rlaoning in community health nursing involves the orderly process of assessing 1. he health problems and needs of the community. Commun ily health problems are conditions or situations that intervene with the communit)'S capability lo achieve wellness. They are generally categorized as health status problems, healt J1 resources and healtl1-related problems. Priority goals are set accorcling to which (lroblems or needs are being addressed in relation to the availability of resources. Interventiqns arc carefully thought of consideri ng constraints or limitations as tl1ey may hamper the reali. rnlion of set goals. In order to keep the community healthy, the muse develops "itb the commun ity health programs a11d Sel""\ices as well as organizational structure and resources to maintain tliem. APPROACHES TO PLANNING HEALTH PROGRAMS Participatory Planning for Community Health For community and health development programs and. scr,ices lo become rele\·anl, responsive and sustainable, planning should involve people"s parlici-pation. People's participation enables the community to become an integral pirrtof1hc dedsio11-making and action process (\VHO 1995) a. nd guarantees the integration of their indigenous knowledge and serves as social prepara Lio n for the program plan·s implemcnli'ttion (WHSMP-PC 2003). The whole process of engaging the community in the planninl? process starts by analyzing how tbe nurse looks at the people or the community in the scheme of development work. The Primary Health Care /\pproach (WHO, 1978) emphasizes the need to work with people as equal partners towards the goals of incrcasecl individual and commun ity control, political efficacy, improved quality of community life and social justice. (Wallerstein 1992) Planning for a sustainab le community health development grounded on heal U1 promotion and wellness can 011ly be achieved when programs and projects utilize three important approaches: (Tuazon eta! 2003) Communi ty-b Med approach which empowers the people to address their health needs and problems Integrated approach which considers various dimensions of health and developm ent such as changing lifestyle, changing environment and reorienting healtl1 care systems Compreh ensive approach which strikes at the root of the problem and addresses the social determinants of health PRECEDE-PROCEED Model in Community Health Planning The PRECEDE-PROC EED Model (Green and Kreuter 1999) is one of the extensively­ used models to guide nursing practice in health promotion planning, implementation and evaluation. There are two phases of the model. PRECEOE stands for pr C>disposing, reinforcing, and enabling constructs in educational/ecologica l diagnosis and evalualfon. lt corresponds to the assessment phase of the model itwoh;ng social, epidemio logical, behavioral/ environmental, educational/e cological a11d administrative and policy assessments. Since the model examines the different dimensions, it guarantees a more comprehensive perspective of acldrcssi11g u he.. 1\th problem. The PROCEED embodies the implementation and evaluation phases and stands for policy, regulatory and organizational<--onstructs in educational and environmental diagnosis. 203 