ppt on community health nursing

1. COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
SANASAM BANKIM
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
RINPS

2. INTRODUCTION
• COMMUNITY HEALTH IS DETERMINED BY
PREVILING CONDITIONS IN THE COMMUNITY
• IT CAN ALSO BE PROMOTED BY ORGANISED
COMMUNITY EFFORTS.
• THE FOUR MAIN FACTORS WHICH INFLURENCE
AND DETERMINE THE HEALTH OF THE
COMMUNITY FAMILIES ANF INDIVIDUALS ARE
BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS THEIR LIFESTYLE
ENVIROMENT HEALTH AND HEALTH ALLINED
RESOURCES.

3. DEFINITION
• A COMMUNITY IS A SOCIAL GROUP
DETERMINED BY GEOGRAPHICAL
BOUNDARIES AND OR COMMON VALUES
AND INTEREST.
• ITS MEMBER KNOWN AND INTERECT
WITH EACH OTHER.
• IT FUNCTIONS WITHIN A PARTICULAR
STRUCTURE AND EXIBITS AND CREATS
CERTAIN NORMS VALUES AND SOCIAL
INTERECTIONS. -WHO 1974

4. FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNITY
1. UTILIZATION OF SPACE
2. PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNICATION
3. PROTECTION OF ITS MEMBER
4. PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION AND
CONSUMPTION OF GOODS AND SERVICES
5. SOCIALIZATION AND EDUCTAION FOR ITS
MEMBERS
6. LINKAGES WITH SOCIAL SYSTEMS
7. MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD

5. CHARECTERISTICS OF COMMUNITY
1. DISTINCTIVENESS
2. HOMOGENECITY
3. CLOSENESS
4. SELF SUFFICIENCY
5. SENSE OF BELONGINGNESS(WE FEELING)
6. SOLIDARITY OR SENSE OF TOGETHERNESS

6. URBAN COMMUNITY:
• An urban area is an area where many people live and
work close together.
The population density is higher than in the
surrounding area.
• It is where buildings are close together. Urban is
the opposite of rural, where farm lands and nature are.
Urban areas are usually cities and towns.
• Most of the work available in urban areas
is factory and office work. agricultural work is rare
because buildings are close together and there is no
space for farm lands.

7. RURAL COMMUNITY
• Rural areas are areas which are not towns or cities.
They are often farming or agricultural areas.
• These areas are sometimes called "the country" or
"countryside".
• People who live "in the country" often live in
small villages, but they might also live somewhere
where there are no other houses nearby.
• Rural is the opposite of urban, which means places
such as cities where buildings and places where people
work and live are all close together.

8. DIMENSIONS OF HEALTH
• PHYSICAL WELLBEING OR PHYSICAL HEALTH
• MENTAL WELLBEING OR MENTAL HEALTH
• SOCIAL WELLBEING OR SOCIAL HEALTH
• SPRITUAL WELLBEING OR SPRITUAL HEALTH

9. DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
1. HUMAN BIOLOGY
A. GENETIC INHERITANCE
B. AGE
C. RACE
D. SELF CONCEPT

10. 2. ENVIROMENT
A. THE PHYSICAL ENVIROMENT
B. THE BIOLOGICAL ENVIROMENT
C. THE SOCIAL ENVIROMENT

11. 3. LIFESTYLE
4 HEALTH AND HEALTH ALLIED RESOURCES
A. HELATH SERVICES
B. SOCIAL ECONIMIC CONDITIONS
C. POLITICAL SYSTEM
D. HEALTH RELATED SERVICES

12. HEALTH INDICATORS
• MORTALITY INDICATORS
• MORBIDITY INDICATORS
• DISABILITY INDICATORS
• NUTRITIONAL INDICATORS
• LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
• SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH INDICATORS
• OTHER INDICATORS LIKE SOCIAL HELATH
POLICY ENVIROMENT QUALITY OF LIFE.