Community Identificatio

COMMUNITY
IDENTIFICATION
Community Identification
Community identification is a
systematic process of collecting
various information regarding a
community for assessing health
status of community members
and various factors affecting the
health status.
Advantages of Community
identification
1. It is helpful in obtaining informations

regarding structure of community , health
status of people , their health needs and
problems and factors affecting health status.
2. It provide an opportunity to the nurse to
communicate with the community members
which improves their interpersonal and
working relationship.
3. It encourages active community
participation in planning ,implementation
and evaluation of health services.
Information collected during
community identification
During community identification mainly
following information’s are collected by the
community health nurse-
1. Geographical characteristics
2. Population related information
3. Information’s regarding special risky groups
4. Vital events
5. Environmental characteristics
a) Physical environment
b) Social environment
5. Availability of resources
Geographical
characteristics
These include-
 Name of the area
 Location
 Size
 Boundaries of the area
 Main landmarks
 Roads, streets, main building in the area
 To prepare map of the area
Population related information
These includes-
1. Total population
2. Composition of the population
3. Population density
4. No of total families
5. Average size of the families
6. Classification of the population based on age
7. Sex ratio
8. Caste wise classification of the population
9. Classification on the basis of economic status
etc
Information regarding special risky
groups
It includes information regarding-

 Infants (0-1 year old children)
 Toddler (1-3 year old children)
 Old person
 People having underweight or over weight
 Smoke
 Alcohal users
 Drug abusers
 Handicapped person
 Pregnant women
Vital events
It includes to obtain information
regarding following vital events of the
area-
 Birth Rate
 Death rate
 Infant Mortality rate(IMR)
 Maternal mortality rate(MMR)
 Perinatal Mortality Rate
 Expectation of life
Environmental
characteristics
Physical environment……..
 No of house
 Types of house kacche/pakke
 Average no of rooms in the house
 Facilities of latrines , bathroom and
kitchen in the house.
 Types of house safe/unsafe
 Supply of electricity
 Source of water supply (well/Hand
pump/Tap/Tubewell
Environmental characteristics
Social environmental…
Social organizations such as temple, masjid,
church, gurudwara etc.
Voluntary organizations such as Lions Club,
Rotary Club etc.
Member of Parliament (MP), MLA, Zila
Pramukh, Padhan, Zila Parishad member,
Panchayat Samiti Sarpanch, Panch, religious
leaders, member, Parshad, Govt employees etc.
Availability of resources
A. Availability of human resources-
• Doctors
• Nurses
• Lab Technicians
• Health inspectors
• Female health workers
• Anganwadi workers
• ASHA
• Social workers etc.
Continue…………..
B. Availability of institutional resources

 Allopathic hospitals
 Health centres
 Naturopathy hospitals
 Ayurvedic hospitals
 Homeopathic hospital
 Unani hospitals etc.
Continue………
C. Implementation of health schemes and

health programmes in the community
such as-
Janani Suraksha Yojana
Free distribution of drugs
Facility for free investigations
DOTS programme
Pulse Polio Immunization
Continue………
D. Voluntary health agencies in the

community such as
 Indian Red Cross Society
E. Means of communication
 Telephone/Mobile
 Radio
 Television
 Newspaper
 Internet
Continue………
F. Organizations which being to are

provided information’s regarding public
health laws such as-
 Child marriage act
 Environment preservation act
 MTP Act
 Pre Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic
Technique Act (PCPNDT Act)

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1. It is helpful in obtaining informations

It includes information regarding-

B. Availability of institutional resources

C. Implementation of health schemes and

D. Voluntary health agencies in the

F. Organizations which being to are

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