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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
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COMMUNITY People and the relationships that emerge among them as they develop and use in common Some agencies and institutions Physical environment
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The Health Field Concept 4 elements 1.HUMAN BIOLOGY 2.Environment 3.Lifestyle 4.Health Care Organization
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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.
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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).
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Environment The ENVIRONMENT category- matters related to health external to the human body and over which the individual has little or no control.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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RURBAN WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH URBAN AND RURAL
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