COMMUNITY
HEALTH CONCEPTS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. State the mission and core functions of public health.
2. Describe specialization in public health nursing and
other roles in the community.
3. Identify practice goals of nurses practicing in the
community.
4. Define population health.
WHAT IS COMMUNITY
HEALTH NURSING?
• A population-focused approach to planning,
delivering, and evaluating nursing care.
NURSING PRACTICE IN THE
COMMUNITY
• Community Based Nursing
• Community Oriented Nursing
• Public Health Nursing
WHAT IS PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING?
• Population focused
• Community Oriented
• Health and Prevention Focus (Primary and Secondary
Prevention)
• Interventions are made at the community or population level
• Great concern for the health of all members of the
population/community, especially vulnerable populations
CORE FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC
HEALTH
• Assessment
• Policy Development
• Assurance
WHAT DOES PUBLIC HEALTH LOOK LIKE?
1. Monitor health status to identify community health problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and hazards in the community.
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
4. Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
7. Link people to needed personal health services and ensure the provision of health care that is
otherwise unavailable.
8. Ensure a competent public health and personal health care workforce.
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services.
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problem.
POPULATION HEALTH
• “Population Health is the health status of a defined
population of individuals, including the distribution
of health status within the group” (Williams, 2020)
• Population Health begins with defining your
population
POPULATION FOCUSED NURSING
PRACTICE
• Population
• Subpopulations
• Population Community Based Practice
• Population Health Management
COMMUNITY BASED NURSING VS.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED NURSING
• What is the difference?
• What are the goals?
• Who is served?
• Where are they served?
LEVELS OF PREVENTION
• Primary Prevention
• Secondary Prevention
• Tertiary Prevention