Community and Health Flashcards
Community is a social group determined by:
Geographic boundaries
Common values
Interests
Community functions within a particular social structures, exhibits and:
Creates norms
Values
Social institutions
Community is a place where people:
Work
Play
Live
These are groups of people living together in a geographic location and with common aspirations in life.
Community
Types of Community
Urban
Rural
Health Field Concepts
Biology
Lifestyle
Environment
Health Care Systems
Includes all physical and mental aspects, these aspects are developed within human body as a consequence of the basic biology of man and the organic makeup of the individual
Human Biology
Consists of the aggregation of decisions by individuals which affect their health over which they more or less have control.
Lifestyle
Aspects of physical and social over which an individual has little or no control.
Environment
A state of being in which an individual does the best with the capacities he has, and acts in ways that maximize his capacities.
Health
Based in terms of standard physiological parameters — the vital signs, the presence of various chemicals in blood, electro neurological readings, gross anatomy and physiology
Biomedical Model
Behavior, environmental factors, personal factors.
Albert Bandura’s Theory
Defines it according to how an individual functions and interacts with the environment and even with physical deformities as long as he can cope up with his daily needs and interact with people.
Behaviorist Model
State of complete physical, social, and mental wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
World Health Organization’s definition
[Models of Health]
Health is the state of being free of signs and symptoms of disease.
Medical Model
[Models of Health]
Health is a constantly changing state.
Health-Illness Continuum
[Models of Health]
Health is the ability to perform all those roles from which one has been socialized.
Role-Performance Model (Parson, 1958)
[Models of Health]
Functioning to one maximum potential while maintaining balance and purposeful direction in the environment.
Dunn’s High-Level Wellness and Grid Model (Dunn, 1961)
[Models of Health]
Health is the state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
World Health Organization (WHO, 1974)
[Models of Health]
Health is a state in which needs are being sufficiently met that allow an individual to function successfully in life with the ability to achieve the highest potential. Hierarchy of Needs by Maslow.
Needs-Fulfillment Model
Factors Affecting Health
Economic stability
Neighborhood and physical environment
Education
Food
Community and social context
Health care system = Health outcomes
17 SDGs must be completed by a country in?
2030
- Practice community health
- Clinics in rural
- Where vulnerable groups
- Less than 50
- For illness, injury, acute medical problems, and referrals
Primary Health Care
- Establish diagnosis and interventions
- More than 100
- Different types of diagnostic assessments and examinations
- Requires specialists with specific expertise in health issues
Secondary Health Care
- Specialized institutions
- Cardiovascular institutions
- Specialized district hospitals
- Requires highly specialized equipment and expertise
Tertiary Health Care
