OLIVAREZ COLLEGE

Dr. A. Santos Avenue, San Dionisio, Parañaque City

PACUCOA Accredited
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES EDUCATION
NURSING DEPARTMENT

Silverio Health Center

NCM 107 – RLE

NAME: __De pedro, Lorinel L.___

Date of Submission / Group: _16_ Grade: _______________

Posted Date
Presentation
11/07/2023
11/09/2023

PRE DUTY-RESEARCH
1. What is Community Health?
Community health encompasses the overall health state of community members, health-related
issues they face, and the range of healthcare services available to them.
In order to maintain and improve population health, it also combines public health and nursing practices.

In the field of community health, "population" is regarded as "WHOLE." Individual, family,

group, and community are their main concerns. To address the needs of the population, they make use of
health promotion, health maintenance, health education and management, coordination, and continuity
of treatment.

2. What is Public Health?

The science of preserving and enhancing individual and community health is known as public
health. In order to accomplish this task, healthy lifestyle promotion, disease and injury prevention
research, and the detection, prevention, and management of infectious diseases are used. Protecting the
health of entire populations is the general focus of public health. These populations can range in size
from that of an entire country or area to that of a small neighborhood.

It is significant because, in contrast to clinical professionals like doctors and nurses, who primarily
concentrate on treating patients after they become ill or are injured, public health professionals work to
prevent problems from occurring or recurring through the implementation of educational programs,
policy recommendations, service delivery, and research. Encouraging equity, quality, and accessibility
in healthcare is a major component of public health.
 3. What is Public Health Nursing?
A branch of professional nursing practice where community-impacting health issues are
addressed via the application of technical nursing, interpersonal, analytical, and organizational abilities.
Enabling every citizen to fulfill his innate right to longevity and good health is the aim of public health.

To sum up, public health offers healthcare to individuals and groups who are unable to access it
alone.

4. Roles and Responsibilities of Community Health Nurse?

a) A Clinician is a health care practitioner who looks after patients in the RHU or at home.
b) A Health Educator is someone who works to prevent illness and promote health by educating
the public and disseminating accurate information.
c) Facilitator, who uses a referral system to create connections across multiple sectors.
d) Supervisor, who keeps an eye on and oversees midwives' performance.
e) A Researcher gathers/collects data.
f) Trainer, instructs novice/train newbies.
g) Manager, Organizing, Staffing, Leading, and Managing etc.
h) Leader, has an impact/influence on others.
i) Coordinator, non-clinical team.
j) Collaborator, Partner on the medical team
k) Advocate, Protects rights as an advocate. Ex. Evaluate needs

5. Levels of Prevention
a) Primordial - preventing the formation or emergence of risk factors in populations or nations where they
have not yet materialized.
b) Primary - a measure done before a disease manifests itself, eliminating the chance that the illness
will ever manifest.
c) Secondary - Action that stops a disease in its tracks and avoids complications in the early stages.
d) Tertiary - All available methods to lessen suffering brought on by current deviations from
optimal health, minimize impairment and disabilities, and assist patients in adjusting to
irreversible conditions.

Examples of Public Health:

• Tracking disease outbreaks and vaccinating communities to avoid the spread of disease.
• Setting safety standards to protect workers.
• Developing school nutrition programs to ensure kids have access to healthy food.
• Advocating for laws to keep people safe, including smoke-free indoor air and seatbelts.
• Working to prevent gun violence.
• Addressing the impact of climate change on our health.
• Declaring racism as a public health crisis.
Examples of Community Health:
• Promoting child and family nutrition.
• Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) education and prevention.
• Promoting physical activity.
• Injury prevention campaigns.
• Breastfeeding promotions campaigns.
• Awareness programs about the dangers of smoking.

Examples of Primary Prevention:

• Legislation and enforcement to ban or control the use of hazardous products (e.g., asbestos) or to
mandate safe and healthy practices (e.g., use of seatbelts and bike helmets)
• Education about healthy and safe habits (e.g., eating well, exercising regularly, not smoking)
• Immunization against infectious diseases.

Examples of Secondary Prevention:

• Regular exams and screening tests to detect disease in its earliest stages (e.g., mammograms to detect
breast cancer)
• Daily, low-dose aspirins and/or diet and exercise programs to prevent further heart attacks or strokes
• Suitably modified work so injured or ill workers can return safely to their jobs.

Examples of Tertiary Prevention:

• Cardiac or stroke rehabilitation programs, chronic disease management programs (e.g., for diabetes,
arthritis, depression, etc.)
• Support groups that allow members to share strategies for living well
• Vocational rehabilitation programs to retrain workers for new jobs when they have recovered as much as
possible.

Focus of Public Health on the Philippines setting:

The Department of Health (DOH) is currently implementing various public health programs that would
provide interventions on addressing the triple burden of diseases in the country – morbidity caused by infectious
diseases; mortality by non-communicable diseases (NCDs); and emerging incidence of injuries, mental health,
and alcohol and drug abuse. These programs are:
a. National Immunization Program
b. Women, Men, and Children’s Health Development Programs,
c. HIV/AIDS and STI Prevention, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease, Integrated Helminth
Control, Food and Waterborne Diseases Prevention and Control, and National Dengue Prevention and
Control Programs
d. Tuberculosis Control Program
e. Malaria Control, Schistosomiasis Control, Leprosy Control, and Filariasis Elimination Programs
f. Rabies Control Program
g. Lifestyle Related Diseases Prevention and Control, and Essential NCDs Programs.