Community health advocacy

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Definition of community and aggregate as with support from literature

Community based healthcare can be describes as healthcare that focuses on the needs of the patients by ensuring that the services are of are of a high quality. This means that the services should be reliable due to the fact that the whole community is reliant on their provision. Nurses are thus important in the provision of the community services in that they provide care for a large population who are dependent on each other. Aggregate based healthcare involves the provision of services on a more personal level. These services are thus offered to individuals as opposed to large masses. These kinds of services are reserved for people who may have special conditions or a community that bases its value on the need to be individualistic (Ridley, 2002).

Differences between community and aggregate

Despite the fact that the two terms or more or less alike, they may have some differences which affect the way nurses approach the provision of healthcare for a particular population. One of the differences between the two is community prioritizes a large number of populations in terms of the provision of the healthcare services. A large population in this case refers to the number of people who are in need of healthcare services. The community healthcares thus focus on ensuring that all the members of the population have access to the services.

An aggregate healthcare differs from the community in terms of prioritizing the aggregate services to a particular cause. The type of services provided in this case are the same as the community based services. The difference is seen in the way the services are adopted to suit the needs of a particular person. This type of care is directed to the families who are a different social group. The nurses thus have to focus on the individual needs of the family which is achieved by having direct communication (Buchbinder, 2007).

Identification and description of an aggregate

An aggregate social group can be defined as the section of a larger population. Each community has different societies that are bound together by a type of culture. The division of the community into different groups brings forth the need to focus on the needs of that particular social group. Subgroups can be divided into families, age groups, and races. One of the ways that an aggregate can be identifies is through the rate at which they need attention in terms of healthcare. One description of an aggregate can be a subgroup of teenagers. This group can further be divided into pregnant teenagers. The classification of a community into subgroups ensures that the problems are solved in a more personal level (Buchbinder, 2007).

Cristoffels three stages of conceptual framework

These can be divided into three levels ranging from the most complex to the simple. The levels are divided into information, strategy and action. Information consists of the stages that involve gathering data from the primary sources that are in the subgroups. Strategy involves getting a good location that can address the situation at hand. This involves setting up healthcare centers that are accessible to the community. Practical stage involves putting the data that has been collected into practice. This includes the provision of treatment for the patients who belong to the different subgroups (Ridley, 2002).

References

Ridley, Renne. (2002). The relationship between nurse education level and patient safety: An integrative review. 47(4):149-156.

Buchbinder. S.(2007). Introduction to Health Care Management. Johns & Bartlett Publishers.