Purpose of Community Diagnosis

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1. define existing problems of people

2. determine available resources in

that Community

3. Identify Health needs

4. prioritizing needs to be solved

 Types according to context

1 Ideally in community diagnosis the survey is

done of entire village, towns, or locality
Eg: whole Hyamja, whole phulbari

2 But not all the household is taken for survey, we

take random sample of households from where we
collect data
 Types of CD

1. Residential ( staying for 15 to 30 days in the

village to conduct CD)
It is not done in our college

2. Non – Residential (family visits)

every day going and spending about one hr
and coming back to college , and is continued
for at least 10 days
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Health
Indicators
 Health Indicators
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Health Indicators

What are they?

 Classification of health Indicators
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 Mortality indicators  Indicators of social

 Morbidity indicators and mental health
 Disability rates
 Environmental
indicators
 Nutritional status
indicators
 Socio-economic
indicators
 Health care delivery
indicators
 Health policy
indicators
 Utilization rates
 Indicators of quality of
life
 Other indicators
 Indicator Types :WHO Classification
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 Health Status Indicators: Mortality

 Health Status Statistics: Morbidity
 Health Services Coverage Statistics
 Risk Factors Statistics
 Health Systems Statistics
 Types of data to be collected in CD
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 1- DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES
 Total population & Geographical distribution
including Urban-Rural index & Population Density
 Age & Sex composition
 Selected vital indicators e.q. Growth rate, CBR, CDR
& Life expectancy rate
 Patterns of migration
 Population projection
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 2- Socio-economic & Cultural

variables
 Social indicators
 Communication network
 Transportation system
 Educational level
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 Socio-economic & Cultural

variables
 Social indicators
 Communication network
 Transportation system
 Educational level
 Economic indicators
 Poverty levelincome
 Employment rate
 Types of industry present in the community
 Occupation common in the community
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 Environmental indicators
 Physical/geographical/topographical
characteristics
 Water supply
 Waste disposal
 Air, Water and Land pollution
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 Cultural factors
 Variables that may break up people into groups
within the community e.q.
 Ethnicity
 Social class
 Language
 Religion
 Race
 Political orientation
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 3-Health & illness patterns

 Leading cause of mortality
 Leading cause of morbidity
 Leading cause of infant mortality
 Leading cause of maternal
mortality
 Leading cause of hospital
admission
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 4-Health resources
 Manpower resources
 Material resources