Community Health HESI Exam Questions
With Verified Answers.
What are the top 4 health risks for infants in order? - answer✔Suffocation, MVA, Homicide,
SIDS
What is the significant cause of illness in infants and children? - answer✔Infection
What are the top health risks for children? - answer✔Obesity, injuries/Accidents, Suicide, Acute
and Chronic Illness
Obesity - answer✔Obesity: healthy people objectives have addressed youth fitness and obesity.
Defined by BMI
Risk for childhood obesity were related to obesity in the parents
Higher in NA, Hispanic, and AA
Lower socioeconomic groups in urban settings have higher rates
Injuries and Accidents - answer✔#1 cause from 1 to 24 years
Health Risks for Toddlers - answer✔Large # falls, poisons, MVA
Health Risks for School Age Children - answer✔lowest injury death rate, diff. with judging
speed and distance, placing at risk for pedestrian and bicycle accidents
Health Risks for Adolescents - answer✔injury accounts for 75% of all deaths and risk taking
becomes more conscious at this time especially among males
Suicide - answer✔2nd leading cause of death among 15 to 24. 3rd leading cause for 10 to 24.
Health Risk: Acute Illness - answer✔also a significant cause of illness in children
Health Risk: Chronic Health Problems - answer✔improved medical technology has increased the
number of children surviving with chronic health problems.
Examples: Down Syndrome, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, asthma, diabetes, congenital heart
disease, cancer, hemophilia, broncopulmonary dysplasia, and AIDS
What has been very successful in preventing selected immunizations? - answer✔Routine
immunizations
What is essential for health growth and development and prevention of disease? -
answer✔Nutrition
Health Risks in Women - answer✔Longer life expectancy than men
More likely to have acute and chronic conditions that require more services
Women of color are more statistically more likely to have poor health outcomes because of poor
understanding of health, lack of access to health care, and lifestyle practices.
What are the top two causes of death in women - answer✔Heart then lung
Health Risks in Men - answer✔Life expectancy of men in the US is one of the lowest in the
developed countries
Men engage in more risk-taking behaviors than women
Men tend to avoid diagnosis and treatment of illnesses that may result in serious health problems
What gender has shorter life span and higher infant mortality rate? - answer✔Males
Which gender has a longer life expectancy? Why? - answer✔Women, because men tend to avoid
diagnosis and treatment of illnesses that may result in serious health problems
Which gender has higher rates of acute and chronic problems? - answer✔Women
What population is steadily growing? Why is this a concern? - answer✔Elderly, increase in
chronic conditions, demand for services, and strained health care budget
What are important things to address with the elderly population? - answer✔chronic health
concern - maintaining/ improving self-care, also preventing complications to maintain the
highest possible QOL
Assess social, psych, spiritual, and social domains
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