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Domains of Community Health |
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Health Promotion, Disease and Injury Prevention and Healthcare
Health Determinants:
- Total health care expenditures
- Percent of people reporting fair to poor health
- Immunization
- Access to Health Care
- Injury and Violence
- Physical Activity
- Number of primary care providers
- Number of specialty care providers
- Insurance coverage
- Oral health care
- Mental health care
- Emergency services
- Public Health programs
Behavioral Health:
- Drug, alcohol and tobacco use (Substance Abuse)
- Youth suicide
- Adolescent drug use
- Addiction rate (tobacco, alcohol, drug use)
- Violent crime rate
- Recommended health and safety behaviors rate
- Percent of population who smoke
- Percent of population covered by health insurance
- Deaths per 100,000 population ages 0-64
- Overweight and Obesity
- Responsible Sexual Behavior
Local Health Organizations:
- Public Health Department
- Healthy Communities Coalition
Ways to improve Quality of Life and Social-Well-Being:
- Defining community goals
- Supporting safe and satisfying living conditions
- Providing health education in communities
- Promoting culturally appropriate health services
- Making health care accessible
- Promoting health and disease prevention through school settings
- Promoting health and disease prevention through the workplace
- Monitoring community health through sentinel health indicators
- Following the recommended health and safety behaviors (Tobacco avoidance, alcohol moderation, seatbelt usage, moderate physical activity, adequate sleep)
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