Nursing Process in the care of Population Groups and Community Flashcards
Community health assessment tools
- collecting primary data
- secondary data sources
- methods to present community data
Conditions in the community affecting health
- people
- location
- social system
Analyzing the characteristics of the people in the community
People
Where the community is located and its boundaries
Location
Economic, educational, religious, political, and legal system
Social system
Principles
- equity
- Participation
- involvement of the client in making decision making about healthcare
processes in community health nursing
clients
health care unit (health centers)
political leaders/decision makers
PATCH
Planned Approach to Community Health
demographic, educational and economic data
Community people
Focusing on behavioral risk factors such as smoking, drinking, and leading a sedentary lifestyle
Behavioral data
2 Approaches in conducting community assessment
- Comprehensive Assessment
- Problem-Oriented Assessment
Gathering of information about the entire community using systematic process to identify actual or potential health problems
Comprehensive Assessment
Focused on a particular aspect of health, focusing on what problem the community have in mind, then proceeds to gather information from the aggregates
Problem-Oriented Assessment
Tools in community assessment
- Primary data
- Secondary data
- Summary table
- Monthly Consolidation Table
FHSIS
Filed Health Service Information System
periodic government enumeration of the population
Census data
Provides for a national census of population and other related data in the Philippines every 10yrs
Batas Pambansa Blg. 22
Provides statistical information to the public
Philippine Statistical System (PSS)`
Created by virtue of EO. 121 as the highest policy making and coordinating body of PSS on statistical matters in the country
National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)
legally established place of residence of people
De Jure method
Actual physical location of people
De Facto method
Methods to present community data
- Tabular
- Diagram
