LibGuides: Bachelor of Science: Nursing: Community Health

What is Community Health?

Community Health is a branch of public health, which focuses on people and their role in their own health and in other people's health. Community health nurses maximize the health status of individuals, families, groups and the community through direct approach with them. All members of the community need to be considered and so multilingual and multicultural resources are included here as well.

Community, HealthyPeople.gov
A person’s community can have a major impact on their health and well-being. Healthy People 2030 focuses on ways organizations, businesses, schools, and residents can help build healthier communities.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--CDC
CDC is the nation’s health protection agency, working 24/7 to protect America from health and safety threats, both foreign and domestic. CDC increases the health security of our nation.
CDC in Spanish
Los CDC trabajan a toda hora para proteger a los Estados Unidos contra amenazas a la salud y seguridad, provenientes del exterior o dentro del país. Independientemente de que las enfermedades se originen en los Estados Unidos o en otros países, sean crónicas o agudas, curables o prevenibles, sean el resultado de error humano o de un ataque intencional, los CDC luchan contra las enfermedades, y apoyan a las comunidades y a los ciudadanos para que hagan lo mismo.
Culture & Health Literacy, CDC
Tools for Cross-Cultural Communication and Language Access Can Help Organizations Address Health Literacy and Improve Communication Effectiveness.
EthnoMed
The objective of the website is to make information about culture, language, health, illness and community resources directly accessible to health care providers who see patients from different ethnic groups.
Think Cultural Health--U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services
This website features information, continuing education opportunities, resources, and more for health and health care professionals to learn about culturally and linguistically appropriate services, or CLAS. Launched in 2004, Think Cultural Health is sponsored by the Office of Minority Health.
Community Health, Florida Department of Health
The Florida Department of Health is working to improve the health of Floridians in their built environments, through community resilience, dental health, health councils, state and community health assessments and more.
Health Information in Multiple Languages--MedlinePlus
Multilingual consumer health information available through the National Library of Medicine's flagship website for health information for patients, families and the general public.

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What is Community Health?