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Community Diagnosis
Dr. Rasha Salama

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Suez Canal University
Egypt
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Definition of a ³Community´
 A cluster of people with at least one
common characteristic (geographic
location, occupation, ethnicity, housing
condition««)
 A group of people with a common
characteristic or interest living together
within a larger society
Community
A community is a whole entity that
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subsystems plus the community core are
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Community Core
1. Community core: history, socio-
socio-demographic
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vital statistics,
values/beliefs/religions.core
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Eight Subsystems
2. Eight subsystems:
Physical environment
Education
Safety and transportation
Politics and government
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social services
Communication
Economics
recreation OR

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Definition of Community Diagnosis
Community diagnosis generally refers to

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the identification and quantification of
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in a community as a
whole in terms of mortality and morbidity
rates and ratios, and identification of their
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correlates for the purpose of defining
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The Community Diagnosis Process
³A means of examining aggregate and

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social statistics in addition to the
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local situation, in order to
determine the health needs of the
community´
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Goal
 The mission of community diagnosis is to:

 Analyze the health status of the community
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resources, services, and systems
of care within the community
 Assess attitudes toward community health services
and issues
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Identify priorities, establish goals, and determine
courses of action to improve the health status of the
community
Establish an epidemiologic baseline for measuring
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improvement over time.

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the community
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Community Analysis
Community analysis is the process of
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examining data to define needs strengths,
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readiness, and
resources. The product of analysis is the
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Community Analysis (cont.)

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This may be done as
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 Demographic
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Environmental
 Socioeconomic
 Health resources and services
 Health policies OR
 Study of target groups.

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Community is diagnosed using:

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Health Indicators
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Indicators of health are variables used
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Characteristics of Indicators:
 a. should be valid
valid,, i.e., they should actually measure what they are
supposed to measure;
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b. should be reliable and objective, i.e., the answers should be the
same if measured by different people in similar circumstances;
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c. should be sensitive, i.e., they should be sensitive to changes in
the situation concerned,
 d. should be specific, i.e., they should reflect changes only in the

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 e. should be feasible, i.e., they should have the ability to obtain data
needed, and;
 f. should be relevant, OR
t, i.e., they should contribute to the
understanding of the phenomenon of interest.

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Classification of health Indicators

 Mortality indicators  Indicators of social and
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health
 Disability rates  Environmental indicators
 Socio
Socio--economic
 Nutritional status
indicators indicators
 Health policy indicators
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Health care delivery
indicators  Indicators of quality of life
 Utilization rates  Other indicators
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Mortality Indicators
 Mortality Rates
-
The traditional measures of health status.
- Widely used because of their ready availability.(
availability.( death certificate is a legal
requirement in many countries)
 Crude death rates
 Specific death rates: age/disease
 Expectation of life
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 Infant mortality rate
 Maternal mortality rate
 Proportionate mortality ratioOR
 Case Fatality rate

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Morbidity Indicators
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 Incidence and prevalence
- Data on morbidity are
 Notification rates
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difficult to obtain.  Attendance rates: out-
out-
patient clinics or health
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centers.
 Admission and discharge
rates
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 Hospital stay duration rates

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Disability Indicators
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restricted activity
 Bed disability days
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Work/School loss days within a specified
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Nutritional Indicators
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 Anthropometrics
Indicators measurements
- It is an indicator of positive health
 Height of children at school
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 Clinical surveys: Anaemia,
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Health Care Delivery Indicators
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 Doctor / Population ratio
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health care
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Utilization Indicators

 Health care utilization  Proportion of infants who are
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- Indirect measures are commonly
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Environmental Indicators
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 Measures of Pollution
Indicators  The proportion of people
having access to safe water
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 Vectors density
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 Rate of population increase
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 Level
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 Literacy rates - females
- For interpretation of health care
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indicators. 
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 Proportion of GNP spent on
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 Proportion of total health
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 Indicators of quality of life.
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