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Community Health Nursing Quiz
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Ten lead causes of death for Canadians Aged 1-34
Ten leading Causes of Death for Canadians Aged 1-34, 2011
1. Unintentional injury
2. Suicide
3. Cancer
4. Homicide
5. Heart disease
6. Birth defects
7. Other
Community health nurses are those desginated as public health nurses, home health
nurses, and other nurses with a priority focus on promoting and protecting the health of
individuals, groups, families, and communities and on creating strong communities.
Inclusive for nurses promoting health in the home, community, and pubic health
organizations.
Individuals and families, systems and society, populations, communities and groups.
Well-being
life expectancy
incidence and prevalence rate
crude rate
mortality rate
burden of illness
case fatality rate
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Place of Occurrence
Educational programs on tobacco use, nutrition, physical activity, injury prevention,
reproductive health, the prevention of STIs, education on breastfeeding.
Place of Occurrence: on road, air, sea, at home and institutions, at work, at school, on
playgrounds, at sports fields and facilities.
HP programs are concerned with preventing physical, psychological, environmental and
sociological conditions that may put health at risk.
Health protection
Health Promotion
Population health assessment
Public Health surveillance
injury and disease prevention
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What is secondary prevention?
Community-based care
Provides essential healthcare services to the community
focuses on health promotion and disease prevention/protection
include therapeutic, curative and rehabilitative care
promote co-ordination and interdisciplinary collaboration
focuses on the client as an equal partner in health with health professionals.
Activities to seek to prevent the occurrence of disease. Provide protection against
disease before signs and symptoms.
ex -PHN provide immunization program in a community retirement village
Activities seek to detect diseases early in its progression before clinical signs and
symptoms become apparent, to make a diagnosis early and begin treatment.
Ex -conducting health screening programs to assess vision and hearing or breast cancer,
cervical cancer. CHN in partnership with community police opportunity for caregivers to
have screenings for car seats.
Income and social status
social support networks
education and literacy
employment and working conditions
physical environment
Biology and genetic endowment
Personal health practices and coping skills
Healthy child development
Health and social services
Gender
Culture
Social Environment
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Examples of public health surveillance
examples include developmental milestone screening in well-child clinics, dental
examinations for school aged children and screening for breast and colorectal cancer.
Examples include programs such as those that address the safety of drinking water and
food, the management of environmental risks such as toxic waste handling, air pollution,
and second-hand smoke, public sanitation, the spread of rabies and communicable
diseases.
Educational programs on tobacco use, nutrition, physical activity, injury prevention,
reproductive health, the prevention of STIs, education on breastfeeding.
Includes a range of methods of scanning the needs and strengths of a community. In
response to the population health information gathered, analyzed, and interpreted,
actions may then be taken that have a direct impact on the provision of public health
and services.
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What is Health Promotion?
Programs are dedicated to researching the genetic basis of diseases.
Programs aim to provide financial incentives for medical procedures.
Programs are concerned with changing people's and societies' attitudes toward and
practicing regarding lifestyle choices.
Programs focus on enforcing strict regulations on health-related industries.
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