Identifying community health problem
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This document discusses identifying and prioritizing community health problems. Community health problems are existing conditions that threaten community health and are categorized as health status problems, health resources problems, or health-related problems. Prioritization criteria include the nature, magnitude, modifiability, preventive potential, and social concern of each problem. These criteria are used to classify problems and determine which should be addressed.
Identifying community health problem
- 2. Community Health Problem ■ These are existing conditions that are considered to be the factors or causes that jeopardizes the health of the people living in a community. ■ It is categorized into: – Health Status Problems – Health Resources Problems – Health Related Problem
- 3. Community Health Problem (cont.) ■Health Status Problems –This may be described in terms of increased or decreased morbidity, mortality, fertility, or reduced capability for wellness.
- 4. Community Health Problem (cont.) ■Health Resources Problems –This may be described in terms of lack or absence of manpower, money, materials, or institutions necessary to solve health problems.
- 5. Community Health Problem (cont.) ■Health Related Problems –This may be described in terms of existence of social, economic, envorinmental, and political factors that aggaravate the illness-inducing situations in the community.
- 6. Priority-setting of Community Health Problem ■ Criteria in Prioritization – Nature of the Condition or Problem Presented – Magnitude of the Problem – Modifiability of the Problem – Preventive Potential – Social Concern
- 7. Priority-setting of Community Health Problem ■ Criteria in Prioritization – Nature of the Condition or Problem Presented – Magnitude of the Problem – Modifiability of the Problem – Preventive Potential – Social Concern
- 8. Priority-setting of Community Health Problem ■Nature of the Condition or Problem Presented –The problems are classified as health status, health resources, or health-related problems.
- 9. Priority-setting of Community Health Problem ■Magnitude of the Problem –This refers to the severity of the problem which can be measured in terms of the proportion of the population affected by the problem.
- 10. Priority-setting of Community Health Problem ■Modifiability of the Problem –This refers to the probability of reducing, controlling, or eradicating the problem.
- 11. Priority-setting of Community Health Problem ■Preventive Potential –This refers to the probability of controlling or reducing the effects posed by the problem.
- 12. Priority-setting of Community Health Problem ■Social Concern –This refers to the perception of the population or the community as they are affected by the problem and their readiness to act on the problem.