Anderson and McFarlen (2013) identified the community- as- partner model for CHIP, based on Betty Neuman’s model, and developed in 1972 as a total person approach to patient problems. The model and subsequently the community- as- partner model are known as system models. There are four concepts central in nursing; person, environment, health and nursing, delivering a structure for the community-as- partner model. Based on this model, the person can be the population, the environment can be the community, health is considered as resources for everyday life, and nursing is considered prevention. Furthermore, nursing primary prevention is to promote and protect health; secondary prevention takes place after the problem occurred with the aim to
