changing dynamics
Ability to meet needs of its members
This indicates productive functioning
Healthy Community
Recognizes the need to work collectively, in community partnerships, to bring about the changes that are necessary to fulfill this vision
Healthy People 2020
Healthy People 2020 provides the foundation for a national health promotion and disease-prevention strategy built on two goals:
- Increasing the “quality and years of healthy
life” - Eliminating “health disparities”
a movement that helps community members bring about positive health changes. Each community will have its own perspective on critical health qualities—community’s definition of health may differ from the community health nurse’s!
Healthy Cities and Healthy Communities:
important to get community “buy-in” when intervening in the community! Lay community members, especially the community leaders, possess credibility and skills that most health professionals lack. MAPP (Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships) is one example of community partnerships.
Community Partnerships:
obtain usable information (existing data) about the community and its health. Gathering/compiling existing information, generating missing data. These are then analyzed and the results show any problems (predictive factors) with community health and what the community abilities are (protective factors).
Data collection and interpretation:
obtaining that data which already exists—things readily available such as BRFSS, vital statistics, etc. Such data usually describes the demographics of a community!
Data gathering:
: filling in the blanks by interviewing members of the community (key informants, focus groups, etc.); completing windshield surveys (see next slide)
Data generation
such as the Community Wheel on the next slide! Great tools for structuring your assessment (enables maximum focus), especially for online assessments such as the ones we will be doing!
Assessment guides:
viewed as community leaders; formal and informal
Key Informants –
asking open-ended questions to a small group within the community as opposed to the larger community
Focus groups –
– sharing in the life of the community
Participant observation
simple observation from a vehicle
Windshield surveys-
Community Assessment: The 7 A’s
Awareness Access Availability Affordability Acceptability Appropriateness Adequacy
Used to help clarify the problems prioritized
Is an important first step to planning
Nursing Diagnosis
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) – outlines the nursing diagnosis process by identifying:
The problem or potential problem
Relation to factors, stressors, or health issues
Supports data that documents the problem
Involves analyzing and establishing priorities of the problems identified thru the nursing diagnosis
program planning
: nurse gathers & analyzes facts, then implements programs
Change agent
nurse is enabler-catalyst, teacher of problem-solving skills, activist advocate
Change partner:
People in the community are influential; they have the power to veto or approve new ideas and others in the community generally seek them out for advice about new ideas
lay advisors
Measures the success of the program and determines community satisfaction with the outcome
Begins in the planning stage—goals and measurable objectives are created
Evaluation
ideas about the world that a person believes to be true; these beliefs are rooted in societal values.
- Personal beliefs—
—are the beliefs and perspectives that a society values.
- Cultural attitudes
—(views) are a way to communicate thoughts and attitudes through literature, film, art, television, newspapers, and the internet.
- Media discourses