NURS 327 Midterm Questions And Answers With Real Solutions
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NURS 327 Midterm Questions And Answers With Real Solutions
What is Public Health? ANS is a subset of health care focused on improving the health outcomes and overall well-being of the public at large rather than individual patients
-focused on health practices and policies of local and federa...
NURS 327 Midterm Questions And Answers With
Real Solutions
What is Public Health? ANS is a subset of health care focused on improving the health outcomes
and overall well-being of the public at large rather than individual patients
-focused on health practices and policies of local and federal gov
-encompasses a wider range of duties, responsibilities, and jobs that all work to ensure positive health
outcomes for all populations
What is populations health? ANS *focusing on a smaller group, population is a subset of public
health
-focused on improving the well-being and health outcomes of a specific group or community within
the public at large
-focused efforts on very specific groups defined by such common demographic factors as geographic
location, ethnicity, age, etc.
What is Healthy People 2030? ANS -identifies public health priorities to improve health and
well-being of the population
-provides 10-year , measurable public health objectives
-provide tools to help track progress toward achieving them
-Framework is informed by the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030
Healthy People 2030 Goals? ANS 1. Attain healthy, thriving lives and well-being, free of
preventable disease, disability, injury and premature death.
2. Eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and attain health literacy to improve the health
and well-being of all.
3. Create social, physical, and economic environments that promote attaining full potential for health
and well-being for all.
4. Promote healthy development, healthy behaviors and well-being across all life stages.
5. Engage leadership, key constituents, and the public across multiple sectors to take action and
design policies that improve the health and well-being of all.
,Social Determinants of Health: Economic stability indicators? ANS -median household income
-housing cost burden
-income inequality ratio
-unemployment rate (employment lesses poverty risk and employment does not guarantee
accessibility to basic needs or health care)
What is Poverty? ANS Measured by the census bureau using the office of management and
budget's (OMB) statistical policy directive 14
-uses money income threshold varied by family size and composition
-if the family's total income is less than the threshold then every individual in the family is
considered living in poverty
Ways poverty is measured in the US? ANS -Official poverty measure
-Supplemental poverty measure
-Federal poverty level
What is Official Poverty Measure (OPM)? ANS Current Population Survey (CPS) annual social
and economic supplement is used to provide the official poverty estimates with approx 100,000
addresses per year
What is The Current Population Survey (CPS)? ANS is a monthly survey of households
conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics to determine the official
poverty measure
A survey is used to determine poverty? ANS Yes!
What is Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)? ANS -introduced in 2010
-alternate view of the poverty in the US
-does not replace OPM
-goal to more accurately reflect the lived experience
, What are the levels of access to PCP? ANS 1. Primary health care (for illness, injury, acute
medical problems, and referrals)
2. Secondary health care (requires specialists with specific expertise in health issue)
3. Tertiary health care (requires healthy specialized equipment and expertise)
4. Clinical preventive services (immunizations, health screenings, lifestyle counseling)
5. Population-based health care services
What is Redlining? ANS a process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money
to purchase or improve property within the boundaries
-is the practice of outlining areas with sizable Black populations in red ink on maps as a warning to
mortgage lenders
What are the disadvantages of Redlining? ANS Hospital closures, mass incarceration, and
neighborhood level disadvantage
What are Upstream factors? ANS *improving community conditions and addressing adverse
SDOH laws, policies, regulations
-low educational status and opportunities
-income disparity
-discrimination
-social marginalization
-universal healthcare
What are Midstream factors? ANS *addressing individuals' social needs, patient screening
questions w/o social factors like housing and food access
-homelessness
-food insecurity
-poor access to education
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