Question

Discuss the ways communities can identify and prioritize health problems for optimizing disease prevention and control.

Answer 1

Communities play a vital role in control of disease and prevention. Effective community service is to identify the community problems, their weakness and strength. Community health is generally measured by geographical information systems and demographic data. The health problems can be identified by the various surveys and senses. Health care is the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of health through the services offered by health care organisations and professionals. It includes all the goods and services designed to promote health, including “preventive, curative and palliative interventions, whether directed to individuals or to populations”. Identifying the health problems should monitor

A.The health status of the community

B. Measure the quality of life

Health related quality of life can be measured by asking the patient directly or through various instruments.HRQoL measures are useful because they can establish the range of problems that affect patients, can pick up any on-going problems that might otherwise be missed, and can be a predictor of treatment success.

Prioritizing the health problem by the importance and effectiveness and feasibility of the problem. The priorities are selected based on

Magnitude of the problem.
Severity of the problem.
Need among vulnerable populations.
Community's capacity and willingness to act on the issue.
Ability to have a measurable impact on the issue.
Availability of hospital and community resources.