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Chapter 11
Community participation in community assessment- WHO identified the belief in the importance of active community participation and partnership during all stages of health care services delivery including assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation as detailed in the document Health for all by the year 2000. Community organization is a strategy used to promote health, overcome a problem or meet a need in the community- Dimensions of community Competence Table 11-1, How Community Organization Enhances Community Competence Table 11-2.
Defining Need
Types of Need According to Bradshaw (1972) 1. Felt need 2. Expressed need 3. Normative need 4. Comparative need
The future
Working together with members of the community, other health care professionals and stakeholders in order to achieve a common identified goal (PHAC 2007). CHN utilize empowering strategies that help to build capacities by moving individuals, groups and communities toward the discovery of their strengths and their ability to take action to improve quality of live (CHNAC 2003)