and Answers.
CHNC - Answer Community Health Nurses of Canada
CHNC standard 1 - Answer Health Promotion: Think Ottawa Charter
Part of the Ottawa Charter - Answer 1. Healthy public policy
2. Supportive environments
3. Strengthen Community Action
4. Personal Skills
5. Reorient Health Services
Community definition - Answer a group that recognize themselves as a collective
(live/work/play/worship/learn together) residing within the same area within a larger society
Population definition - Answer groupings that reside in the same area
Target population definition - Answer the specific group we want to reach with a particular
intervention
Why use community health? (3 reasons) - Answer 1. upstream preventative approach
2. assess needs to implement the most useful strategies
3. increase in early discharge from acute care=more needs in community
3 dimensions of community - Answer 1. people 2. place 3. function
"people in the same place doing the same things"
list of community functions (4) - Answer how they complete a task
1. infrastructure
2. income
3. protection
4. social networking
list of community dynamics (3) - Answer guiding decisions
, 1. communication
2. leadership and advocacy
3. decision making skills
why use community health models? - Answer grounds and provides guidance to complete
ADPIE
Community as a Partner Model (general) - Answer Community as a partner not client
-lists 8 things that can be an asset OR a stress on community health
8 factors within Community as a Partner Model - Answer 1. Recreation
2. Physical environment (grass/trees etc.)
3. education
4. safety and transportation
5. Politics
6. Health and Health Services
7. Communication
8. Econmic
Community Health Promotion Model - Answer Another application of Ottawa Charter
-collaborative to promote strategies that would best help a community
*Cyclical ADPIE
Community partnerships and coalitions - Answer relationships are the most important for
building intiatives
Community Development Model - Answer 1. Collaborate with community and then build on
their ideas
2. define goals
3. mobilize resources
4. Support from politics to strengthen infrastructure and environment
Community Capacity building - Answer Prevent/promote model
-provide resources to sustain health for a longer period of time
*can be a part of other models