CHN 2

Module 1: Community Health Nursing Concept

• Definition: Focuses on health promotion and disease prevention in populations and communities.

• Philosophy and Principles: Emphasizes holistic approaches.

• Features: Addresses community needs, involves collaboration, and integrates theory into practice.

• Theoretical Models/Approaches:

  • Health Belief Model (HBM): Explains health behaviors based on beliefs about health risks and benefits of actions.

  • Milio’s Framework for Prevention: Focuses on factors influencing health and how to promote healthy choice-making.

  • Nola Pender’s Health Promotion: Encourages proactive health behaviors to enhance well-being.

  • Lawrence Green’s PRECEDE-PROCEED Model:

  • PRECEDE: Focus on educational diagnosis.

  • PROCEED: Focus on policy and environmental strategies.

• Different Fields:

  • School Health Nursing

  • Occupational Health Nursing

  • Community Mental Health Nursing

Module 2: Concept of Community

• Types of Community: Defined by location, interests, and characteristics.

• Characteristics of a Healthy Community: Safe environment, accessible resources, strong social networks.

• Components of a Community: People, location, social systems, and health resources.

• Factors Affecting Community Health: Environment, leadership, population characteristics, resources available.

• Roles of a Community Health Nurse: Advocate, educator, and facilitator of health-promoting activities.

Module 3: Health Statistics and Epidemiology

• Health Statistics: Collected data for understanding population health.

• Tools:

  • Demography: Population size, composition, distribution.

  • Health Indicators: Crude birth and death rates, infant/maternal mortality rates, morbidity and mortality causes.

  • Philippine Health Situation: Understanding local demographic and health profiles.

• Epidemiology: Study of disease patterns to inform better health practices (Epidemiological Triangle, Natural History of Disease).

Module 4: Nursing Process in Community Care

• Community Health Assessment Tools: Methods for collecting data to understand community needs (surveys, interviews, health records).

• Community Diagnosis: Identifying health issues based on collected data.

• Planning Interventions: Formulating goals, prioritizing needs, implementing, and evaluating health interventions.

• Collaboration: Importance of partnerships with community stakeholders.

Module 5: Working with Groups Towards Community Development

• Stages of Group Development: Understanding group dynamics and growth.

• Interventions: Guiding group processes, negotiating conflicts, fostering collaboration.

• Goals of Community Organizing: Identifying health needs and promoting effective solutions.