Community Health Exam #1 Questions and Answers
3 core functions of public health
assessment, public policy formation, assurance
assessment is systematic ___ ____ of the population, monitoring of the population's ______, and making information about the health of the community ______
data ...
Community Health Exam #1 Questions
and Answers
3 core functions of public health - answer assessment, public policy formation,
assurance
assessment is systematic ___ ____ of the population, monitoring of the population's
______, and making information about the health of the community ______ - answer
data collection, health, available
Policy development refers to the need to provide _____ in developing policies that
support the health of the population, including use of the _____ _____ ____ in making
decisions about policy - answer leadership, scientific knowledge base
Assurance refers to the role of public health in making sure that essential community-
oriented ________ _______ are available, which may include providing essential _____
_____ services for those who would otherwise not receive them - answer health
services, personal health services
Two parts of assurance are making sure community services are ______, and insuring
you have a work force that's _____ and ______ - answer available, competent,
qualified
Describe assessment - answer systematic data collection of the population,
monitoring of the population's health status, and making information available on the
health of the community
describe policy development - answer 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
Two parts of assurance - answer 1. making sure community-oriented health services
are available, 2. insuring community has a work force that's qualified and competent
PHN providing an education program about the dangers of smoking is an example of
what level of prevention? - answer primary
PHN providing an flu vaccination program in a community retirement village would be
an example of what type of prevention? - answer secondary
PHN providing a diabetes clinic for a defined population of adults in a low-income
housing community. - answer tertiary
, ____ ____ is what members of a society do collectively to ensure that conditions exist in
which people can be healthy. - answer public health
Two terms for a collection of individuals who share one or more personal or
environmental characteristics. - answer population, aggregate
Definition of population/aggregate - answer collection of individuals who share one or
more personal or environmental characteristics
Identifying autoimmune people in a community as at increased risk for west nile virus
would be an example of identifying what? - answer subpopulation
Essential PH Services: List examples of diagnosing and investigating health problems
and hazards in the community - answer lead paint, trash, uneven concrete, poor
playground equipment
Essential PH Services: Give examples of community-based health education - answer
Eddy Eagle (children and guns), fall prevention education in senior housing, school
lunch programs, hand hygiene
Essential PH services: list examples of enforcing laws that protect health and ensure
safety - answer enforcing immunization laws, food transportation safety laws
The term "population" can be used interchangeably with what term? - answer
aggregate
3 factors that can define community - answer people, place, function (place can be a
place in time as well as geographical)
2 categories in the Consensus Set of Indicators for assessing community health status
are indicators of health ______ ______ and indicators of ______ ______ - answer
status outcome, risk factors
3 characteristics/dimensions of community health - answer status, structure, process
3 components within the "status" dimension of community health - answer Physical,
emotional, social
Examples of status measures of community health that would encompass all three
(physical, emotional, social) effects. - answer worker absenteeism, infant mortality
rates
Give some examples of indicators of health status outcome within the "Consensus Set
of Indicators..." - answer rate-specific and ethnicity-specific infant mortality, death
rates and disease rates per 100K population
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