CHAPTER 1: COMMUNITY &
PREVENTION-ORIENTED POPULATION
FOCUSED PRACTICE: THE
FOUNDATION OF SPECIALIZATION IN
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING. EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
T/F: Public health requires community-based, population-focused and often prevention-
oriented nursing. - ANS true
What public health issues does the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act focus on? -
ANS 1. medical care financing
2. strategies for providing health insurance coverage to a higher proportion of the population
T/F: Physician services + hospital cares combined = over half of the health care expenditures in
the US. - ANS true
T/F: Medical insurance system reforms are important although alone these reforms will NOT be
adequate to improve US health. - ANS true
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, T/F: Historically, fain in the health of populations have come largely from public health efforts
such as safety/adequacy of food supplies, provision of safe water, sewage disposal, public safety
from biological threats and personal behavioral changes including reproductive behaviors. -
ANS true
T/F: Public health is responsible for increasing lifespan from 47 in 1900 to 78 in 2005 (66%
increase), especially d/t sanitation, clean water supplies, safer workplaces, food/drug safety,
immunizations, nutrition, hygiene, and housing improvements. - ANS true
What are the 10 great public health achievements in the 20th century provided by the CDC? -
ANS 1. immunizations
2. motor vehicle safety
3. control of infectious diseases
4. safer and healthier foods
5. healthier mothers + babies
6. family planning
7. fluoridation of drinking water
8. tobacco as health hazard
9. declines in death d/t heart disease
10. declines in death d/t stroke
T/F: Public health is what we, as a society, do collectively to assure the conditions in which
people can be healthy. - ANS true
T/F: The mission of public health is to generate organized community efforts to address the
public interest in health by applying scientific and technical knowledge to prevent disease and
promote health. - ANS true
What are the public health core functions at all levels of government? - ANS 1. assessment
2. policy development
3. assurance
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PREVENTION-ORIENTED POPULATION
FOCUSED PRACTICE: THE
FOUNDATION OF SPECIALIZATION IN
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING. EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
T/F: Public health requires community-based, population-focused and often prevention-
oriented nursing. - ANS true
What public health issues does the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act focus on? -
ANS 1. medical care financing
2. strategies for providing health insurance coverage to a higher proportion of the population
T/F: Physician services + hospital cares combined = over half of the health care expenditures in
the US. - ANS true
T/F: Medical insurance system reforms are important although alone these reforms will NOT be
adequate to improve US health. - ANS true
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, T/F: Historically, fain in the health of populations have come largely from public health efforts
such as safety/adequacy of food supplies, provision of safe water, sewage disposal, public safety
from biological threats and personal behavioral changes including reproductive behaviors. -
ANS true
T/F: Public health is responsible for increasing lifespan from 47 in 1900 to 78 in 2005 (66%
increase), especially d/t sanitation, clean water supplies, safer workplaces, food/drug safety,
immunizations, nutrition, hygiene, and housing improvements. - ANS true
What are the 10 great public health achievements in the 20th century provided by the CDC? -
ANS 1. immunizations
2. motor vehicle safety
3. control of infectious diseases
4. safer and healthier foods
5. healthier mothers + babies
6. family planning
7. fluoridation of drinking water
8. tobacco as health hazard
9. declines in death d/t heart disease
10. declines in death d/t stroke
T/F: Public health is what we, as a society, do collectively to assure the conditions in which
people can be healthy. - ANS true
T/F: The mission of public health is to generate organized community efforts to address the
public interest in health by applying scientific and technical knowledge to prevent disease and
promote health. - ANS true
What are the public health core functions at all levels of government? - ANS 1. assessment
2. policy development
3. assurance
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