community health and fields of nursing Flashcards
Engages in joint activities and discussion, helps and shares information with each other; cares about their standing with each other.
Formal Community
Consists of a set of personal relations, social networks, common interests, and emotional sources of motivation.
Informal Community
Large in terms of land area and population, advanced has favorable physical environments and diverse cultures, and people have various occupations.
Urban Community
Usually produce their food for subsistence, less pollution;few establishment and instituitions; mutual give and take affairs
Rural Community
International aggregate of the nation
Global Commnunity
People connected by a specific industry, profession, or field inter; including the voluntary or profit sector.
Sectoral Community
Characteristics of Community
•Awareness that “we are a community”.
• Conservation of natural resources
• Recognition and respect for the existence of subgroups
• Participation of sub-groups in community affairs
• Preparation to meet crises
• Ability to problem-solve
3 features of community
a. people
b.location
c. Social system
Factors affecting health in community
- POPULATION SIZE OR DENSITY
- COMPOSITION/DEMOGRAPHICS
Age, sex, educational level, occupation, and many other demographic variable - RATE OF GROWTH OR DECLINE
- CULTURE
- SOCIAL CLASS AND EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
6.Political
7. Socio-economic
8. Heredity
9. Environment
10. Behavior
11. Health care delivery system
Functions of Community
• To provide shelter, and housing and regulate the use of space.
• To provide employment, means of livelihood
• To provide protection, safety, and security
• To facilitate the distribution of goods and services
• To ensure the education of children and newcomers.
• To provide opportunities for interaction
• To ensure the transmission of information, ideas, and beliefs)
• To create and enforce rules or standards of behavior.
- represents the people that make up the community (includes demographics of the population, values, beliefs, and history of the people)
The core
Eight subsystem
of community
a. Housing Education
- These include laws, regulations, facilities, who utilize these, and what informal educational facilities and activities exist in the community.
b. Fire and Safety
- Fire protection facilities and fire prevention activities, distribution of these.
c. Politics and government
- political structures present the community, decision-making process/leadership style observed, etc.
d.Health
health facilities and activities: distribution, utilization, ratio of providers to lientele served; priorities in health, programs developed, etc.
e.Communication
systems, types of communication existing, forms of communication, be it normal or informal, etc.
f.Economics
occupation, types of economic activities, income, etc.
g.Recreation
recreational activities/facilities: type, consumers, appropriateness to onsumers, etc.
Elements of healthy community
- People are partners in healthcare.
- People work together to attain goals.
- The physical environment promotes health, safety, order, and cleanliness
- Safe water and nutritious food.
- Families provide members with basic needs.
- Available, affordable healthcare.
School Health Nursing
Nursing in an educational environment
• It is a type of public health nursing that focuses on the promotion of health and wellness of the pupils/students, teaching and non-teaching personnel of the schools.
Aims:
• To promote the health of school children and prevent health problems that would hinder the learning process and performance of their developmental tasks.
Aims:
• To promote and maintain the health of
the school populace by providing comprehensive and quality nursing care.
•Nursing in the workplace.
• It is the specialty practice that focuses on the promotion, prevention, and restoration of health within the context of a safe and healthy environment.
• Aims to assess the health needs of the working population and design healthful working interventions.
Occupational Health Nursing
