Community Health Questions & Answers
Population based practice focuses on...
entire populations
Population based practice emphasizes...
all levels of prevention
Population based practice intervenes...
with communities, systems, individuals/families
What is a population?
co...
Community Health Questions & Answers
Population based practice focuses on... - answer entire populations
Population based practice emphasizes... - answer all levels of prevention
Population based practice intervenes... - answer with communities, systems,
individuals/families
What is a population? - answer collection of individuals who have one or more
personal or environmental characteristics in common.
Population of interest - answer is a population that is essentially healthy but one who
could improve factors that promote or protect health
Population at risk - answer is a population with a common identified risk factor or
risk-exposure that poses a threat to health...ex. smokers, drug users, risky behavior
Population based practice: - answer considers the broad determinants of health
focuses on the entire range of factors that determine health rather than just personal
health risks or disease
Primary prevention - answer promotes health or keeps problems from occurring; ex.
immunizations, reduced exposure to environmental risk
Secondary prevention - answer detects and treats problems early (takes place once
disease is present); ex. screening activities, early treatment
Tertiary prevention - answer keeps existing problems from getting worse; ex.
rehabilitation intervention strategies, prevention of complete disability
Community focused practice - answer changes community norms, attitudes,
awareness, practices, behaviors
Systems focused practice - answer changes organizations, policies, laws, power
structures
To be a community health nurse, you need at least.... - answer a bachelors degree
Characteristics of public health - answer 10 essential services
Three core functions:
, -assessment
-policy development and planning
-assurance
Institute of medicine- 7 public health priorities - answer -understand and emphasize
broad determinants of health
-create a policy focus on population health
-strengthen the public health infrastructure
-build partnerships
-develop systems of accountability
-emphasize EBP
-enhance communication
Population - answer collections of individuals with one or more personal or
environmental characteristics in common but that may not interact with each other
Community - answer a collection of individuals defined by geography or social
interest; a group of people with some personal or environmental characteristics in
common
Aggregate - answer a collection of individuals who have 1 or more personal or
environmental characteristics in common; however, they may or may not be considered
a community
Community-focused - answer concerned with health status of community members;
disease prevention/ health promotion/ outreach
Community-based - answer includes the setting and practice of the community
health nurse; health facilities that provide acute treatment of the ill who reside near
treatment center
10 essential services - answer 1. Monitor health status to identify and solve
community health problems
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health insurance and safety
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health
care when otherwise unavailable.
8. Assure a competent public and personal health care workforce
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based
health services
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
3 Core functions of public health
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