Population health promotion entails improving the community’s quality of life by providing primary, secondary, and additional healthcare services. As a result, the community health nurse must supervise the community members in order to manage and control their health medical condition. The essential duty of the nurse in collaboration with community stakeholders is to lead and advise them on healthy practices that can promote community health (Schildmeijer, 2019). For example, the public health nurse may encourage community stakeholders to advocate for the renovation of toilets in each community household. Hence, the nurses would supply primary care through local stakeholders who can help prevent disease development in the community. The nurses can also use community stakeholders to arrange a community meeting at which they can consult and teach the community about health-seeking behavior and wellness promotion activities.
Appraising community resources such as religious and charitable organizations is critical to increasing community awareness about health promotion. Religious institutions, for example, are opposed to particular social acts that can aid in the spread of diseases, such as premarital sex. Appraising such principles in such institutions contributes to a better understanding and participation of the community in disease control and prevention. Moreover, spiritual organizations, such as Catholic Charities, play a crucial role in delivering resources and facilities to those in needs. Through collaborations between communities and research institutions, non-profit community resources promote human welfare and social justice. They generally define health as physiological, mental, affective, social, and spiritual well-being. They value collaborative methods to health that focus on improving the conditions and surroundings in which people reside. To sum up, all the functions mentioned above that different community resources carry become an essential factor in population health promotion.
Reference
Schildmeijer, K. (2019). A Day in the Life of a Community Health Nurse in Sweden. Home Healthcare Now, 37(6), 362.