Community Resources
Community Resources
Roll no : 01
BNS 2nd year, 10th batch
Community Resources
INTRODUCTION
• Community resources are social services.
• May be public or private, national/ international as well as local
institutions.
• Institutions such as public schools, parks, libraries and city halls are
all community resources.
• Private institutions such as coffee houses can also be resources for a
community.
• Community resources can play important role for the betterment of
life style as well as the health status of the community people.
Community resources
Definition:
Community resources can be defined as every components of
community that may be human manpower, capital or financial. For
example: man (human resources), money, materials, timeetc.
Any agency, company, facility or service in the community that
provides assistance in supported independence.
A group of services and/or assistance programs that are provided to
the members of a community for free or at an affordable price.
Each resources is made available to community members to help
them become self reliant and maintain their human rights and well
being.
Resources that found in community and were helping directly and
indirectly in community development.
Examples of community resources:
• Human resources : community leaders, health or other technical
personnel, FCHVs, school teacher.
• Materials resources : building, compuers, telephone, freeze, budget,
time.
• Community organization : bank, youth club, health post, school.
• International health organizations : multilateral organizations,
bilateral organizations, international non-governmental
organizations.
contd..
• For betterment of lifestyle as well as the health status of the
community people.
• To meet the health needs of the all health care.
• Proper allocation and efficient utilization for providing efficient
health care services.
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