Community Health Exam 1 Questions and Answers
Public health-
activities that society undertakes to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy
Community health-
identification of needs and the protection and improvement of collective health within a geographically defined area.
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Community Health Exam 1 Questions
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Public health- - answer activities that society undertakes to assure the conditions in
which people can be healthy
Community health- - answer identification of needs and the protection and
improvement of collective health within a geographically defined area.
Population health - answer Population health has been defined as"the health
outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within
the group". It is an approach to health that aims to improve the health of an entire
human population.
Assessment - answer Regular collection, analysis, and sharing of information about
health conditions, risks, and resources in a community
Policy development - answer Use of assessment data to develop policy and direct
resources toward those policies
Assurance - answer Availability of necessary services throughout the community
Population - answer All people occupying an area or all of those who share one or
more characteristics.
People not necessarily interacting with one another; not necessarily sharing a sense of
belonging to that group
Aggregate - answer Mass or grouping of individuals considered as a whole
Loosely associated with one another
Community - answer A collection of people who interact with one another and whose
common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity or belonging
EX: citizens of a town, group of farmers, prison community, tiny village in appalachia,
members of mothers drunk driving, and professional nurses
Clinician- - answer Care provider; Focus on holism, health promotion, and prevention
while using expanded skills
Educator - answer Health teacher; Plan for community-wide impact
Advocate - answer leader of the client's cause or actor on behalf of the client;
Support the client's self-determination and independence; Make the system responsive
and relevant to the client's needs
, Advocates must: Be assertive; Take risks; Communicate and negotiate well; Identify
and obtain resources for the client
Manager - answer Administrative direction of goals: plan, organize, lead, control,
evaluate; Participative approach with community
Collaborator - answer Joint working with others; Multidisciplinary collegiality and
leadership
Leadership - answer role (action as a change agent)
Researcher - answer Systematic investigation, collection, and analysis of data for
solving problems; Evidence-based findings to community settings
Geographic - answer city, town, neighborhood
Common interest - answer church, professional organization, people with
mastectomies
Community of solution - answer group of people who come together to solve a
problem that affects all of them---it is NOT based on location
Community types - answer Geographic, common interest, and community of solution
Health Continuum - answer Range of degrees from optimal health at one end of the
spectrum to total disability or death at the other end
Examples of health promotion - answer
All efforts that seek to move people closer to optimal well-being or higher levels of
wellness - answer 1. Increase the span of healthy life for all citizens
2. Reduce health disparities among population groups
3. Achieve access to preventive services for everyone
Examples of Disease prevention - answer 1. Primary: Keep illness or injury from
occurring
2. Secondary: Efforts to detect and treat existing disease
3. Tertiary: Reduce the extent and severity of a health problem to its lowest possible
level to minimize disability and restore or preserve function
Understand nurse-led centers - answer
Community Health Characteristics - answer Population is client or unit of care.
Primary obligation to achieve greatest good for greatest number of people or population
as a whole.
Processes used include working with the client as an equal partner.
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