Community health is characterized in four main categories which are social, physical, economic, an service environment. It highlights how community based organizations and leaders are changing policy to improve health. The factors can have protective or negative effects on health. A community environment with many protective factors is a healthier community. They influence individual behaviors, encouraging prevention and better management of disease, creating a healthier population. The factors impact various constituencies and community residents differently, depending on geography, size, composition, and the culture of a community.
You may notice that there aren't that many health options here in Robeson County such as hospitals and health clinics. Its very different from where I'm from, which is Cumberland County, where there's health service/ an Urgent Care on every street you turn on. If Robeson County had more options to receive health care, it would probably be a more healthier and safer community.
Agreed, if the community where we live that has better and healthier population and better management of disease does make a difference to a protective healthy life.
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ReplyDeleteIn my hometown which is charlotte, we have alot of little clinics around that are easy to get but here in Robeson county they do not have as many and its a shame that the population to Doctor ratio is about 1500:1 and it should be lower then that but its not. There should be more clinics or at least transportation services to transport people to Doctors.