NCM 113 (CHN)

TOPIC 1 : ORIENTATION

 WMSU VMGO
 Classroom Policies,
 Course Overview,
 Course Requirements, Grading System

TOPIC 2: CONCEPTS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

A. Definition
B. Philosophy and principles
C. Characteristic / Features of CHN
D. Theoretical models/ approaches
1. Health Belief Model
2. Milio’s Framework for prevention
3. Nola Pender’s Health Promotion
4. Lawrence Green’s Precede-Proceed Model (PRECEDE=Predisposing,
Reinforcing, Enabling, Constructs in Educational Diagnosis and Evaluation)
5. (PROCEED = Policy, Regulatory and Organizational Constructs in Educational
And Environmental development)
E. Different fields

TOPIC 3: CONCEPTS OF COMMUNITY

A. Types of Community
B. Characteristics of Healthy Community
C. Components of a Community
D. Factors Affecting Health of the Community:
1. Characteristics of the Population
2. Location of the Community
3. Social System within the Community
D. Roles and Activities of Community Health Nurse

TOPIC 4 : HEALTH STATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY

A. Tools
1. Demography
a. Sources of Data
b. Population Size
c. Composition
d. Distribution
2. Health Indicators
a. Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
b. Crude Death Rate (CDR)
c. Infant mortality Rate (IMR)
d. Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR)
e. Specific Rates of Mortality
f. Leading Cause of Morbidity
g. Leading Cause of Mortality
h. Life Expectancy
B. Philippine Health Situation
1. Demographic Profile
2. Health Profile

C. Epidemiology and the Nurse

1. Definition and Related terms
2. Natural Life History of Disease
3. Epidemiological process and Investigation

TOPIC 5: NURSING PROCESS IN THE CARE OF POPULATION GROUPS AND COMMUNITY

A. Community Health Assessment Tool

1. Collecting Primary Data
a. Observation
b. Survey
c. Informant Interview
d. Community Forum
2. Secondary Data Sources
a. Registry of Vital Events
b. Health Records and Reports
c. Disease Registry
d. Census Data
3. Methods of Present Data

B. Community Diagnosis
1.Types
a. Traditional
b. Participatory Action Research (PAR)
2. Schemes in Stating Community Diagnosis
a. NANDA
b. Shuster and Goppingen Omaha System

C. Planning Community Health Intervention

1. Priority Setting
a. WHO Special
b. Considerations
  2. Formulating Goals and Objectives
  3. Deciding on Community Intervention / Action Plan

D. Implementing Community Health Interventions

1. Importance of partnership and Collaboration
2. Activities Involved in Collaboration Advocacy
3. Community Organizing and Social Mobilization
4. Core principles in Community Organizing
5. Goals of Community Organizing
6. Community Organizing participatory Research
7. Proper Excreta Disposal
8. Food Safety Sanitation
9. Vermin and Vector Control Built environment
E. Monitoring and Evaluating Community Health Programs Implemented
 1. Designing and Implementing Evaluation
a. Plan
b. Monitoring
c. Evaluation
2. Types of Evaluation
a. Planning
b. Formative
c. Summative
 3. Steps of Program Evaluation

F. Documentation and Reporting

1. Family Health Records
2. Community Profile

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

TOPIC 6: WORKING WITH GROUPS TOWARDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

 A. Stages of Group Development

  B. Intervention to Facilitate Group Growth
1. Orientation, Structure, Direction
2. Process Negotiate and Resolve Conflicts
3. Awareness of the Effects of the Behavior
4. Application of New Learning
 C. Collaboration and partnership

TOPIC 7 : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

A. Definition of E-Health
1. Storage
2. Retrieval
3. Transmittal
 B. Power of Data information
 C. E-health Situation in the Philippines
 D. Using E-Health in the Community
 E. Roles of the Community Health Nurse in the E-health

TOPIC 8 :

CURRENT TRENDS IN PUBLIC HEALTH: GLOBAL AND NATIONAL

A. Role of the Community Health Nurse in the National and Global Health Care Delivery
System

TOPIC 9:
DELIVERY THE HEALTH CARE TO THE FILIPINO FAMILY AND COMMUNITY

  A. Filipino Culture
B. Filipino Customs and tradition
C. Filipino Values, Traits and beliefs
TOPIC 10 :
POSITIVE QUALITIES AND VALUES OF A COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE

  A. Personal Attributes
B. Professional Competencies

TOPIC 11 :
HEALTH RELATED ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES

  A. Community Based Projects

B. Wellness Clinics

FINAL EXAMINATION