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COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

5- The development of social machinery which will ensure to
every individual in the community a standard of living
adequate for the maintenance of health.

Basic functions of public health

1- Control of communicable diseases.
2- Environmental sanitation.
3- Maternal and child health.

4- Health education.
5- Laboratory services.
6- Viral statistics.

Any community health program is build on these 6 basic function
in addition to school, industrial and rural health programs.

Community health nursing

Is a field of nursing practice that applies knowledge and skills from
nursing and public health toward the promotion of optimal health for
the total community.

Factors affecting the health of any community includes:-

1. Water 2. Sanitation 3. Refuse
4. Pollution 5. Roads 6. Culture

7. Climate 8. Economy 9. Nutrition
10. Prevalent 11. Trained health care personnel
diseases

Development of CHNg

CHNg has developed in response to identify health needs of

consumers and as the philosophy and concepts of CHNg have become
more early understood and applied. Its development has been
influenced by changes in nursing and society.

Historically, the specialty of CHNg developed through 4 stages:

1- Early Home Care Stage (Before Mid 1800s)

For many centuries female family members and friends attended
the sick at home. The focus of this care was to reduce suffering and
promote healing. The early roots of home care nursing began with
religious and charitable groups.

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