Key Concepts in Health, Community, and Nursing: A Summary
Key Concepts in Health, Community, and Nursing
Anton Nardiz (EC)
The EC understands the healthcare needs of the population and provides scientific and technical skills to isolated individuals, families, or groups.
Berthet (Health)
Three notions: 1. Equilibrium and harmony, 2. Fullness of life, 3. Strong potential reserves.
Burgess and Park (Ecology)
Study of the interaction between humans and their environment as biological beings.
Collières (Care)
Caring is allowing life to continue and develop.
Dominguez (Care)
Care is linked to all forms of life and supportive care is inseparable from the notion of human beings.
Hanchett (Health)
A healthy person radiates energy, enjoys being themselves, and is aware of others.
Kérouac and Cools (Professional Practice Nurse)
A field of experience where beliefs and values are lived.
Lalonde (Determinants of Health)
Human biology, environment, lifestyle, and healthcare system.
Martínez Navarro (Public Health)
Public health studies factors affecting the health status of a group or social class.
Marchioni and Turabian (Community)
Land, population, demand, and resources.
Medina (Professional Practice Nurse)
Activity of a community of nurses who share professional traditions.
WHO (Public Health)
Public health concerns the health problems of human communities. (Health): A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease.
OPS (EC)
Community Health Nursing is subject to the global community and integrates concepts and methods of Public Health Sciences.
Pujol and Ubeda (Community)
Groups of people, place, structure, properties, common resources, and service relations.
Salleras (Public Health)
Science and art of organizing collective efforts to protect, promote, and restore health. (Determinants of Health): Environmental pollution, healthcare system, unhealthy behavior, human biology. (Health): Achieving the highest level of physical, mental, social, and operational capacity.
San Martin and Pastor (Community)
Populations in a defined geographical area with social and economic integration and social institutions. (Health): A variable state of physiological-ecological adaptation. (Ecology): Study of the structure and workings of nature.
Terris (Health)
A state of complete physical, mental, and social functional capacity, not merely the absence of discomfort or pain.
Tinkhamy Voorhies (1981) (EC)
Social Nursing is where the family and community become patients, focusing on promotion and preservation of health and wellness.