CPH Lab - Community Diagnosis and
Problem Prioritization
Community Diagnosis and Problem Prioritization - correct answer ✔✔It is a qualitative and quantitative
description of the health of the citizen and the factors which influences their health, it identifies the
problems proposes areas of improvement and stimulates action.
- correct answer ✔✔It is a comprehensive assessment of the health status and community relationship
so its a social physical and biological environment.
- correct answer ✔✔It should be the first stage of planning program for the betterment and
improvement in any community.
Definition of the community demographic characteristics - correct answer ✔✔- Environment
- Health status
- Available health services
Purpose of Community Diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔To define the existing problems, determine the
available resources and sets priority for planning, implementing and evaluating health actions by and for
the community.
Community Analysis - correct answer ✔✔It is the process of examining data to define the needs,
strength barriers opportunities, readiness, and resources. The product of analysis - community profile.
Community Assessment - correct answer ✔✔Regular collection and analysis and sharing information
about health conditions risk and resources in the community.
Uses of Community Diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔- Identify trend of illness, injury and death and factors
that may cause this events.
- Identify available resources and their application
, - Identify unmet needs
- Identify community perception
- Identify the community perception about health issues
- Collect data regarding specific population
- Identify at risk and high risk population e.g. weak elderly, unemployed and under employed people,
mothers without prenatal care, troubled teens, children left behind on immunization, and low birth
weight.
- Asses the nutritional trends/needs, housing jobs, health care providers, social services etc.
- Monitor changing community needs.
- Assessment of changing population trends.
Importance of Community Diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔- Provide the baseline data about the health
status and community population
- Ensure that decisions are based on solid information and evidences.
- Help set priorities
- Helps the Regional health authorities cases outcomes and results in the longer terms
- Gets community members, and stake holders and wide variety of partners.
- Involve in the decision making process help them understand the difficult choices that need to be made
and build support and commitment for addressing health needs on a community wide basis.
- Can be use to guide policy and program development.
- Can assist in mapping out links and interdependence to other sectors.
- Can provide insight into fundamental causes and pathway of identify opportunities for diseases
prevention, health promotion and health protection.
Health Indicators - correct answer ✔✔A key statistics that indicates or points another measure. It is also
the summary that are design to describe particular aspect of health or health system performance.
Characteristic of a Good Indicator - correct answer ✔✔a. Should be valid, they should be measure what
they are suppose to measure
b. Should be reliable and objective - I.e. the answer should be the same if measure by different people in
similar circumstances.
c. Should be sensitive - they should be sensitive to changes in the situation concern.
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