Communicable disease in community nurse health prepared by saif musadaq hasan al fartoosi / nursng master student / university of kufa

2. Introduction
• Communicable Diseases are the major causes of
morbidity and mortality.
• Main causes of morbidity and mortality in
emergencies are diarrheal diseases, acute
respiratory infections, measles and in areas where it
is endemic malaria.
• Other communicable diseases that have also in the
past caused epidemics amongst population affected by
emergencies are meningococcal disease, TB and typhus.

3. Can be transmitted from person to person
Also called, infectious, transmittable
Spread by infectious agent (pathogens)
bacteria, viruses, parasites
Communicable Diseases
Not causes by infectious agents
Not transmissible from person to person
They may be inheritable genetically
Hypertension, diabetes, heart disease
Non-Communicable Diseases

4. Communicable Disease
is one that can transmitted from one
person to another and is caused by an
infectious agent that is transmitted from
a source or reservoir to a susceptible
host.

5. Prevention of communicable diseases
Primary Prevention
• Increasing the resistance of the host
• Inactivating the agent
• Interrupt the chain of infection
• Restricting spread of infection
– isolation
– quarantine
– segregation
– personal surveillance

6. Secondary Prevention
• Activities targeted at detecting disease
at earliest possible time to:
– begin treatment
– stop progression
– protect others in the community
• Examples of activities: case finding,
health screening, health education

7. • What comprise the characteristic of vulnerability of
community member and groups-particularly those
subject to intervention
• Community health nurses must work collaboratively
with other public health professional to establish
immunization and educational programs , to improve
community infection control policies , and to develop
abroad range of services to population at risk

8. 1.Ebola hemorrhagic fever
2.Legionnaires’ disease (legionellosis)
3.Hantavirus
4.E. coli
5.Lyme disease
6.Dengue fever

9. Environmental Health
Environmental health addresses all the physical, chemical,
and biological factors external to a person, and all the
related factors impacting behaviors. It encompasses the
assessment and control of those environmental factors
that can potentially affect health.

10. major areas related to
environmental health apply to
public health and the community
health nurse's practice:

11. A. living patterns
B. work risks
C. atmospheric quality
D. water quality
E. housing
F. food quality
G. waste control
H. radiation risks