INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Lesson 1 CHN 104 REVIEWER LEc

Community

is seen as a group or collection of locality-based individuals, interacting in social units abd sharjng common interest, characteristics, value and or goals

Allender

Sense of unity and belongingness

Lundy and janes

a group of people who share

something in common and interact with one another, who

may exhibit a commitment with one another and may share

geographic boundary.'

Key concept: Emphasizes both emotional ties and potential

for physical proximity.

Clark

a group of people who share common interests,

who interact with each other, and who function

collectively within a, defined social, structure to address

common concerns.

Key concept: Adds the idea of organization and purposeful

collective action.

Shuster and goepingger

a locality-based entity,

composed of systems of formal organizations reflecting

society's institutions, informal groups and aggregates.

Key concept: Introduces community as a complex structure

with multiple interacting layers.

geopolitical & phenomenological

TWO MAIN TYPES OF COMMUNITY

geopolitical

also called as territorial communities.

• are most traditionally recognized.

• defined or formed by both natural and man-made boundaries

and include barangays, municipalities, cities, provinces,

regions and nations.

phenomenological

also called as functional communities.

• refer to relational, interactive groups, in which the place or

setting is more abstract, and people share a group

perspective or identity based on culture, values, history,

interest and goals.

WHO

Definition of health : a state of complete physical, mental and

social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."

Murray

Definition of health : a state of well-being in which the person

is able to use purposeful, adaptive responses and processes

physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and socially."

Pender

Definition of health : actualization of inherent and acquired

human potential through goal- directed behavior, competent self-care, and satisfying relationship with

others."

Modern concept Of health

- refers to optimum level of functioning of individual, family, community

Optimum Level of Functioning (OLOF) is influenced by the EcoSystem

1. advocate

2. supervisor

3. counselor

4. educator

5. trainer

ROLES AND FUNCTION OF CHN

Political

OLOF :

• safety

• Oppression

• People empowerment

Behavior

OLOF:

• culture

• Habits

• Mores

• Ethic customs

HEREDITARY

OLOF :

Generic empowerment

• defects

• Strengths

• Risks

Familial ethic racial

Health care delivery system

OLOF:

• promotive

• Preventive

• Curative

• Rehabilitative

Environment

OLOF :

• air

• Food

• Water waste

• Urban / rural

• Noise

• Radiation

• Pollution

Socio economic

• Employment

• Education

• Housing