• What is a community?

- a group of people with common characteristics or interests living together within a territory or
geographical boundary
- place where people under usual conditions are found

• What is community health?

- part of paramedical and medical intervention/approach which is concerned on the health of the whole
population

• What is Public Health?

“ Public Health is directed towards assisting every citizen to realize his birth rights and longevity.”

“The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and efficiency through organized community
effort for:
a. the sanitation of the environment
b. the control of communicable infections
c. the education of the individual in personal hygiene
d. the organization of medical and nursing services for the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of
disease
e. The development of a social machinery to ensure every one a standard of living, adequate for
maintenance of health to enable every citizen to realize his birth right of health and longevity –
Winslow

Models:
1. Developmental

Stages of Family Development

Stage 1 – The Beginning Family
Stage 2 – The Early Child-bearing Family
Stage 3 – The Family with Preschool Children
Stage 4 – The Family with School Age Children
Stage 5 – The Family with Teen-agers
Stage 6 – The Family as Launching Center
Stage 7 – The Middle-aged Family
Stage 8 – The Aging Family

2. Structural-Functional
Initial Data Base
• Family structure and Characteristics
• Socio-economic and Cultural Factors
• Environmental Factors
• Health Assessment of Each Member
• Value Placed on Prevention of Disease

First Level Assessment

• Health threats:
conditions that are conducive to disease, accident or failure to realize one’s health potential
• Health deficits:
instances of failure in health maintenance (disease, disability, developmental lag)
• Stress points/ Foreseeable crisis situation:
anticipated periods of unusual demand on the individual or family in terms of adjustment or
family resources

Second Level Assessment:

• Recognition of the problem

• Decision on appropriate health action
• Care to affected family member
• Provision of healthy home environment
• Utilization of community resources for health care

Problem Prioritization:

• Nature of the problem

 Health deficit
Health threat
Foreseeable Crisis
• Preventive potential
High
Moderate
Low

• Modifiability
Easily modifiable
Partially modifiable
Not modifiable

• Salience