COMMUNITY IDENTIFICATIO bsc nursing 4th year .pptx

community health nursing

1. COMMUNITY IDENTIFICATION

2. Community Identification Community identification is a systematic process of collecting various information regarding a community for assessing health status of community members and various factors affecting the health status .

3. Advantages of Community identification It is helpful in obtaining informations regarding structure of community , health status of people , their health needs and problems and factors affecting health status. It provide an opportunity to the nurse to communicate with the community members which improves their interpersonal and working relationship. It encourages active community participation in planning ,implementation and evaluation of health services.

4. Information collected during community identification During community identification mainly following information’s are collected by the community health nurse- Geographical characteristics Population related information Information’s regarding special risky groups Vital events Environmental characteristics Physical environment Social environment Availability of resources

5. Geographical characteristics These include- Name of the area Location Size Boundaries of the area Main landmarks Roads, streets, main building in the area To prepare map of the area

6. Population related information These includes- Total population Composition of the population Population density No of total families Average size of the families Classification of the population based on age Sex ratio Caste wise classification of the population Classification on the basis of economic status etc

7. Information regarding special risky groups It includes information regarding- Infants (0-1 year old children) Toddler (1-3 year old children) Old person People having underweight or over weight Smoke Alcohal users Drug abusers Handicapped person Pregnant women

8. Vital events It includes to obtain information regarding following vital events of the area- Birth Rate Death rate Infant Mortality rate(IMR) Maternal mortality rate(MMR) Perinatal Mortality Rate Expectation of life

9. Environmental characteristics Physical environment…….. No of house Types of house kacche / pakke Average no of rooms in the house Facilities of latrines , bathroom and kitchen in the house. Types of house safe/unsafe Supply of electricity Source of water supply (well/Hand pump/Tap/ Tubewell

10. Environmental characteristics Social environmental… Social organizations such as temple, masjid, church, gurudwara etc . Voluntary organizations such as Lions Club, Rotary Club etc . Member of Parliament (MP), MLA, Zila Pramukh , Padhan , Zila Parishad member, Panchayat Samiti Sarpanch , Panch , religious leaders, member, Parshad , Govt employees etc.

11. Availability of resources Availability of human resources- Doctors Nurses Lab Technicians Health inspectors Female health workers Anganwadi workers ASHA Social workers etc.

12. Continue………….. Availability of institutional resources Allopathic hospitals Health centres Naturopathy hospitals Ayurvedic hospitals Homeopathic hospital Unani hospitals etc.

13. Continue……… Implementation of health schemes and health programmes in the community such as- Janani Suraksha Yojana Free distribution of drugs Facility for free investigations DOTS programme Pulse Polio Immunization

14. Continue……… Voluntary health agencies in the community such as Indian Red Cross Society Means of communication Telephone/Mobile Radio Television Newspaper Internet

15. Continue……… Organizations which being to are provided information’s regarding public health laws such as- Child marriage act Environment preservation act MTP Act Pre Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Technique Act (PCPNDT Act)