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Key Community Health Problems Identified

1. The community has several health problems including poor environmental sanitation from improper garbage disposal, accident hazards, lack of health knowledge, inaccessibility to healthcare, and improper drainage. 2. The health problems were analyzed and ranked according to their nature, modifiability, preventive potential, and salience. Poor environmental sanitation from improper garbage disposal was found to be the most significant problem based on the criteria.

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Key Community Health Problems Identified

1. The community has several health problems including poor environmental sanitation from improper garbage disposal, accident hazards, lack of health knowledge, inaccessibility to healthcare, and improper drainage. 2. The health problems were analyzed and ranked according to their nature, modifiability, preventive potential, and salience. Poor environmental sanitation from improper garbage disposal was found to be the most significant problem based on the criteria.

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Community Health Problems

1. Poor Environmental Sanitation related to improper Garbage Waste Disposal


2. Presence of accident hazards (stairs, poisonous etc.)
3. knowledge Deficit related to health problems in the community
4. inaccessibility to health care and treatment regimen related to health problem
5. improper drainage system

PRESENTATION OF HEALTH PROBLEMS

Problems Nature of the Modifiability of Preventive Salience Total


Problem the Problem Potential
Rate Score Rate Score Rate Score Rate Score
1. 3/3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 5
2. 3 1 1 .5 3 1 2 2 4.5
3. 2 .666 1 .5 3 1 2 1 3.166
4. 3 1 1 .5 1 .5 1 .5 2.5
5. 2 .666 1 .5 1 .333 1 .5

Scale for Ranking

Family health Problems


According to Priorities

Criteria Weight
1. Nature of the Problem 1

Presented

Health Deficit = 3
Health Threat = 2
Foreseeable Crisis = 1
2. Modifiability of the Problem 2

Easily Removable = 2
Partially Modifiable = 1
Not Modifiable = 0
3. Preventive Potential 1

High = 3
Moderate = 2
Low = 1
4. Salience 1

A serious problem needs


immediate attention = 2

A Problem not needing


immediate attention = 1

Not felt needs problem = 0

Scoring

1. Decide on a score or rate for each criteria


2. Divide the score by the highest possible score and multiply this by the weight
3. sum up the score for all the criteria. The highest score is 5 which is equivalent
to the total weight of all the criteria.

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