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The WHO defines community health as the environmental, social, and economic resources to sustain emotional and physical well-being among people in ways that advance their aspirations and satisfy their needs in their unique environment. It is a branch of public health that focuses on people and their role as determinants of their own and other people’s health. This is in contrast to environmental health, which focuses on the physical environment and its impact on people’s health. It is a major field of study within the medical and clinical sciences that focuses on the maintenance, protection, and improvement of the health status of population groups and communities. Medical interventions that occur in communities can be classified in three categories: each focuses on a different level and approach toward the community or population group: Primary health care. Primary health care programs aim to reduce risk factors and increase health promotion and prevention. Secondary health care. Secondary health care, also called "hospital care," is where acute care is administered in a hospital setting. Tertiary health care. Tertiary health care refers to highly specialized care usually involving disease or disability management. See reference for more information. ​Disclaimer. Pallipedia does not endorse or recommend any commercial products, processes, or services; therefore, their mention cannot be construed as such. Pallipedia should not be used as guidance to treatment and its purpo...

Home visiting in chn • • of community health nursing.  Home visiting is very essential and important aspect to the community health services, because majority of the patients are found in the home.  The home is utilised for many reasons in relation to the health of the family. The home is also utilised frequently to provide nursing services.  The services in the home requires technical skills, knowledge of preventive and therapeutic measures, teaching ability, judgement and a full understanding of human relations. • is defined as the delivery of specialized nursing care services in the home health care setting. 2. Home Visit Is A Process Of Providing Nursing Care To Patient Or Family At Their Doorstep. • diseases. • Providing essential treatment. • Providing comfort and relief from pain to the patient. • Giving a support and empathy to the patient and his family. • Using domestic equipment for the nursing. • Providing health education. • Giving as much respect as possible to the faiths and beliefs of the family during the procedure • visit 1. Home visits should be planned with purpose. 2. The purpose of home visits should be clear and must meet the needs of the patients. 3. Home visits should be regular and flexible 4. Home visit should be educative 5. Home visits should give excellent opportunities for nurses to demonstrate hygienic principles. 6. Home visit should be convenient, acceptable and educative to the patients • should make an attempt to include each family m...

Title: Nur 473: primary health care nursing 1 Nur 473 primary health care nursing Foundations of Community Health Nursing 2 Chapter One 1 Opportunities and Challenges of Community Health Nursing What is Community Health Nursing 3 • Objectives • After completion the lecture the students enable to • Define community health and distinguish from public health • Explain the concept of the community • Describe three types of communities • Diagram the health continuum • Differentiate among the three levels of prevention • Analyze the six components of community health practice • Describe the eight characteristics of community health nursing 4 To understands what is the community health nursing 5 We should answer these questions • What are the goals of the community health nursing (CHN) • Who is the client of the CHN • What are the setting of the CHN • What are the salient role provided by CHN 6 Introduction The communities in which we live and work have a profound influence on our collective health and well-being. Example Research has established that both smoking and passive exposure to tobacco smoke are directly associated with serious negative health effects and premature mortality among more than 1 billion smokers worldwide (Institute of Medicine, 2001). 7 Introduction Just as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts, the health of a community is more than the sum of the health of its individual citizens. A community that achieves a high level of wellness is composed of h...

A community is a group of people who might have different characteristics but share geographical location, settings, goals, or social interest. Examples of communities include people living in the same town, members of a church, or members of a sports team. Community health is a field of public health that focuses on studying, protecting, or improving health within a community. It does not focus on a group of people with the same shared characteristics, like age or diagnosis, but on all people within a geographical location or involved in specific activity. Community health covers a wide range of healthcare interventions, including health promotion, disease prevention, and treatment. It also involves management and administration of care. Community health workers (CHWs) are often frontline health professionals with knowledge of specific characteristics and developments of the community. They are often members of the community themselves and play an important role in the functioning of community care. The earliest recorded evidence of community health is from 25,000 BCE. Murals on the walls of Spanish caves show physical deformities. These murals tells us that someone noticed and documented differences in the physical state or appearance of community members. Later murals in China show a group of people digging a well for drinking, giving us evidence that the 21,000 BCE community members understood the importance of clean water for their health. There are many practices tha...