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Community health services
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Introduction

Individual matter. Humankind does not live in isolation,

unaffected by others; as a result, health must be seen as a dynamic of

community.

Definition of community

A community is a system of formal and informal groups

characterized by

interdependence and whose

function is to meet collective

needs of group members.

Types of community

1. Communities with territorial bonds

Are these with specifically defined boundaries and dimension as

club, jail and at a large town and cities.

2- Communities with relational bonds

It includes group in which the bond between individuals exists in the

form of a common relationship rather than specific boundaries. For

example, bond of shared interests or goals as professional

organization.

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