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Field of Community Health

• Community health refers to simple health services that are delivered by laymen outside hospitals and clinics.
• Community health is a major field 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.
• Medical interventions that occur in communities can be classified as three categories: Primary care, Secondary care, and Tertiary care.
• Community health services are classified into categories including Community health workers and volunteers.
• Community health is generally measured by Geographical Information Systems and Demographic data.
• Primary Healthcare is provided by health professionals, specifically the ones a patient sees first that may refer them to Secondary or Tertiary care.
• Secondary prevention refers to improvements made in a patient's lifestyle or environment after the onset of disease or disability.
• Tertiary healthcare refers to highly specialized care usually involving disease or disability management.
• Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is a unique alternative that combines community participation, inquiry, and action.
• Access to community health in the Global South is influenced by geographic accessibility, availability, financial accessibility, and acceptability.
• Community development is frequently used as a public health intervention to empower communities to obtain self-reliance and control over the factors that affect their health.
• Slum-dwellers in the Global South face threats of infectious disease, non-communicable conditions, and injuries due to violence and road traffic accidents.