Chapter 13 Flashcards
community
________________: a group of people who live, learn, work, and play in an environment at a given time; often also defined by place (geopolitical boundaries), beliefs or interests (aggregate communities) or virtual communities
community
community functions
___________ _______________ are the necessities that sustain day to day livelihood
community functions
community dynamics
____________ _____________ support community functions through effective communication, leadership and decision making
healthy communities
_____________ ________________: a movement based on the concepts of health and health promotion and intersectoral partnerships working together to create a sustainable and healthy community
Intersectoral collaboration is the joint action taken by health and other government sectors, as well as representatives from private, voluntary and non-profit groups, to improve the health of populations. Intersectoral action takes different forms such as cooperative initiatives, alliances, coalitions or partnerships.
community as partner model
_________________________: main attributes are community (based on the community assessment wheel depicting components such as physical environment, education, safety and transportation and nursing process, etc) and nursing process (based on stress adaptation model)
_________________ framework: CHNs use the _____________ triangle (host-environment-agent) to examine the frequency and distribution of a ___________ or _________________
epidemiology
epidemiology
disease
health condition
community capacity
_______________: the capacity building process strengthens the ability of a community, or health organization to develop and implement health promotion initiatives; capacity building is realized when the community is empowered to change and to overcome deficits to achieve strong infrastructure to support its functions
community health promotion model (CHPM)
the ______________________ emphasizes that the health of the population is influenced by the interplay of various social determinants of health in the environments they live in an uses this understanding to guide community planning, intervention and evaluation
the process of community health nursing is continuous and cyclical; it consists of 4 phases, name them
assessment
planning
implementation
evaluation
community assessment
___________ ________________ is an ongoing quantitative and qualitative appraisal of the community
the intervention plan must address the challenges to achieving health for all: reducing ____________, increasing ____________ and enhancing community __________________
inequalities
prevention
coping
nursing interventions will be successful when the community is fully _______________ and _______________ throughout the nursing process
engaged
empowered
_________________ and ________________ community data help form the needed indicators for evaluation of any evidence of success
subjective
objective
community _______________ approach is key to community planning and empowers people to take responsibility and ownership in health and to effect change
participatory
community needs matrix tool
allows participants to discuss, identify, rate, or explain which health problems are most important to communities and to chart this data; CHNs facilitate discussion to learn about community experience
community mapping
a schematic map of the distribution and occurrence of illness, disease, health; resources; environmental conditions; and accessibility and barriers to services
present-future drawings
allow CHNs to see where the community wants to go and formulate mutual intervention goals/objectives
population health promotion
an approach to health that aims to improve the health of the entire population and to reduce health inequities among population groups…it acts upon the broad range of factors and conditions that have a strong influence on our health
risk assessment
identify and target clients who are most likely to contract a particular disease or develop unhealthy behaviours, and assess attributes that affect their health
community governance
refers to decision making in health organizational matters that help to meet the health needs and priorities of the community; effective when it engages citizens, measures results, and gets things done
community engagement
is a participatory process based on communication, trust and a common understanding and purpose
capacity building
process to strengthen the ability of an individual, an organization, a community or a health system to develop and implement health promotion initiatives and sustain positive health outcomes over time
CHNs work with communities as they define goals, mobilize resources, and develop action plans; might include support for political action to change environments or strengthening resources for healthy living
community development
taking action at a grassroots level to generate solutions to common problems that will eventually involve the larger community
community mobilization