NSE 31A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Risk Assessment, Environment And Climate Change Canada, Literature Review
6 Dec 2017
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Community as clients: caring for the sick individuals and families. Community as partners: collaboration with other healthcare teams, politicians, leaders, the public. Community: group of people who live, learn, work, and play in an environment at a given time. Share common interests and function within a larger social system. Characterized by their age, sex, socioeconomic status, education level, occupation, ethnicity. Geopolitical boundaries: refer to geographic and political boundaries. Aggregate communities: groups of people with common interests, culture, beliefs, and goals. Virtual communities: chat rooms, facebook, twitter, instagram, snapchat. All communities provide the following community functions. Space and infrastructure for housing, schools, recreation, government, and health and social services; Employment and income, including productivity and distribution through consumption of goods, trading, and economic growth; Security, protection, and law enforcement to protect the public from crime; Participation, socialization, and networking for all community members; and. Linkages with other community systems for opportunities for growth and capacity building.
