Community As A Social Environment

What does community really mean? The definition of community is, “a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.” I believe community is more than just a definition. Community means sticking together and accepting those within the community

After gaining this information about how my community was affected, I decided there needed to be more awareness drawn to the existing organizations in the areas I served that addressed or worked on community health initiatives. I began contacting with local organizations to see if they might be interested in partnering with my organization on already organized events in order begin to combine efforts and to let community members know of services in their area. The event we hosted was in the form of a community event

Public health as it is implicated in the lives of the community – it is important to conceptualise what this might mean. Moreover, public health has seen as a multidiscipline perspective in which it can be defined on many levels, and I find that it could be elusive to understand its meaning. By simple understanding of public health, I refer to an approach derived by Winslow (1920) and Baggott (2000).

The following international, national, and local agencies are aimed at keeping the public safe while seeking optimum health and well-being for all citizens involved. They provide assessments, develop policies, assurance, meet unmet needs, and enable access to health care (McCowan, 2013). They hone communities’ capabilities to respond effectually to health issues by shielding and endorsing the health of the community and its residents (McKenzie & Pinger, 2016-b).

Also, Public Health concerned on entire populations’ health, there no specify that force on, but these populations can be as small as a local neighborhood, or as huge as an entries country or region of the world. Which means basically that Public health protects and promotes health care to people in community by work with other partners around the worlds like Monitor health, detect and investigate health problems, research conduct to enhance preventions, develop and advocate public health policies, implement prevention strategies, and promote healthy behaviors. For example, some public heath concept are Community partnerships, develop policies, and link people to needed services. How they work is? Community partnerships will provide facilitate and emergency preparedness for their people. Develop policies create some laws and regulations how to run the public heath department run and how they can develop it further beyond the world. Link people to needed services like community health centers, clinics, and effective care for socially disadvantaged people. All in all, in public heath concept works together, try to safe and help people in community from

Community health identifies common needs in the community and provides solutions for modifying behaviors for community members. According to Stanhope and Lancaster (2008, p. 347) the term community health is “the meeting of collective needs by identifying problems and managing behaviors within the community itself and between the community and the larger society.” According to Stanhope and Lancaster (2008) community health involves biological, emotional, and social aspects. The biological aspects are measured in terms of “ morbidity and mortality rates, life expectancy indexes, and risk factor profiles” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 3008, p. 345). Emotional aspects are measured in terms of mental health, while crime rates and levels of function define the social aspects (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2008). Community structure is defined in terms of services and resources available to the members,

The earliest activity of public health focused on state and local health department practices. Charles Chapin developed a survey that analyzed the impact of the state health departments on local ones. The result of this study indicated the impact was poor. From this study, he formed preventative services and rated state agencies on their effectiveness in carrying out these services. Local Health Departments are where the ‘rubber meets the road.’ These agencies are established to carry out the critical public health responsibilities embodied in state laws and local ordinances and to meet other needs and expectations of their communities. With these establishments playing such a pivotal role in the public health realm it is necessary that administrator’s like Mrs. Ashley are working towards rural health

Meeting these goals will help the disparity in the community. The public health nurse is out in the community, they can see what changes in the community need to be done to better the health in the population. They work with the local health departments to understand what the greatest need is for funding to make the improvements in the community. As the American Public Health Association reports, “only 3 percent of our health care spending is focused on prevention and public health, when chronic conditions—the most common, costly and preventable of all health problems— account for 86 percent of our health care costs”. The Health Care Reform has made a special funding geared toward public health. As the American Public health Association reports, “the Prevention Fund is the nation’s first mandatory funding stream dedicated to public health programs”. A compentcy in the public health nurses position would be to collaborate with the community, local businesses, health oraginazations and local health departments to address the need of the community. Garcia et al. (2014) explain, “an important skill is learning how to develop collaborative community partnerships to

The representation of people and disease shapes public perception through the channels and ways it is represented. The public health system plays a role of representing disease to the public in a way that informs people of the risks and the steps to prevention of disease. It is important that the public health system focuses the representation of disease on particular groups in society who are particularly. The spread of disease is becoming represented as a consequence of globalisation. Disease becomes represented as something that needs to be contained within boarders, rather than stopping the spread between people.

Federal and States public health involvement has evolved over the years, because the relationship between the different levels of government are changing and due to the fact that we are now aware of the of threats to local communities well- being health, safety and our local communities expectations for governmental response to situations and as well

These Ecological concepts demographics, competition, segregation and integration can help social workers analyze a community in terms of its fairness and support to all of its members. One of the strengths gathered from this perspective is that it allows for the issues to be identified and it implements change as needed. The Human Ecology perspective can help frame subsequent questions like how to change the situation. It has concern for the individuals within the community but its main focus is on the environment. With the focus on the environment it will be better to determine why people behave the way they do. One of the concepts of this perspective is also one of tis strengths and that is when integration occurs. Members will come together and function as a whole. However, this theory does have its weaknesses. For one when the demographics mentioned are becoming unlivable members will compete and segregate themselves. This causes the community to always be in chaos. Viewing communities from a Human Ecology perspective it provides a useful assessment mechanism for understanding why people act as they do within the context of the larger community macro system.

A community is established when more than two people share the same values and through time this personal connection evolves into a fellowship governed by rituals, traditions, and a particular form of communication that when taken together makes a group of individuals whether living in a specific geographical area or connected by ideals so distinct that their distinguishing marks allow them to stand out from among the crowd. They do not just believe in something like an organization but they need each other to survive and thrive. A good example is the Old Order Amish Mennonite community wherein the community serves as source of identity, strength and provides the reason why they should sustain the community’s way of life.

Throughout my life, I have been privileged to know a strong sense of community. My understanding of community has been carved out and shaped by each community that I have been a part of and the subsequent life experiences that I have had by being a part of these communities. To me, community means a sense of belonging with people who have some capacity of like-mindedness. When you belong to a community, you feel like a piece of a larger puzzle that comes together to create a whole. Each community you belong to both influences you, and is influenced by you. Moreover, your belonging to a community generates a sense of unity and shares a common goal, value, or outlook.

It is important to understand the process of engagement to which a community participates in community efforts and take action on health care issues. Community-based foundations respond to challenges in public health by developing upon already established attitudes and on a history of community leadership. Communities are becoming involved and are delving into intricate roles to inform and influence public health issues such as diabetes. Diabetic community-based groups help individuals become more confident in their decisions regarding their health care. Supports groups enable diabetics to maintain healthy lifestyles and be able to introduce comprehensive steps to build better futures (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2004).

I wouldn’t really say my community as a whole has an impact on me as a person but people in around me have had a huge impact on me for who I am today. The people who have the biggest impact on me is defiantly my family and friends, I have done so many things with them that made me the person who I am today.