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Ch 1 - Basics for Public Health Nursing Knowledge & Skills
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Ch 1 - Basics for Public Health NursingKnowledge & Skills
Aggregate - ANS-Public Health: individual units brought together into a whole or a sum
of those individuals
Public Health Science: refers to the unit of analysis, that is, at what level the health-care
provider analyzes & reports data
Community - ANS-a group of individuals living within the same geographical area, such
as town or a neighborhood, or a group of individuals who share some other common
denominator, such as ethnicity or religious orientation
Core Functions - ANS-1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
Determinants of Health - ANS-the range of personal, social, economic, and
environmental factors that influence health status
Health - ANS-WHO defined as:
"the state of complete physical, mental, & social well-being & not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity"
Population - ANS-a larger group whose members may or may not interact with one
another but who share at least one characteristic such as age, gender, ethnicity,
resistance, or shared health issue such as HIV/AIDS or breast cancer. The common
denominator or shared characteristic may or may not be a shared geography or other
link recognized by the individuals within the population
Population Health - ANS-the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the
distribution of such outcomes within the group
Goal: implement nursing interventions that contribute to the individual's ability to achieve
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