is an in-depth process of finding out the profiles, health status of the community and the factors
affecting the present status. - correct answer ✔✔community diagnosis (CDx)
2 types of community diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔1. Comprehensive
2. Problem-oriented
type of assessment that aims to obtain general information about the community. - correct answer
✔✔comprehensive
the type of assessment that responds to a particular need. - correct answer ✔✔problem-oriented
elements of a comprehensive community diagnosis (7) - correct answer ✔✔demographic variables
socio-economic and cultural variables
environmental indicators
cultural factors
health and illness patterns
health resources
political/leadership patterns
should show the size, composition, and geographical distribution of the population - correct answer
✔✔demographic variables
demographic variables should be indicated by - correct answer ✔✔1. total population and geographical
distribution (+ urban-rural index and population density)
2. Age and sex composition
3. Selected vital indicators such as growth rate, crude birth rate and life expectancy at birth
, 4. Patterns of migration
5. Population projections
These include communication network; transportation system; educational level; housing conditions -
correct answer ✔✔social indicators
These include poverty level income; unemployment and underemployment rates; proportion of salaried
and wage earners to total economically active population; types of industry present in the community;
occupation common in the community - correct answer ✔✔economic indicators
true or false
in analyzing the health and illness patterns, one may collect primary data about the leading causes of
illness and deaths and their respective rates of occurrence. - correct answer ✔✔true
What are some examples of health and illness patterns? - correct answer ✔✔1. Leading causes of
mortality
2. Leading causes of morbidity
3. Leading causes of infant mortality
4. Leading causes of maternal mortality
5. Leading causes of hospital admission
these include physical/geographical/topographical characteristics of the community; water supply; waste
disposal; air, water and land pollution - correct answer ✔✔environmental indicators
variables that may break up the people into groups within the community such as: ethnicity, social class,
language, religion, race, political orientation; cultural beliefs and practices that affect health; concept
about health and illness - correct answer ✔✔cultural factors
considered as an important element of CDx mainly because they are the essential ingredients in the
delivery of basic health services - correct answer ✔✔health resources
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