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Community Health Nursing-I
FACULTY: IMTIAZ ALI KORI (ASIAN INSTITUTE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES HYDERABAD)
Introduction to community Health Nursing
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING-I
BSN GENERIC
1ST YEAR , 2ND SEMESTER
Faculty: Imtiaz Ali Kori
Asian Institute of Nursing & Health Sciences Hyderabad
1

DATE: 26-01-2024
INTRODUCTION TO
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
UNIT-I

DATE: 26-01-2024
OBJECTIVES
At the completion of this unit, stuents will be able to
1. Define the terms:
• Community
• Community Health and
• Community Health Nursing
• Urban & Rural Communities
2. Discuss the historical and background of community Health Nursing from Public
Health Nursing
3. Describe the philosophy of community Health Nursing.
4. Discuss the concepts of health, wellness, illness and disease.
5. Discuss the roles of the community Health Nurse in community setting

:
The word community has been
derived from two Latin words namely,
“con” and “munis”.’ In English “con”
means together and ‘munis’ means to
serve. thus, community means to
serve together.
The community is an organization of
human beings framed for the purpose
of serving together. DATE: 26-01-2024

Community:
“Community is the smallest territorial ( (
‫الاقیئ‬‫ع‬ group of
people that can embrace( ‫ےلگ‬ ) all aspects of social life”
(Kingsley Davis)
or
community is a living population within a limited
geographical area carrying a common interest (landLberg)
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Group of
People
Similarity
Permanenc
e
Norms and
traditions
Nationality
Sense of
belonging
A shared
locality
Name and
Legal status

Community Health
The WHO defines community health as: Environmental,
Social, and Economic resources to sustain emotional and
physical well being among people in ways that advance their
aspirations and satisfy their needs in their unique
environment.
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Community Health
Community health is a public health field that is concerned
with healthcare practices within a community.
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Definition
“community is in organic natural
kind of social group whose
members are bound together by a
sense of belonging created out of
everyday contacts covering the
whole range of human activities”
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“is in art and science of taking care of health in all
its aspects of the life which includes promotion
and preservation of health prevention of disease”
( BTB 1998)
OR
“Community health refers to the health status of
the members of the community to the problems
affecting their health and to the totally of health
care provided for the community” (WHO)
DATE: 26-01-2024

Community Health nursing practice promotes and preserves
the health of population by integrating these skills and
knowledge relevant to both nursing and community health
or
community health nursing is the practice or promoting and
protecting the health of population using knowledge from
nursing science
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City community civilized Society or the trumps which are used
synonymously
 Those places have local authority like municipality and containment
board.
 Other requirements of minimum population of 5000 at least 75% of
the working population engaged in non-agriculture.
 Large density and permanent settlement of socially heterogeneous
individuals living place.
 The word urbane suggest this way of life it indicates fashionable living.
DATE: 27-01-2024

Can be classified as rural based on the criteria of lower population
density less social differentiation less social and spatial (‫اقمیم‬) mobility
slow rate of social changes etc.
Agriculture is the major occupation of rural people.
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DATE: 27-01-2024

Dimension URBAN RURAL
1. Economy Secondary and tertiary section
dominant (‫ب‬‫ل‬‫)اغ‬
Primary industry sector and
supporting activities dominant
2. Employment Manufacturing, construction,
administration and services
Agriculture, forestry and other
primary industry occupations
3. Education Higher Than National averages Lower than national averages
4. Service Accessibility High Low
5.Information
Accessibility
High Low
6. Sense of Community Low High
7. Demography Low fertility and mortality High fertility and mortality
8. Political View Liberal and Radical elements
more strongly represented
Conservative, resistance to change
9. Ethnicity ‫لسن‬ Varied White
10. Migration High, generally net in migration Low, generally net in migration

(Mid-1800) included voluntary home nursing care for the poor by the
specialists or health nurses who treated and treated the sick and taught
wholesome living through patients
The Specialty of community health nursing developed historically through four stages
(Before the mid-1800) emphasized care to the sick poor in their Homes
by various Lay and religious orders
DATE: 30-01-2024

(1970 to the present) includes increased recognition of
community health nursing as specialty filed , with focus on
communities and populations
(1900-1970) was characterized by an increased concern for the
health of the general public
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DATE: 30-01-2024
S.# Stages Focus Nursing
Orientation
Service
Emphasis
Institutional Base
(Agencies)
1
Early Home Care
(Before mid 1800s)
Sick Poor Individual Curative
Lay & Religious
orders
2
District Nursing
(1800 to 1900s)
Sick Poor Individual
Curative: beginning
of preventive
Voluntary: some
Government
3
Public Health
Nursing (1900 to
1970)
Needy Public Families
Curative: Preventive
prevention
Government: some
voluntary
4
Emergence of
Community Health
Nursing (1970 –
present)
Community Population
Health Promotion;
Illness prevention
Many kinds; some
independent
practice

The philosophy of community Health Nursing drives from acceptance of certain concepts
and facts is a foundation of working with people
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Among these are:-
 Essential dignity and worth of the individual
 The position by individuals of potentialities and resources for
managing their own lives.
 The importance of freedom to express one's individuality.
 The great capacity of growth within all social beings.

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and
social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
or infirmity.
(W.H.O)
DATE: 30-01-2024

Ecological health is not Static.
It is a state of dynamic equilibrium between man and
his external environment forces including specific agents
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AGENT
HOST ENVIRONMENT

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The state of being in good
health, especially as an actively
pursued goals.
The client wants to remain in
best condition of health and
best condition of health and
approaches to community
health Nurses for health
awareness

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A disease or period
of sickness affecting
the body or mind

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A disease is a particular abnormal condition that
negatively affects the structure or function of all or part
of an organism, and that is not due to any immediate
external injury. Disease are often known to be medical
conditions that are associated with specific systems and
signs.

DATE: 30-11-2023
• As Care provider
• As Sensitive Observer
• As Education People
• As an Advocate
• As a Planner
• As an Organizer
• Leadership Role
• As a Researcher
• As a home Visitor
• Running child welfare
• Record Keeping
• Conduct School Health
services

DATE: 30-11-2023
Thank you...

DATE: 30-11-2023
• Community Health Nursing, 1st Edition 1998. BT Basavanthapa
• Community Health Nursing, 2nd Edition BT Basavanthapa
• www.youtube.com
• www.goole.com/Images

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