Community Health Exam 1 Verified
Questions And Answers
Population are _______? - Ans--A collection of individuals who have one or
more personal or environmental characteristics in common
Prevention is an _______? - Ans--Anticipatory action taken to prevent the
occurrence of an event or minimize its effect after it has occurred
What are factors that influence the health of individuals, families, and
populations? - Ans--The Determinants of Health
What are some examples of determinants of health? - Ans--income,
education, employment, social support, biology/genetics, physical
environment, housing, transportation, and personal health practices.
There is a renewed interest in public health and in population-focused health
care in the United States as evidence by which act? - Ans--Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act
What are 3 characteristics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act? - Ans--National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health
Council
Prevention and Public Health Fund
Improvements in prevention (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force)
There is a new need for public health nursing aeb which characteristics? -
Ans--Time of opportunity and challenge
Growing costs
Changing U.S. demography
Bioterrorism
Epidemic prevention
, Historical gains in the health of the population have come primarily from
what public health changes? - Ans--Improved sanitation, control of disease,
immunizations
Which approach prevents more early deaths, medical or population wide? -
Ans--population wide
The Affordable Care Act was intended to ______? - Ans--increase health
insurance quality and affordability
lower the uninsured rate by expanding insurance coverage
reduce the costs of healthcare
What are the 3 characteristics of PHN? - Ans--Emphasizes prevention
Community-oriented
Population-focused
What are the three core functions of public health? - Ans--Assessments,
policy development, assurance
What is assessment? - Ans--Systematic data collection about a population
Includes monitoring the population's health status and providing/
disseminating information about the health of the community
What is assurance? - Ans--Making sure that essential community-oriented
health
services are available. Includes providing essential personal health
services for individuals as well as a competent PH workforce
What are 10 essential public health services and what core function are they
categorized under? - Ans--Assessment: Monitor, diagnose and investigate
Policy development: inform, educate, and empower. mobilize, develop
policy and plans
Assurance: enforce, Link, assure, evaluate
Research is independent of and serves all three
What is the purpose of the essential services? - Ans--promote physical and
mental health, and prevent against disease, injury, and disability
Questions And Answers
Population are _______? - Ans--A collection of individuals who have one or
more personal or environmental characteristics in common
Prevention is an _______? - Ans--Anticipatory action taken to prevent the
occurrence of an event or minimize its effect after it has occurred
What are factors that influence the health of individuals, families, and
populations? - Ans--The Determinants of Health
What are some examples of determinants of health? - Ans--income,
education, employment, social support, biology/genetics, physical
environment, housing, transportation, and personal health practices.
There is a renewed interest in public health and in population-focused health
care in the United States as evidence by which act? - Ans--Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act
What are 3 characteristics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act? - Ans--National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health
Council
Prevention and Public Health Fund
Improvements in prevention (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force)
There is a new need for public health nursing aeb which characteristics? -
Ans--Time of opportunity and challenge
Growing costs
Changing U.S. demography
Bioterrorism
Epidemic prevention
, Historical gains in the health of the population have come primarily from
what public health changes? - Ans--Improved sanitation, control of disease,
immunizations
Which approach prevents more early deaths, medical or population wide? -
Ans--population wide
The Affordable Care Act was intended to ______? - Ans--increase health
insurance quality and affordability
lower the uninsured rate by expanding insurance coverage
reduce the costs of healthcare
What are the 3 characteristics of PHN? - Ans--Emphasizes prevention
Community-oriented
Population-focused
What are the three core functions of public health? - Ans--Assessments,
policy development, assurance
What is assessment? - Ans--Systematic data collection about a population
Includes monitoring the population's health status and providing/
disseminating information about the health of the community
What is assurance? - Ans--Making sure that essential community-oriented
health
services are available. Includes providing essential personal health
services for individuals as well as a competent PH workforce
What are 10 essential public health services and what core function are they
categorized under? - Ans--Assessment: Monitor, diagnose and investigate
Policy development: inform, educate, and empower. mobilize, develop
policy and plans
Assurance: enforce, Link, assure, evaluate
Research is independent of and serves all three
What is the purpose of the essential services? - Ans--promote physical and
mental health, and prevent against disease, injury, and disability
