Download community health nursing and more Lecture notes Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING WEEK 2 DAY 1 Eco-system factors 1. Political Factors Safety of the people Oppression People empowerment 2. Behavioral Factors Culture Habits Mores Ethnicity Customs 3. Heredity Genetics Materials / endowment Defects Strengths Risk Fimilial Ethnic Tribe Racial 4. Health Care Delivery System Promotive Preventive Curative Rehabilitative Primary Health Care (PHC) Services that are ACCESSIBLE, AVAILABLE, ACCEPTABLE, SUSTAINABLE and AFFORDABLE. 5. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AIR FOOD WATER SOURCE URBAN vs RURAL NOISE RADIATION POLLUTION 6. SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFLUENCE Employment Education Housing CLASSIFICATION OF HEALTH PROBLEMS TYPES OF CLIENT IN CHN The ENTRY POINT OF CARE Individual who is a member of a family. INDIVIDUAL which could be classified as MALE or FEMALE, Pediatric or Adult, A father or mother, a child, Pregnant or non-pregnant. Every individual is UNIQUE. A problem of one individual is a problem of the FAMILY. 1. The INDIVIDUAL PATIENT - Considered to be the LEAST important - It is NOT THE MAIN CLIENT in CHN but receives health care through the family 2. FAMILY The BASIC UNIT of the society The basic unit of care of CHN The FUNDAMENTAL UNIT of care in community. A group of individuals consisting of parents and children living together (Traditional Type) - Maybe bound by MARRIAGE, Blood or adoption - There is sharing of emotional closeness which identifies them as FAMILY 4 MAIN FUNCTIONS OF FAMILIES: 1. REPRODUCTION 2. SOCIALIZATION 3. Physical function 4. Economic function KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURE 1. Traditional Family a. Nuclear family b. Extended family 2. Alternate family structure 1. Single Parent Families 2. Cohabiting Family Stages of family Development 1. The beginning family 2. the early-bearing family 3. the family with pre-school children 4. the family with school are children
