20. References used in Community Health Nursing I

REFERENCES: Books: Stanhope. M, Lancaster. J (1992) Community Health Nursing, Process & Practice for Promoting Health: 3rd Ed: Mosby Philadelphia. Twinn, S, Robets. B & Andrews’s (1996) Community Health Care Nursing, Principles & Practice: Butterworth Heinemann Britain. M.K Vasundhra & B.T Basavanthappa (1998) Community Health Nursing: Japayee Brothers Medical Publishers Delhi. Illyas M, Ahmed. I. [...]

19. Home Visiting

HOME VISITING Home Visiting Health Care started around 1800s in United States firstly. Public Health Nursing also started first in United States. The Public Health Nurses were funded by philanthropic organizations in New York in 1877, they used to visit the patient and give care to them. According to Warhol (1980), Home Visiting Health Care [...]

18. Planning of Health Talks

HEALTH TALKS Health talk is part of health education, in which members of family or community taught for promotion of health and prevention of diseases.   What is teaching? Instructing Providing knowledge, verbally or nonverbal, of some sort. Increasing or improving one’s behavior. What is learning? Learning is a permanent modification in behavior of a person [...]

17. Housing

A. Different Housing Needs: 1. Physical Needs: Should be built on elevated & dry place. Damp-proof material should be used, especially in basement & Plinth. (E.g. use of Black Damar etc). Rooms should be available according size of family or occupants. It is better one room may be provided to each adult member separately, if [...]

16. Water

WATER: Water is essential for life; it constitutes 2/3 portion of weight. It is very essential for cooking, drinking & washing to promote health status. Chemically it is made up of oxygen and hydrogen. Its chemical formula is H20. Safe or Wholesome Water: It refers the water which is tasteless, colorless, odorless, clear, transparent, free [...]

15. Environmental Sanitation

It is a term, includes all externals to the human body, but in community health nursing it refers to the all internals and externals, both factors that affect on the health of the people. Sanitation: It means the science of safe-guarding health. It is way of life. It is quality of life expressed in words [...]

14. Methods of Data Collections, Graph and Tables

THE COLLECTION OF DATA: What is data? It is a term, which means “Facts“ Data is plural of word “Datum“ Types of Data:   Primary Data: The facts, which are directly observed by researcher/observer, are called Primary Data.   Secondary Data: The facts, which are observed through any physical media or resource, are known as [...]

13.Health Indicators, Formulas of Health Indicators & Uses and Sources of Vital Statistics

THE HEALTH INDICATORS 1. Crude Birth Rate: It is defined as “Number of live births per 1000 population in mid year. 2. Crude Death Rate: It is defined as “Number of deaths per 1000 estimated midyear population of area. 3. Infant Mortality Rate: The statistical rate of infant death during the first year after live [...]

12. Surveillance and Notification of Diseases

SURVEILLANCE: The continuous inspection of all aspects of Occurrence and spread of disease. The ongoing, systematic collection and analysis of data about an infectious disease that can lead to action being taken to control or prevent the disease. It is an integral part of any disease’s control strategy. Components of Surveillance: Collection of Data In [...]

11. Epidemiological Approach

To observe the determinants, frequency, and distribution of disease in following approach: 1. Who (Person) Who is Ill? Gender Male or Female Age In which age ‘group disease is frequent   Infant Young child Puberty New adult Old age Race In which caste or race disease is frequent   Bloach Sindhi Siraiki Pushtoon Punjabi Brahwi [...]

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