unit 2 & 5: importance of community health development

• defined as an organized effort of people to improve the conditions of the community life and the capacity of the people for participation, self-direction, and integrated efforts in community affairs in which development is accomplished by the people.

• seeks through self-help, voluntary participation, and cooperation of the people of the community with technical assistance from government or voluntary organizations

Community Development Goal

Characteristics of Community Development:

1. Concerned with ___, rather than any particular group or segment of the population

Characteristics of Community Development:

2. Brings ___ in the community

Characteristics of Community Development:

3. Concerned with the ___ social issues and conflicts

Characteristics of Community Development:

4. Based upon the ___ by as many members of the community

Characteristics of Community Development:

5. Based on ___ of the people in the community

Characteristics of Community Development:

6. ___ depends on its ability to work towards a common health goals and upon adequate distribution of health resources to all members.

Characteristics of Community Development:

7. Organized community effort ___ is valuable and effective

Characteristics of Community Development:

8. Community development continues over ___

it is the ultimate end of all the efforts and energy in the implementation of community organizing , participatory action research, effective primary health care delivery system, training seminars and the empowerment of residents of depressed underserved, far flung communities.

• medical specialty that focuses on the physical and mental well-being of the people in a specific geographic region

• includes initiatives to help community members maintain and improve their health, prevent the spread of infectious diseases and prepare for natural disasters.

• promotes healthy living, helps prevent chronic diseases and brings the greatest health benefits to the greatest number of people in need

Community:

group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common

Community:

a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.

Community:

social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists

Nature of Community:

• reveals a pattern of interpersonal relations governed by certain accepted norms or rules, such as reciprocity, shared values, inclusiveness or respect for property.

Nature of Community: Structured by Relationship

• These norms are formally recognized and subscribed to in a public manner, creating ___

Nature of Community: Structured by Relationship

• They have ___ granted to these institutions by the state to govern how they respond to the local needs

Nature of Community:

• Represented by the organization of activities and interaction

• Attract those with a more public or civic purpose in mind

• Forms of association may take on formal organizational structures and adopt charters for governance purposes

Nature of Community: Collective

• An opportunity in our communities for ___ to thrive

Nature of Community:

• life experiences and individual talents provide a broad range of resources residents can use to get things done in their communities –asset-based community development

Nature of Community:

• Interact with family members, friends, business or civic associates, service providers, and coworkers.

Nature of Community: Networking

• These social networks provide ___ , as well as access to resources linked to others in our network.

Nature of Community:

• broader set of “capitals” that make up communities

Nature of Community: Resources

physical infrastructure

Nature of Community: Resources

actual financial wealth

Nature of Community: Resources

economic measure of wealth that provides the tax based upon which local communities rely to provide a stream of funds for capital projects and services.

Elements of a Community:

located and described, denoting a sense of place, locale, or boundaries

Elements of a Community:

existence of shared perspectives and common interests that contributed to a sense of community

Elements of a Community:

• source of community cohesion and identity

• leading naturally to the creation of community

Elements of a Community:

societal view of community and made references to differences in interpersonal interaction

Elements of a Community:

fragmentation or lack of unity, often expressed as an overemphasis on individualism and self-interest, or as attitudes that hindered unity and cooperation

Elements of a Community:

potential ways that groups or individuals can bring about positive or negative consequences for the community as a whole

Elements of a Community:

discussions of the maintenance of distinctions between coexisting ethnic groups.

• Support the national effort to improve the health of Filipinos by enhancing the country's capability for health research and development.

• promote the development of study groups and research programs

• establish mechanisms for the dissemination and utilization of research outputs