Community health nursing practice in Pakistan

A CHN plays a vital role in community health and development through community participation to promote empowerment and build sustainability. The central concepts which are necessary for this process include community participation, monitoring and evaluation, epidemiological surveillance, community empowerment, sustainability, development of the community-based organization and the community health management health teams, voluntarism, motivation, capacity building, health promotion and disease prevention, curative services, and other developmental activities. A CHN trains individuals to raise their voices for the benefit of the community and to plan, implement, and evaluate interventions. The CHN should provide the theory and practice in training.