Epidemiology module of practical skills for mbbs student

7. Final Step - Place and Publish

Source: http://knol.google.com/k/peter-baskerville/how-to-quickly-write-a-basic-article/14j3i4hyjvi88/27#

COMMUNITY

• 
  A community can be thought of in relation to common interests, in which groups share certain goals, objectives, roles, priorities or views in common.
  
• 
  This might be based on common geographic location, or social, cultural or religious affiliations.
  

Types of Communities

Communities can be classified as:

• 
  ƒ Geographic (an urban mass; scattered rural dwellings; temporary homes built alongside railroad tracks.)
  
• 
  ƒ Religious/ethnic/political
  
• 
  ƒ Socio-economic (caste/class)
  

ACTIVITY – 1

Understanding the community

To do this you must:

• 
  Identify opinion leaders and have informal discussions with them and with street children.
  
• 
  Get to know the profile of the community to identify any special features which will influence their involvement.
  
• 
  Find out how they feel about the activities you want to introduce.
  
• 
  Find out if they agree with the proposals.
  
• 
  Determine any conflicting interests.