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community health chapter 1public health - correct answer-_________________________ is a broad field of practice that
is the backbone of the infrastructure supporting the health of a country, state, province, city,
town, or community 2
population health - correct answer-_______________________ can be viewed as a
particularly important set of analytical strategies and approaches that was first used in public
health to describe, analyze, and mobilize efforts to improve health in community-based
populations and is now being used in initiatives to improve outcomes of clinical populations 2
public health nursing - correct answer-_______________________ and emerging
opportunities for nurses practicing i na variety of settings to be engaged in
community-based, population-focused efforts to improve the health of populations 2
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - correct answer-in an effort to help the
public better understand the role public health has played in increasing life expectancy and
improving the nation's health, in 1999, the __________________________ began featuring
information on the ten great public health achievements in the 20th century; the areas
featured immunizations, motor vehicle safety, control of infectious diseases, safer and
healthier foods, healthier mothers and babies, family planning, fluridation of drinking water,
tobacco as a health hazard, and declines in deaths from heart disease and stroke 3
public health - correct answer-unfortunately the public is largely unaware of the contributions
of ___________________ practice; after the passage of Medicare and Medicaid, federal and
private monies in support of public health dwindled, public health agencies began to provide
personal care services for persons who could not receive care elsewhere, and the health
departments benefited from getting Medicaid and Medicare funds; the result was a shift of
resources and energy away from public health's traditional and unique prevention-oriented
population-focused perspective to include a primary care focus 3
Institute of Medicine (IOM) - correct answer-a cenetral conclusion of the
__________________ report was that to improve health outcomes in the US there will need
to be a transforming of the way the nation invests in health to pay more attention to
population-based prevention efforts; remedy the dysfunctional manner in which public health
funding is allocated, structured, and used; and ensure stable funding for public health
departments; further the committee recommended that a minimum package of public health
services needed to promote and protect the public's health be developed 3
public health core functions - correct answer-the 1988 IOM report clarified the government's
role in fulfilling the mission, the report stated that assessment, policy development, and
assurance are the _________________________ at all levels of government 3
assessment - correct answer-___________________- refers to systematically collecting
data on the population, monitoring the population's health status, and making information
available about the health of the community 3
, policy development - correct answer-__________________- refers to the need to provide
leadership in developing policies that support the health of the population, including the use
of the scientific knowledge base in making decisions about policy 4
assurance - correct answer-_______________ refers to the role of public health in ensuring
that essential community oriented health services are available, which may include providing
essential personal health services for those who would otherwise not receive them;
____________________ also refers to making sure that a competent public health and
personal health care workforce is available 4
community health improvement process (CHIP) - correct answer-_________________ is a
method for improving the health of the population on a community-wide basis; the method
brings together key elements of the public health and personal health car esystems in one
framework; a second outcome of the project was the development of a set of 25 indicators
that could be used in the community assessment process to develop a community health
profile (e.g. measures of health status, functional status, quality of life, health risk factors,
and health resource use); a third product of the committee's work was a set of indicators for
specific public ihealth problems that could be used by public health specialists as they carry
out their assurance function and monitor the performance of public health and other
agencies 6
indicators used to develop a community health profile - correct answer-sociodemographic
characteristics
health status
health risk factors
health care resource consumption
functional status
quality of life
sociodemographic characteristics - correct answer-indicators used to develop a community
health profile
distribution of the population by age and race/ethnicity
number and proportion of persons in group such as migrants, homeless, and hte
non-English speaking, for whom access to community services or resources may be a
concern
number and proportion of persons aged 25 and older with less than a highschool education
ratio of the number of students graduating from high school to the number of students who
enteed ninght grade three years previously
median household income
proportion of children less than 15 years of age living in families at or below the poverty level
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