Characteristics Flashcards
Characteristics of healthy community
Wholesome water
Nutrititios food
Safe & healthy environment
High standards of hygiene
Suitable housing
Problems facing a community
Illiteracy
Ignorance
Overcrowding
Poverty
Political instability
Unsanitary environment
Factors influencing individual health
Social
Physical condition
Genetics
Culture and beliefs
Economic
Education
Perception
What is health
Health is a complete stage of physical,mental & social well being without merely absence of disease
5 Key points on comparison of problem solving
Objective
Diagnosis
Planning
implementation
Evaluation
Community sub systems
Socio cultural
Religion
Health care
Communication & transport
Political
Economic
Concepts of community health
Preventive medicine
Social medicine
Community medicine
Population medicine
Aims of a community
Improve sanitary
Control communicable disease
Health behavior
Community needs
Early diagnosis of disease
Disease surveillance
Contact tracing
Empowerment
Main goals of a community
Identity health problems
Plan ways to meet ch need
Implementation of activities on health needs
Evaluation of impact
Community health programmes
Increase life expectancy
Decrease mortality rate
Decrease mobility rate
Increase quality of life
Increase total well being
Equitable share of resources
4 essential elements of community health
Care
Continuity
Communication
Collaboration
Characteristic of Community health need
Preventive intervention
Utilization of data surveillance utilization of organization and management
Group rather than individual client orientation
Concepts central to chn
Interrelatedness
Coordination
Autonomy
Balance and risk
Epidemiological alertness
Index of community development measures
Infant mortality rate
Maternal mortality rate
Life expectancy
standards of living
Literacy level
Principle of community health
Cost- affordable
Promotive & preventive
Integration of curative & preventive
Active participation
Intersection approach
