400732 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Primary Healthcare, British National Vegetation Classification, Health Promotion
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Community health is a major eld of study within the medical and clinical sciences which focuses on the maintenance, protection, and improvement of the health status of population groups and communities. It is a distinct eld of study that may be taught within a separate school of public health or environmental health. The who de nes community health as: environmental, social, and economic resources to sustain emotional and physical well being among people in ways that advance their aspirations and satisfy their needs in their unique environment. Community health tends to focus on a de ned geographical community. The health characteristics of a community are often examined using geographic information systems (gis) software and public health datasets. Some projects, such as infoshare or geoproj combine gis with existing datasets, allowing the general public to examine the characteristics of any given community in participating countries.
