FOCUS: Promotion and Preservation of the health of populations
NATURE OF PRACTICE: comprehensive, general, continual and not episodic
KNOWLEDGE BASE: from nursing and public health
LEVELS OF CLIENTELE: individuals, family, population groups and community as a whole
COMMUNITY - A group of people sharing common geographic boundaries and common values and interests.
HEALTH- state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - Optimum level of individuals, families and communities
Modern Concept à Health – refers to optimum level of functioning of individual, family, community
WHO – special field of nursing that combines:
o Skills of nursing
o Public health
o Social assistance and functions
Dr. C. E. Winslow – public health is a science and art of 3 P’s
o Promotion of health
o Prevention of illness/hazards through organize community efforts
o Prolonging life
Statement: “every citizens has his BIRTHRIGHT of good health and longevity”
CHN according to Dr. Ruth Freeman
Ø A service rendered by a professional nurse
o To individuals, family, community and population groups
o At home
o Clinics
o Schools
o And workplace
CHN subspecialty
Ø School Health Nursing
Ø Occupational Health Nursing
CHN according to Dr. Maglaya
Ø The utilization of the nursing process in the different levels of clientele, individual, family, community and population groups concerned with the
Promotion of health
Prevention of disease
And Disability and Rehabiliation
CHN as Field Of Nursing Practice
Ø Hallmark of CHN is that it is Population or Aggregate-Focused
Ø Emphasis on the importance of the “Greatest Good for the Greatest Number”
Ø “Goal of improving Community Health is realized through interdisciplinary/multi effort”
Philosophy of CHN à Dr. Shetland
Ø CHN is based on the Worth and Dignity of Man
Ultimate Goal of CHN
Ø “To raise the level of health of the citizenry”
