Community Health Nursing | Diploma in Nursing Science and Midwifery

Community Health Nursing – This course is designed to understand the concept of community health nursing: nurses’ roles and interventions in family health, school health, occupational health, environmental  health, elderly health care, gender issues, disaster management and principles and terminology of epidemiology. The aim of the course is to acquire knowledge and skills in community health nursing.

Community Health Nursing

Chapter 1 : Introduction of Community Health Nursing

Definitions of community, Community health and Community health nursing

1. Concept of Community health nursing

• Define community
• Characteristics of community

1. Definitions of Community health

• Characteristics of community health
• Definitions of Community health nursing
• Characteristics of community health nursing
• Significance of community health nursing

1. Types of community

• Roles of community health nurse
• Define Community health nurser
• Objectives of a community health nurse
• Roles of community health nurse

1. Functions of community health nurse
2. Common community health problems in Bangladesh

For advanced learners :

• Concept of health
• Dimensions of health
• Well being
• Public health
• Community based nursing and community-oriented nursing
• Difference between public health and community medicine

Chapter 2: Family health nursing

1. Definitions of family and family health nursing

• Family
• Types of family
• Functions of family

1. Family Health Nursing

• Family health
• Family health nursing
• Factor influencing family health
• Roles and responsibilities of nurses

1. Principles of family centered care

• Family centered care
• Elements of family centered care
• Principles of family centered care

1. Factors influencing family health

For advance learner:

• Nursing process
• Family culture and health
• Spirituality and Religion
• Stress and crisis

Chapter 3: Primary Health Care (PHC)

1. Primary health care

• Definition of PHC
• Elements of PHC
• Principles of PHC

For Advance learner:

1. Health care delivery system in Bangladesh
2. Comprehensive health care
3. Alma-Ata Declaration
4. Bhore committee

Chapter 4: Immunization

1. Immunization

• Immunity
• Immunoglobulin’s
• Immune response
• Immunization and vaccination

1. Significance of immunization in prevention of communicable diseases
2. Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)
3. Immunization schedule in Bangladesh

For advance learner:

1. Herd immunity
2. Cold chain

Chapter 5: Environmental health

1. Definition of environmental health and Sanitation
2. Environmental health

• Definition of Environment, Good environment and Environmental health
• Classify environment
• Environmental factors influencing on health
• Environmental health problems in Bangladesh
• Ways to maintain good environment

1. Environmental sanitation

• Definition of sanitation and environmental sanitation
• Importance of environmental sanitation
• Basic needs of environmental sanitation
• Advantages of environmental sanitation

1. Water and water pollution
2. Water

• Define safe, pure, impure, polluted, contaminated water
• Physical Characters of water
• Uses of water
• Functions of water
• Classification
• Sources
• Impurities of water
• Purification of water

1. Water pollution

• Concept of water pollution
• Causes of water pollution
• Hazards of water pollution
• Prevention and control of water pollution

1. Air and air pollution
2. Air

• Define air
• Importance of air
• Composition of air
• Natural purification of air

1. Air pollution

• Define Air pollution
• Causes air pollution
• sources of air pollution
• Tools of monitoring of air pollution
• Effects of air pollution
• Air borne diseases
• Prevention and control of air pollution

1. Housing

• Concept of housing
• Criteria of healthful housing
• functions of housing
• Hazards of poor housing

1. Ventilation

• Definition of Ventilation
• Types of Ventilation
• purposes of ventilation
• Criteria of good ventilation
• ill ventilation
• Effects of poor ventilation

For advance learners:

• Internal and External ventilation
• Artificial ventilation

1. Waste disposal

• Definition of Waste and waste disposal
• Types of Waste disposal
• Sources of waste /refuse
• Methods of disposal
• Hazards of improper excreta disposal

For advance learners:

• Latrine and Sanitary Latrines
• Refuse

1. Noise

• Definition
• Sources of noise
• Effects of noise
• Methods to control of noise pollution

For advance learners:

• Lighting
• Radiation

Chapter 6: Health education

1. Health education

• Definition
• Significance
• Principles
• Process / steps
• Methods and media of health education

Chapter 7: Prevention

1. Prevention

• Concepts and Definition of prevention
• Types of prevention
• Nurse’s contribution in community- oriented nursing on disease prevention and control

1. Early screening

• Concept of early screening
• Definition of early screening, case finding and diagnostic test
• Aims and objectives of screening
• Types of screening
• Significance of screening in disease/illness prevention
• Uses of screening
• Assessment of growth and development

