aggregate
A collection of individuals who have in common one or more personal or environmental characteristics.
change agent
Content-focused roles that stress gathering and analyzing facts and implementing programs.
change partner
Process roles including those of enabler-catalyst, teacher of problem-solving skills, and activist advocate.
community
A locality-based entity composed of systems of formal organizations reflecting societal institutions, informal groups, and aggregates that are interdependent and whose function or expressed intent is to meet a wide variety of collective needs.
community assessment
A logical, systematic approach to identifying community needs, clarifying problems, and identifying community strengths and resources.
community health
The meeting of collective needs by identifying problems and managing interactions within the community itself and between the community and the larger society.
community health problems
Health need identified in community assessment.
community partnership
Collaborative decision-making process participated in by community members and professionals.
community-orientated practice
The nurse and community seek healthful changes together. Their common goal involves an ongoing series of health-promoting changes rather than a fixed state.
community health strengths
Abilities, strengths within a community.
confideniality
Keeping the identity of community members who provide sensitive or controversial data private.
database
Includes all the pertinent information collected by the nurse and identifies the communities strengths and health problems.
data generation
The process of obtaining existing, readily available data.
data gathering
The process of obtaining existing, readily available data.
informant interviews
Consist of directed talks with selected members of a community about community members or groups and events. Basic to effective data collection.
evaluation
The appraisal of the effects of some organized activity or program.
goals
Broad statements of desired outcomes.
implementation
The fourth phase of the nursing process, involves the work and activities aimed at achieving the goals and objectives.
data collection
Primary goal is to get usable information about the community and its health.
interdependent
Dependent on each other and their function is to meet a wide variety of collective needs.
intervention activities
The means by which objectives are met.
secondary analysis
The nurse uses previously gathered data, such as minutes from a community meeting.
participant observation
The deliberate sharing, if conditions permit, in the life of a community.
partnership
The active participation and involvement of the community or its representatives in bringing about healthful change.
population-centered practice
Viewing the community as a client and thus as the target of service.
problem analysis
Identifying the factors contributing to the problem and explaining the relationships between each factor and the problem.
problem prioritizing
Each problem identified is put through a ranking process to determine its importance.
surveys
Data reported from a sample of persons.
setting for practice
The community is the first setting for the nurse practicing health-promotion and disease-prevention interventions with individuals, familes, and groups.
objectives
The precise statements indicating the means of achieving desired goals.
target of practice
The community is the target for the public health nurse whose practice is focused on the broader community rather than on individuals.
value
The likelihood that the activity will help meet the objective and finally resolve the problem.
windshield survey
Short and simple community assessment- while driving a car or riding public transportation, the nurse can observe many dimensions of a community's life and environment through the windshield.