This document discusses identifying and prioritizing community health problems. Community health problems are existing conditions that threaten community health and are categorized as health status problems, health resources problems, or health-related problems. Prioritization criteria include the nature, magnitude, modifiability, preventive potential, and social concern of each problem. These criteria are used to classify problems and determine which should be addressed.

1. IDENTIFYING
COMMUNITY
HEALTH PROBLEM

2. Community Health Problem
■ These are existing conditions that are
considered to be the factors or causes that
jeopardizes the health of the people living in a
community.
■ It is categorized into:
– Health Status Problems
– Health Resources Problems
– Health Related Problem

3. Community Health Problem (cont.)
■Health Status Problems
–This may be described in terms of
increased or decreased morbidity,
mortality, fertility, or reduced
capability for wellness.

4. Community Health Problem (cont.)
■Health Resources Problems
–This may be described in terms of
lack or absence of manpower,
money, materials, or institutions
necessary to solve health problems.

5. Community Health Problem (cont.)
■Health Related Problems
–This may be described in terms of
existence of social, economic,
envorinmental, and political factors
that aggaravate the illness-inducing
situations in the community.

6. Priority-setting of Community Health Problem
■ Criteria in Prioritization
– Nature of the Condition or Problem Presented
– Magnitude of the Problem
– Modifiability of the Problem
– Preventive Potential
– Social Concern

7. Priority-setting of Community Health Problem
■ Criteria in Prioritization
– Nature of the Condition or Problem Presented
– Magnitude of the Problem
– Modifiability of the Problem
– Preventive Potential
– Social Concern

8. Priority-setting of Community Health Problem
■Nature of the Condition or
Problem Presented
–The problems are classified as
health status, health resources,
or health-related problems.

9. Priority-setting of Community Health Problem
■Magnitude of the Problem
–This refers to the severity of the
problem which can be
measured in terms of the
proportion of the population
affected by the problem.

10. Priority-setting of Community Health Problem
■Modifiability of the Problem
–This refers to the probability of
reducing, controlling, or
eradicating the problem.

11. Priority-setting of Community Health Problem
■Preventive Potential
–This refers to the probability of
controlling or reducing the
effects posed by the problem.

12. Priority-setting of Community Health Problem
■Social Concern
–This refers to the perception of
the population or the community
as they are affected by the
problem and their readiness to
act on the problem.

13. System of Scoring