What is the primary focus of health promotion?
Empowerment of communities to achieve better health
Health promotion works through effective community action in setting priorities, making decisions, planning strategies and implementing them.
What are the characteristics of a healthy community?
Includes various social, economic, and environmental factors that contribute to health
Characteristics of a Healthy Community as discussed by Stanhope et al., 2017.
How do Community Health Nurses (CHNs) contribute to healthy communities?
By engaging in community capacity building and community development
CHNs play a significant role in promoting health within communities.
What are the elements of effective community partnerships?
Engagement in capacity building and development
Effective community partnerships allow CHNs to engage in community capacity building.
What are the approaches to health promotion?
- Medical/Preventative
- Educational
- Behavioural Change
- Policy/Social Level Change
- Downstream
- Upstream
Different strategies can be employed for effective health promotion.
What is the traditional approach to health promotion?
- Felt-need identification of problem
- Analysis of causes
- Analysis of possible solutions
- Action planning (treatment)
This approach operates under the assumption that the community is a problem to be fixed.
What is the strengths-based approach to health promotion?
- Appreciating and valuing the best of what exists
- Envisioning the potential based on strengths
- Dialoguing what can be done
- Action planning (treatment)
This approach assumes that the community can address its problems.
What is community capacity building?
A process involving the community in program decisions and identifying needs
CHNs work with the community to develop partnerships and resources.
How do CHNs facilitate community capacity building?
By actively involving the community in decisions and identifying specific needs
CHNs partner with the community to promote health.
What is the definition of community development?
A grassroots approach for communities to assume responsibility and control for decisions
It includes organizing, planning, and developing healthy options.
What are the steps in community development?
Involves a dynamic, continuous process leading to social change
Community development aims for permanent enhancements in people’s lives.
What does the Canadian Community as Partner (CCAP) model emphasize?
Community as a dynamic system interacting with its environment
It involves partnerships and a focus on social determinants of health.
What are the goals of the CCAP model?
- Decrease potential of the community to encounter stressors
- limit the impact of effects of stressors on the community through prevention intervention
- build the capacity of the community to act on its own behalf “healthy people in a healthy and resilient community”
True or False: Community Health Nurses have no role in community development.
False
CHNs are integral in facilitating community development and action.
Fill in the blank: The _______ approach to health promotion values the community’s strengths.
Strengths-Based Approach
This contrasts with the traditional approach which views the community as a problem.
What is the focus of the capacity building standard for CHNs?
Recognizing barriers to health and mobilizing existing strengths
This is outlined in the CHN Standard #5.
What is health promotion?
Health promotion works through effective community action in setting priorities, making decisions, planning strategies, and implementing them to achieve better health.
At the heart of this process is the empowerment of communities, their ownership, and control of their own endeavors.
What are the characteristics of a healthy community?
Characteristics include active participation, social cohesion, and accessible health services.
Refer to Stanhope et al., 2017 and Vollman, Anderson, & McFarlane, 2017 for detailed characteristics.
How can Community Health Nurses (CHNs) contribute to healthy communities?
CHNs contribute through community partnerships and capacity building.
Effective community partnerships allow CHNs to engage in community development.
List the approaches to health promotion.
- Medical/Preventative
- Educational
- Behavioural Change
- Policy/Social Level Change
- Downstream
- Upstream
These approaches cater to different aspects of health promotion.
What is the traditional approach to health promotion?
- Felt-need identification of problem
- Analysis of causes
- Analysis of possible solutions
- Action planning (treatment)
This approach assumes that the community is a problem to be fixed.
What is the strengths-based approach to health promotion?
- Appreciating and valuing the best of what exists
- Envisioning the potential based on strengths
- Dialoguing what can be done
- Action planning
This approach views the community as capable of addressing its own problems.
Define Community Capacity Building.
Community Capacity Building involves actively involving the community in decisions about programs and initiatives.
CHNs help identify specific needs, assets, and resources within the community.
What is the focus of CHN Standard #5?
CHNs partner with the client to promote capacity, recognizing barriers to health and mobilizing existing strengths.
Refer to CHNC, 2019 for specifics.
