1st SEMESTER

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING NCM

2107
LECTURE / SECOND YEAR / CON - CPU Rivera, K.M BSN2F

KEY TAKEAWAYS / REVIEW

TYPES OF POPULATION GROUP

DEFINITION OF TERMS
Aggregate: same developmental task
Community Health Nursing
• One of the major fields in the Philippines Vulnerable: population experiencing health disparities
• It is broader than Public Health 4.
Community
 Because PHN is included or part of CHN -
Group of people sharing common geographic
• According to Clark, CHN is the Synthesis of boundary
KNOWLEDGE and PRACTICE Note: The difference between Population Group and
• It is an ART and SCIENE Community is that
 It is an ART for the reason that caring requires
skills 1. Population group share common Characteristics
 It is SCIENCE because it is systematic (ADPIE) 2. Community share geographic are or boundary
and require knowledge and evidenced-based
practice
TYPES OF COMMUNITY
Note: The goal of CHN is PROMOTION of Health and
PREVENTION of disease Rural, Urban, Suburban, Rurban

o Remember that in CHN as much as possible we do not ❖ HEALTH

want our client to be sick. Ch do not focus on curative
aspect of health
CHN Duties and Practice
• It is ever changing (Dynamic)
 This is for the reason that the client and its health
differ from one geographic are from another
 Because of this, nurses must be flexible and
adaptable
Note: Community Health nurses are GENERALIST
- The basic human rights
- Considered as the goal of Public health and
Community health nursing in general
- WHO definition: Health is the total state of
Physical, Mental, and Social wellbeing and not
merely an absence of disease of infirmity.
 Health should be in holistic approach
since CHN deals with every aspect of
nursing an client’s health.
 It is comprehensive
 As a community health nurse, we should
not be judgemental.

❖ FACTORS AFFECTING HEALTH

CHN framework
1.
Economic
• There are four components of CHN - Poverty is an indicator of social injustice
Note: when a community is poor expect that there is poor
| Clientele, Health, Health care system, Factors affecting health.
health |
Note: Poverty is not complete explanation or reason for poor
❖ CLIENTELE health since there are RHUs that provide healthcare in the
community.
1. Individual
- Not necessarily sick client  Those who are underprivileged should have
access to healthcare service and should be
Note: The health problem of individual is always intertwined prioritize.
with the family
2. Culture
Remember: When we have a Hostile Family, always approach - a way of life
the child first. Because the interpoint for this kind of clients is - a totality of who we are as people
the individual. - it is being past from generation to generation
- an IMPORTANT INFLUENCE in people’s health
2. Family
- A collection of people who are integrated EXAMPLE OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS
- It does not always have to be by blood
o Positive: Filipinos value strong ties with family and
TYPES OF FAMILY friends and this relationship among them has impact on
the social and wellbeing of individuals
Nuclear: Parents + Children o Negative: badjao people tend to throw their newborn
Extended: Nuclear family living with relatives baby after delivery for the reason that they believe if the
Blended: Two families who live together baby survive he/she is meant to live or destined.
Cohabitation: Live in partners
3.Environmental
-
Has direct effect on health
3. Population Group -
An unsanitary environment is a major factor of
- Group of people that shares common illness
characteristics, developmental stages, And health 4. Political
problems - Reflects the priorities of the government and its
- Usually the target of social services value system
 EX: Mothers, Childrens, Immunization ❖ HEALTHARE SYSTEM
programs - Totality of health services for clientele
- Include CHN practice
Note: the goal is preventive care

TYPES OF POPULATION GROUP

Aggregate: Same developmental task