Class 4 Promoting Population Health: Theories, Models, Frameworks Flashcards
health promotion models, theories, frameworks in population health
principles of empowerment
Persons who interact and have similar goals or interests and share common social supports, and may or may not come from within the same geographic boundaries
A locality-based entity composed of systems of formal organizations reflecting society’s institutions, informal groups, and aggregates (groups within a population)
People and relationships who share agencies and a physical environments
Community
is the process of involving the community in maintaining, improving, promoting, and protecting its own health and well-being.
This definition emphasizes the process dimension but also includes the dimensions of status and structure
Community Health
Dimensions for community health…
- Status
- Structure
- Process
Includes physical, emotional, and social components:
Status
Includes community health services and resources and attributes of the community structure itself, commonly identified as social indicators or correlates of health
Structure
is one where people, organizations, and local institutions work together to improve the social, economic, and environmental conditions that make people healthy—the Determinants of Health.
Healthy community
as “building communities from the inside out”
Occurs when a community is engaged in a dynamic, continuous process of social change that can lead to permanent enhancements in people’s lives
Community Development
Identifying community-based initiatives such as community development, strategic planning, and organizational development
Asset mapping
The maintenance and continuation of established community programs
More likely to occur when members of the community are involved as partners in the community development process
Sustainability
is a dynamic, ongoing process undertaken to identify the strengths and needs of the community, enable the community-wide establishment of health priorities, and facilitate collaborative action planning directed at improving community health status and quality of life”
Community health assessment
The process of thinking critically about the community
Involves getting to know and understand the community client as partner
Community health assessmnet
Consists of 4 phases: assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation
Ongoing quantitative and qualitative systematic appraisal of the community
Addresses the challenges to reduce inequalities, increase prevention, and enhance community coping
Successful when the community is fully engaged and empowered throughout the nursing process
Community health assessment
Focus on the determinants
Focus on inequities
Identify community strengths and problems
Usually the CHN is involved in community development to engage citizens
Public health