Community Diagnosis
PBH 611: Independent Field Study Community Diagnosis in Public Health
Question 1: What do you mean by “Community” or Write down the definition of Community?
Answer:
A cluster of people with at least one common characteristic (geographic location, occupation, ethnicity, housing condition……). Community is a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society.
Question 2: What do you mean by “Community Diagnosis?”
Answer:
Community diagnosis is a comprehensive assessment of health status of the community in relation to its social, physical and biological environment. Community Diagnosis generally refers to the identification and quantification of health problems in a community as a whole in terms of mortality and morbidity rates and ratios, and identification of their correlates for the purpose of defining those at risk or those in need of health care. The purpose of community diagnosis is to define existing problems, determine available resources and set priorities for planning, implementing and evaluating health action, by and for the community.
Community Diagnosis Process: “A means of examining aggregate and social statistics in addition to the knowledge of the local situation, in order to determine the health needs of the community”
Question 3: Write down the “Community Core”.
Answer:
Community Core:
* History * Socio-demographic characteristics * Vital Statistics (such as: fertility, mortality, marriage & migration) * Values/Beliefs/Religions
Question 4: Write down the eight (8) Subsystems of the Community.
Answer:
* Physical environment * Education * Safety and transportation * Politics and government * Health and social services (such as: marriage, birth & death certificates) * Communication * Economics * recreation Question 5: What is the mission of Community Diagnosis?
Question 1: What do you mean by “Community” or Write down the definition of Community?
Answer:
A cluster of people with at least one common characteristic (geographic location, occupation, ethnicity, housing condition……). Community is a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society.
Question 2: What do you mean by “Community Diagnosis?”
Answer:
Community diagnosis is a comprehensive assessment of health status of the community in relation to its social, physical and biological environment. Community Diagnosis generally refers to the identification and quantification of health problems in a community as a whole in terms of mortality and morbidity rates and ratios, and identification of their correlates for the purpose of defining those at risk or those in need of health care. The purpose of community diagnosis is to define existing problems, determine available resources and set priorities for planning, implementing and evaluating health action, by and for the community.
Community Diagnosis Process: “A means of examining aggregate and social statistics in addition to the knowledge of the local situation, in order to determine the health needs of the community”
Question 3: Write down the “Community Core”.
Answer:
Community Core:
* History * Socio-demographic characteristics * Vital Statistics (such as: fertility, mortality, marriage & migration) * Values/Beliefs/Religions
Question 4: Write down the eight (8) Subsystems of the Community.
Answer:
* Physical environment * Education * Safety and transportation * Politics and government * Health and social services (such as: marriage, birth & death certificates) * Communication * Economics * recreation Question 5: What is the mission of Community Diagnosis?