Community Health Nursing (CHN) Flashcards
What are the key elements of community?
Social organization, Ideology, Change Agents
The overall health in
some communities may
be compromised due to
infectious diseases,
environmental hazards,
violence, poverty,
accidents and injuries.
Community Health
One of the criteria that classified as Health status, Health related, and health resources
Nature
One of the criteria that severity of the problem which can be measured in terms of proportion of the population affected by the problem.
Magnitude
One of the criteria that probability of reducing, controlling or eradicating the problem.
Modifiability
One of the criteria that have probability of controlling or reducing the effects posed by the problem
Preventive Potential
One of the criteria that have perception of the community as they are affected by the problem and readiness to act on the problem
Social concern
Refers to someone being unhealthy
Morbidity
Refers to someone being dead
Mortality
Types of Graph that shows breakdown of a group or
total where the number of categories is not
too man
Pie chart
Types of Graph for comparison of absolute or relative
counts and rates between
categories
Bar Graphs/pictographs
Data presentation that presented in narrative form
Descriptive data
Data presentation that presented in tables and graphs to provide ease in comparing data
Numerical data
graph that shows the age-sex distribution of a given population. It a graphic profile of the population’s residents. Sex is shown on the left/right
sides, age on the y-axis, and the percentage of population on the x-axis
Population Pyramid
map showing the geographic location of people with a specific attribute.
Spot map
a tool in determining health status
COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS
a systematic approach/ study of
the health condition of a
community, involving the
collection, analysis and
interpretation of data including
statistical data
COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS
The phase when the health care workers leave the community to stand-alone. This phase should be stated during the entry phase so that the people will be ready
for this phase. The organizations built should be ready to sustain the test of the community itself because the real evaluation will be done by the residents of the community itself.
Phase-Out
Occur when the community organization has already been established and the community wide undertakings. At this point, the different committees set-up in the organization-building phase are already expected to be functioning by way of planning, implementing and evaluating their own programs, with the overall guidance from the community wide organization.
Sustenance And Strengthening Phase
The formation of more formal structures and the
inclusion of more formal procedures of planning,
implementing, and evaluating community wide
activities.
Organization and Capability
Building Phase
The initial phase of the organizing process where the
community organizer looks for communities to serve or help.
Pre-Entry Phase
result of many successive and similar actions of the people. A final organizational structure is set up with elected officers and supporting members.
Organization
dealing with deeper, on going concerns to look at the positive values. It gives the people time to reflect on the
reality of life compared to the ideal
Reflection
the people reviewing the steps 1-7 so as to
determine whether they were successful or not in
their objectives
Evaluation