1. Significance of early screening in disease/illness prevention; Breast self- examination and Cervical cancer screening

• Breast self-examination
• Cervical cancer screening

For advance learners :

• Disease control
• Disease elimination and disease eradication

Chapter 8: Family Counseling

1. Family Counseling
2. Concept of Counseling

• Definition of counseling
• objectives of counseling
• process of counseling
• Types of counseling
• advantages and disadvantages of counseling
• Elements of counseling
• principles of counseling
• Family Counseling

For advance learners:

• Genetic Counseling

Chapter 9: Family Planning and Contraception

1. Concept of Family Planning and contraceptive methods
2. Family Planning
3. Contraception
4. OCP (Oral contraceptive pill)
5. Condom
6. Intrauterine contraceptive device
7. Norplant

• Injectable contraceptive

1. Emergency contraception.

• Safe period

1. Female sterilization

• MR (menstrual regulation)

1. Vasectomy
2. Tubectomy
3. Education and counseling on Family Planning methods

Chapter 10: Health Promotion for Families

1. Health promotion

• Definition
• Principles and practice of health promotion.
• Health promotion activities

1. The Nurses responsibilities for family Health Promotion

Chapter 11: Gender issues

1. Gender equity and equality

• Definition of gender equity and equality
• Differences between Equity and Equality
• Benefits of Gender Equity

1. World Vision Bangladesh’s Response to Gender Equity
2. Violence against women, children, and men

• Violence against women
• Violence against children
• Violence against men

For advance learners

1. Family violence
2. Management of gender base violence programme in Bangladesh

Chapter 12: Bangladesh National HNPSP (health nutrition and population sector) Programs

1. Bangladesh National HNPSP (health nutrition and population sector) Programs

• Purpose of the national health nutrition and population sector program.
• Interventions of the national health nutrition and population sector program

Chapter 13: Nurses Roles and Interventions in the Community

1. Nurses role and intervention in the community

For Advance learner:

• Continuity of care

Chapter 14 : Basic concepts in community-based nursing practice

1. Community participation

• Define community participationed
• Characteristics and skills needed for community participation
• Way of community participation
• Importance of Community Participation

1. Community empowerment

• Define community empowerment
• Objectives of community empowerment
• Advantages of community empowerment
• Way of empower a community

Chapter 15 : Concept of community approaches

1. Concept of Community approaches

• Community-oriented nursing
• Community assessment
• Community diagnosis
• Community treatment
• Community organization

Chapter 16: School health

1. Student health issues & Health screening

• Definition of school health and school health services
• Importance of school health services
• Objectives of school health services
• Common school health problems
• Essential components of school health

1. School health programs

• Health education programme in school
• Approaches of school health services
• School health team
• Aspects of school health service
• Duties and responsibilities of school health medical officer
• Duties and responsibilities of school teacher
• Criteria mid- day school meal
• School health programme in BD

Chapter 17: Concept of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)

1. Concept of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)

• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Goals of SDGs
• Country initiatives in achieving the SDGs planning process

For advance learners:

1. Literacy and illiteracy

• literacy rate
• life expectancy
• GDP & GNP
• Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Chapter 18: Basic concept of occupational health

1. Basic concept of occupational health

• Define Occupational health, industrial. health and occupational environment

1. Importance of occupational health
2. Occupational health hazards
3. Principles of control of occupational hazards

For advance learners:

1. Occupational diseases

Chapter 19: Disaster

1. Disaster

• Definition
• Types of disaster
• Effects of disaster
• Management of disaster

1. Concept of Mass casualty incidence

Chapter 20: Introduction of epidemiology

1. Epidemiology

• Definition of epidemiology
• basic components of epidemiology
• aims and purposes of epidemiology
• basic measurements in epidemiology
• tools of measurement in epidemiology
• Differences between epidemiology and clinical medicine
• roles of nurses in the field of epidemiology

1. Uses of epidemiology
2. Epidemiological approaches
3. Principle of epidemiology
4. Terminology of epidemiology
5. Principles and Control of communicable and non-communicable diseases

• Principles and Control of communicable diseases
• Principles and Control of non- communicable diseases

For advance learners:

• Some communicable diseases

Chapter 21: Miscellaneous

1. Mental illness
2. Handicap
3. Disability
4. Stalking and cyber stalking
5. Suicide
6. International health organizations & NGOs

• International health agencies
• United Nations
• World health Organization (WHO)
• UNICEF
• Red Crescent / Red Cross
• Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)