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What 7 activities can community health be considered as?
o Education concerning prevailing health problems and the methods of preventing and controlling them
o Promotion of food supply and proper nutrition
o Provision of an adequate supply of safe water and basic sanitation
o Provision of maternal and child healthcare; including
o Immunisation against the major infectious diseases
o Appropriate control of locally endemic diseases
o Provision of essential drugs
What did the nightingale model focus on?
when was it introduced to Australia?
sanitation
hygiene
client education
benevolent support of the client
1868
When did community nursing start in Australia?
1885 with the start of the Melbourne district nursing service
What model will the community nurse use for post acute and subacute?
Disease - Recovery
What does primary health care focus on?
Early intervention to prevent exacerbation
Health education, disease prevention and health promotion focus
What is the psychological approach?
considers the multiple effect and interrelatedness of social and environmental factors as they determine health
o Addresses issues, locates the most effective way to encourage healthy behaviour within the individual, the person and their environment and within levels of government (policies, resources)
What is the social gradient?
Effect of relative and absolute income on an individual’s health
o ‘poor’ people have poor health outcomes and visa versa
What is the social gradient influenced by?
♣ Social status and position
♣ Emotional environment in early childhood
♣ Psychosocial disadvantage
♣ Levels of access to services
♣ Comparative vs complete lack of resources
♣ The capacity for power and control of one’s situation
♣ Opportunities for social inclusion and participation
What is the primary care of a person?
the initial medical care given has an illness focus
What are the 4 A’s of primary health care?
Accessible, Affordable, Acceptable and Available
What does a community health nurse do?
- work using a primary health care focus of health promotion and disease prevention
- target at risk groups
- health promotion, education, screening, early detection
- work in community health care nursing, organisation, institutions eg prison nursing, infant and child welfare nursing, drug and alcohol, mental health
What does a community based nurse do?
♣ Hospital in the home ♣ Rehabilitation nursing ♣ Royal flying doctor service ♣ Palliative care nursing ♣ Home based chemotherapy ♣ home dialysis
Aims to provide healthcare, disease management and care coordination to individuals and localised groups across the lifespan; aiming to promote health, prevent complications, manage conditions and enable self-care within a community context
observes client in personal environment
What are the values of a primary health care approach?
- Equity
- Social Justice
- Empowerment
- Self-determination
- Culturally appropriate services
What are the social determinants of health?
name 4
Represent the conditions in which people live and work, which affects personal ability to be healthy
- Social Gradient
- Stress
- Early life – developmental stages, childhood illness…
- Social exclusion – racism, discrimination, stigmatisation, hostility, unemployment
- Work/Unemployment
- Social support
- Addiction
- Food
- Transport
Approaches to primary health care
explain the social model of health
this approach attempts to address the broader influences on health (social, cultural, environmental and economic factors) rather than disease and injury.
It is a community approach to prevent diseases and illnesses with the focus on policies, education and health promotion
Approaches to primary health care
explain public health
focus on health of entire population and includes disease surveillance and prevention, health education, sanitation and environmental safety
Approaches to primary health care
explain community health
seeks to identify the health needs of community and develop program to meet needs through empowering of people to promote prevention
Approaches to primary health care
explain web of causion
allows an epidemiologist to map the interrelationships among factors that contribute to the development and/or prevention of a particular health condition. It identifies the influence of multiple direct and indirect factors on the development of specific health conditions
Approaches to primary health care
explain the new public health movement?
challenges the prevailing focus on finding a cure and argues for a focus on anticipating and preventing health problems
Approaches to primary health care
explain the epidemiological triad
the traditional model of infectious disease causation and has three factors; an agent (a perpetrator), the host (the at-risk population), and the environment which work together to contribute to disease
What are the components of the community assessment wheel and the core subsystems
- community in the middle
- physical environment
- education
- safety and transportation
- politics and government
- health and social services
- communication
- economics
- recreation
The community assessment wheel and the core subsystems
Explain the community core
- The core of the community is its people, history, values characteristics and beliefs
- Describes the people and boundaries of your community
The community assessment wheel and the core subsystems
Explain the subsystem of the physical envionment
- The physical assessment of a community is accomplished through careful observation using all the senses. Take a walk and/or drive through the community and see what you notice.
- Includes the boundaries of the community, climate, housing, water and air quality, and solid waste disposal
The community assessment wheel and the core subsystems
Explain the subsystem of education
- The general education status describes the adequacy of education for the needs of the community
- Institutions, vocational skill needs