The Role of a Community Health Worker Exam Study Guide.
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Community Health Nursing
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Community Health Nursing
The Role of a Community Health Worker
Exam Study Guide.
Gross domestic product - answerThe monetary value of all goods and services produced in a nation.
Health insurance - answerA type of coverage that one receives that protects against health care
expenses related to illness or injury.
Insur...
The Role of a Community Health Worker
Exam Study Guide.
Gross domestic product - answer✔The monetary value of all goods and services produced in a nation.
Health insurance - answer✔A type of coverage that one receives that protects against health care
expenses related to illness or injury.
Insurance premiums - answer✔A fee that consumers pay to an insurance company or health plan to
provide health coverage.
Three goals of health care - answer✔Improve access to healthcare services; provide health education
and outreach; improve health care quality and outcomes
Medically underserved areas - answer✔Regions that have a relative or absolute deficiency of health care
resources—eg, hospital.
Medically underserved populations - answer✔Cultural groups, racial groups, or ethnic groups that have
inadequate access to health care services.
Healthcare provider - answer✔A healthcare professional that provides healthcare to an individual.
Navigate - answer✔To steer, direct, and help make one's way. In a healthcare setting, CHWs guide their
patients through the healthcare system.
Motivational interviewing - answer✔A client-centered approach to activating a patient's own
motivations for changing their behavior.
Capacity building - answer✔An approach to problem-solving that allows the service provider to build
skills that foster independence.
Advocacy skills - answer✔The skills needed to support a political or social cause that impacts a
community or individual's health.
Barriers - answer✔Obstacles (things) that get in the way that prevent the patient from gaining access to
healthcare.
Did Obama sign the Affordable Care Act? - answer✔Yes he did
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