Salam,Salama S. BSN-2 Defining Community Health Nursing What is a community?

>a group of people with common characteristics or interests living togetherwithin a territory or geographical boundary >place where people under usual conditions are found What is health? 1.Health-illness continuum 2.High-level wellness 3.Agent-host-environment 4.Health belief 5.Evolutionary-based 6.Health promotion 7.WHO definition What is community health? >part of paramedical and medical intervention/approach which is concerned onthe health of the whole population >aims: 1. health promotion 2. disease prevention 3. management of factors affecting healt What is nursing? >assisting sick individuals to become healthy and healthy individuals achieve optimum wellness What is Community Health Nursing? T h e u t i l i z a t i o n o f t h e n u r s i n g p r o c e s s i n t h e d i f f e r e n t l e v e l s o f clientel e-individuals, families, population groups and communities, concernedw i t h t h e p r o m o t i o n o f h e a l t h , p r e v e n t i o n o f d i s e a s e a n d d i s a b i l i t y a n d rehabilitation. Goal: To raise the level of citizenry by helping communities and families tocope with the discontinuities in and threats to health in such a way as tomaximize their potential for high-level wellness