COMMUNITY HEALTH

Shirley I.M

OBJECTIVES

• Define the terms of health, community, community health, population health and public health

• Understand factors influence health status of the community

Health

• A dynamic state or condition that is multidimensional in nature and results from a person’s adaptations to his or her environment

community

• A geographic area with specific boundaries (city, state, country)

• Is a group of people who have common characteristics

• Can be defined by location, race, ethnicity, age, occupation, interest in particular problems or outcomes or common bonds

Communities are characterized by:

• Membership• Common symbol system• Shared value and norms• Mutual influence• Shared needs and commitment to meeting

them• Shared emotional connection• Example?

Community health

• The health status of a defined group of people and the actions and conditions , both private and public , to promote, protect and preserve their health

• Community health vs population health?

Population health

• Refers to health status of people who are not organized and have no identity as a group or locality and the actions and conditions to promote , protect, and preserve their health

Public health

• Refers to health status of a defined group of people and the governmental action and conditions to promote, protect and preserve health

Personal Health Activities

Are individual actions and decision making that affect the health of the individual

Community health activities

Are aimed at protecting or improving the health

of community

Factors that Affect the Health of a Community

Physical factorsSocial and cultural

factors

Community organization

Individual behaviors

Health of the community

Physical factors

geography

Environment

Community size

Industrial development

Social and cultural

Beliefs, traditions

Economy

Politics

Religions

Social norm

Socioeconomics status

Community organizing

Individula behavior

• Climate• Altitude• Humid temperature

Geography

• Water• Air• Water

Environment

• The larger the community, the greater the health problem

• Communicable diseases

Community size

• Environmental pollution• Occupational illnesses

Industrial development

• Social factor– Arise from interaction of individuals or groups in

the community

Activities (tutorial)

1. Write Your own definition of health .2. Select a community health problem in

Indonesia, analyze and discuss in a two-page paper factors that contribute to the problem

3. Explain why coronary health disease can be both a personal health problem and a community problem