COMMUNITY  A social group determined by geographic boundaries/and or common values and interests. Members know and interact with each other Functions with a particular social structure and exhibits and creates norms, values and social institutions

COMMUNITY People and the relationships that emerge among them as they develop and use in common Some agencies and institutions Physical environment

The Health Field Concept 4 elements 1.HUMAN BIOLOGY 2.Environment 3.Lifestyle 4.Health Care Organization

HUMAN BIOLOGY  physical and mental.  the genetic inheritance of the individual,  the processes of maturation  aging  and the many complex internal systems in the body.

Health implications of human biology  This element contributes to all kinds of ill health and mortality, including many chronic diseases (such as: arthritis, diabetes, athero-sclerosis, cancer) and others (genetic disorders, congenital malformation, mental retardation).

Environment  The ENVIRONMENT category- matters related to health external to the human body and over which the individual has little or no control.

Individuals cannot ensure:  that foods, drugs,cosmetics, devices, water supply, etc. are safe and uncontaminated;  That the health hazards of air, water and noise pollution are controlled;  that the spreadof communicable diseases is prevented;  that effective garbage and sewage disposal is carried out;  and that the social environment, including the rapid changes in it, do not have harmful effects on health.

Lifestyle  aggregation of decisions by individuals which affect their health and over which they more or less have control.  Personal decisions and habits that is bad, from a health point of view, create self-imposed risks.  When those risks result in illness or death, the victim’s lifestyle can be said to have contributed to, or caused, his own illness or death. 

Health Care Organization (Health Care System).  consists of the quantity, quality, arrangement, nature and relationships of people and resources in the provision of health care.

 includes medical practice, nursing, hospitals, nursing homes, medical drugs, public and community health care services, ambulances, dental treatment and  other health services such as optometry, chiropractics and podiatry.

CLASSIFICATION OF COMMUNITY  1. URBAN-  - HIGH DENSITY, SOCIALLY HETEROGENOUS POPULATION AND COMPLEX STRUCTURE, NON AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS, SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM AN AREA CHARACTERIZED BY COMPLEX INTERPERSONAL SOCIAL RELATIONS. 

RURAL  -USUALLY SMALL AND OCCUPATION OF THE PEOPLE IS USUALLY FARMING, FISHING AND FOOD GATHERING.  ITS PEOPLED BY SIMPLE FOLKS CHARACTERIZED BY PRIMARY GROUP RELATIONS, WELL KNIT AND HAVING A HIGH DEGREE OF GROUP FEELING.

RURBAN  WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH URBAN AND RURAL