1.

Role of the community in the healthcare delivery system - The term “community
involvement” is generally preferred to “participation” and points to the idea of partnership
and shared responsibility with health services rather than to the notion of using the
community to reduce the burden on the health services. For example, involving people
with TB and their communities in providing care and then failing to provide high-quality
services in terms of diagnosis, drugs and follow-up would damage rather than improve
any health initiative.

2. Culture – how it affects health and people; it refers to the learned and shared beliefs,
values, and life ways of group of people that are generally transmitted from one
generation to the next

3. Public health nurse – a specialized field of nursing, a science of public health

combined with public health nursing skills and social assistance

 PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE (WHO) – a special field of nursing that combines the
skills of nursing, public health and some phases of social assistance and function
as part of the total public health programmed, for the promotion of health and
improvement of the condition in the social and physical environment,
rehabilitation of illness and disability.

 PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE (DOH) – public health nursing is the practice of

promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from
nursing, social, and public health sciences.

4. Community health nurse - A community health nurse is an RN who works closely with
residents of a local community, often providing direct care and educational services to
the individuals and families who live there.

5. Nurse as a manager - Nurse managers supervise nursing staff in a hospital or clinical

settings. They oversee patient care, make management and budgetary decisions, set
work schedules, coordinate meetings, and make personnel decisions. They also recruit
and train nurses and other health care professionals and maintain a facility's records.

6. Community diagnosis
 As a finding: a quantitative and qualitative description of the health of citizens
and the factors which influence their health.
 As process: determining the community’s:
a. Health status
b. Resources
c. Health action potential
 Demographic profile
 Socio-economic and cultural profile
 Health and illness patterns
  Health resources
 Political/leadership patterns

7. Nursing process in the community

 Assessment – collects data
 Diagnosis – determine problem
 Planning – develops plan
 Intervention – action taken
 Evaluation – progress in outcomes

8. Community health assessment – The community assessment helps identify the

impact of demographic, social, and environmental changes—such as changes in the
economy, local infrastructure, and natural disasters—on the Head Start program and
eligible children and families.

9. COPAR – COPAR stands for Community Organizing Participatory Action Research

 Pre-entry phase • 2. Entry phase • 3. Organization Building phase •
4. Sustenance

10. Community health survey report (tabulate tables and graphs, it’s purpose) –
A health survey or registry is simply a tool to help you to understand what is going on in
your community. A health study should never be done without knowing how it fits into the
overall organizational strategies, goals and objectives to win justice for the victims.

11. Communication techniques

12. Planning cycle

13. More on COPAR activities

14. Chemical control (pesticides, etc) – R.A. 6969

15. Philippine Air Act – R.A. 8749

16. Ecological solid waste management act of 2000 – R.A. 9003

17. National building code of the Philippines – PD 1096

18. Fisheries code of the Philippines – R.A. 10654 / code of 1998 – R.A. 8550

19. Clean air act of 2000 – R.A. 8749

20. Philippine mining Act – PD No. 7942

21. Leptospirosis (what modifiable disease?) - The risk of acquiring leptospirosis can be
greatly reduced by not swimming or wading in water that might be contaminated with
animal urine, or eliminating contact with potentially infected animals

22. Malaria – is a serious and sometimes fatal disease caused by a parasite that commonly
infects a certain type of mosquito which feeds on humans. People who get malaria are
typically very sick with high fevers, shaking chills, and flu-like illness.

23. 5 NCDs – Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including heart disease, stroke, cancer,
diabetes and chronic lung disease, are collectively responsible for 74% of all deaths
worldwide.

24. Communicable diseases - Communicable diseases are illnesses caused by viruses or

bacteria that people spread to one another through contact with contaminated surfaces,
bodily fluids, blood products, insect bites, or through the air.

 Neglected, Tropical and Vector Borne Diseases.

 Tuberculosis.
 Coronavirus infections.
 Dengue.
 Hepatitis.
 Climate Change and Health.
 Measles.
 HIV/AIDS

25. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act – R.A. 3720

26. Conventional research, PAR, descriptive, qualitative

27. FHSIS (more on purpose) - Helps local governments determine public health priorities.
Basis for monitoring and evaluating health programs implementation. Basis for planning,
budgeting, logistics and decision making at all levels. Source of data to detect unusual
occurrences of a disease.
28. Philippine nursing act of 2002 – R.A. 9173

29. Magna carta of public health workers – R.A. 7305

30. Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care – R.A. 8432