Community/Public Health Nursing

Community/Public Health Nursing
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Community/Public Health Nursing
In community assessment and intervention, it is important to consider the influence of a place. A place can be geopolitical, meaning that it consists of a community defined by geographical and political boundaries (Savage, 2020). Geopolitical place influences community assessments and intervention because the geographical and political factors a community faces affect their health. According to Persaud et al. (2021), geopolitical factors influence the health outcomes of communities because they influence the distribution of resources within the community. A place can also be phenomenological, meaning that it consists of a community defined by a shared sense of belonging. Such a community relates to one another through their shared interests, such as a common belief system on religion (Savage, 2020). The phenomenological place also influences assessment and interventions because the health issues in such a community may be different from those in a geopolitical community. This also influences the creation and ...