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COMMUNITY HEALTH 4220 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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COMMUNITY HEALTH 4220 EXAMQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the government role in public health - Answer-1) it assesses healthcare
problems
2) it intervenes by developing relevent healthcare policies that provide assess to
services
3) it ensures that services are delivered and outcomes achieved
what are the ten public health achievements in the US - Answer-Vaccines
Motor vehicle safety
healthier food
fluoridation of water
decline in CAD and heart disease deaths
healthier moms and babies
control of infecious diseases
family planning
recognition of tobacco as a health hazard
safer workplaces
What is patient centered care? - Answer-Recognize the patient the source of control
and full partner in providing care based on respect for patient's preferences, values, and
needs.
Why are there more ill patietns residing in the community? - Answer-rise in ambulatory
surgery and shorter lengths of stay in acute care facilities
Six principles of public health - Answer-Focus on the aggregate
Promote prevention
Encourage community organization
Practice ethical theory of the greater good
Model leadership in health
Use epidemiologic knowledge and methods
Surveillance - Answer-One of the seventeen public health interventions. Monitors health
events through ongoing, systemic collection, analysis and interpretation of health data
for planning, implementing, and evaluating public health interventions.
Investigation of disease and other health events - Answer-One of the seventeen public
health interventions...Systematically gathers and analyzes data about threats to
population health, determines the source, identifies cases and those at risk, and
determines control measures
, Outreach - Answer-one of the seventeen public health interventions-locates
populations-of-interest or populations-at-risk and provides information about the nature
of the concern, what can be done about it, and how services can be obtained.
screening - Answer-one of the seventeen public health interventions-Identifies
individuals with unrecognized health risk factors or asymptomatic disease conditions in
populations
Case-finding - Answer-one of the seventeen public health interventions-locates
individuals and families with identified risk factors and connects them with resources
Referral and follow-up - Answer-one of the seventeen public health interventions-
Assists in identifying and accessing necessary resources to prevent or resolve concerns
Case management - Answer-one of the seventeen public health interventions-
Coordination of a plan or process to bring health services and the self-care capabilities
of the client together as a common whole in a cost-effective way
delegation - Answer-one of the seventeen public health interventions-direct care tasks
an RN entrusts to other appropriate personnel
teaching - Answer-one of the seventeen public health interventions-Develop a health
education plan and teach clients and other caregivers leading to behavior change
consultation - Answer-one of the seventeen public health interventions- seeks
information and generates solutions to health problems or issues through interactive
problem-solving
collaboration - Answer-one of the seventeen public health interventions-works with
people or respresentatives of organizations to accomplish goal
coalition building - Answer-one of the seventeen public health interventions-Fosters,
mobilizes, and participates in community-wide alliances to achieve a specific goal
community organizing - Answer-one of the seventeen public health interventions-helps
community groups to identify common problems or goals, mobilize resources, and
develop and implement strategies for reaching the goals they collectively have set
advocacy - Answer-one of the seventeen public health interventions-acts on behalf of
clients who have lost control of factors that affect their health and a need is unmet
social marketing - Answer-one of the seventeen public health interventions-Uses
marketing principles and technology to design programs to address needs of the client
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