Difference Between Clinical Diagnosis and Community Diagnosis

Aspects	Clinical Diagnosis	Community Diagnosis
History taken from	Patient, family	Various community leaders, both formal and informal
To detect signs of illness	Examine Patient	Community observation, geographical details, leadership traits, and a contending power group
Investigation	Lab tests	Data collection: Secondary sources Surveys
Preliminary diagnosis	Doctors initial evaluation of patient	Processing, analysis, and presentation of data
Start treatment	Medications, surgery etc patient follows doctor's order	Plan of action. Collaboration and community cooperation encouraged
Behavior change	May/ maynot be needed	Without it, community health status cannot be improved for the long term.
Who is in control	Doctor	Community.
Folloe Patient	Assess progress, confirm diagnosis, change diagnosis and treatment	Monitor, Evaluate, Plan new health action