COMMUNITY HEALTH NR442 EXAM 1
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Diseases that are always present in a population (e.g., colds and pneumonia)
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What causes more than half of
1 Community 2
Premature Deaths?
3 factors influencing health care cost? 4 Endemic
Don't know?
Terms in this set (191)
,Community - a group of people who share something in
common and interact with one another, who may
exhibit a commitment with one another and may
share a geographic boundary
- PRIMARY FOCUS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
Public Health Intervention Wheel: - Community
Levels of Practice - Individual
- System
System/group Level of Practice community health nurse working with the state
Example health department and federal vaccine program to
coordinate a response to an outbreak of measles in
a migrant population.
Community/Population Level of public health nurses working with area high
Practice Example schools to give each student a profile of his or her
health to promote nutritional and physical activity
lifestyle changes to improve the student's health.
Individual Level of Practice Example nurse receives a referral to care for an individual
with a diagnosed mental illness who would require
regular monitoring of his medication compliance to
prevent rehospitalization
Core Functions of Public Health - assessment
- policy development
- assurance of availability
Primary Prevention - prevention of problem before it occurs
- immunization
, Secondary Prevention - early detection and intervention
- screening for an STD
- for diseases that can be controlled
Tertiary Prevention - correction and prevention of deterioration of a
disease state
- teaching insulin administration at home
What is the main focus of Public PREVENTION
Health?
What is the main focus of Medicine? disease management and diagnosis
Childhood Obesity - focus on a healthier lifestyle
- reduce the rate the childhood obesity
- education
What causes more than half of behavior and environment reasons
Premature Deaths?
What has the greatest influence on behavioral choices
Community Health?
What are the 3 elements of the - agent
Epidemiology Triangle? - host
- environment
Epidemiology Triangle - depends on the extent of the host's exposure to
an agent, the strength or virulence of the agent,
and the host's genetic or immunological
susceptibility.
- also depends on the environmental conditions
existing at the time of exposure
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A+
Save
Practice questions for this set
Learn 1 /7 Study with Learn
Diseases that are always present in a population (e.g., colds and pneumonia)
Choose an answer
What causes more than half of
1 Community 2
Premature Deaths?
3 factors influencing health care cost? 4 Endemic
Don't know?
Terms in this set (191)
,Community - a group of people who share something in
common and interact with one another, who may
exhibit a commitment with one another and may
share a geographic boundary
- PRIMARY FOCUS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
Public Health Intervention Wheel: - Community
Levels of Practice - Individual
- System
System/group Level of Practice community health nurse working with the state
Example health department and federal vaccine program to
coordinate a response to an outbreak of measles in
a migrant population.
Community/Population Level of public health nurses working with area high
Practice Example schools to give each student a profile of his or her
health to promote nutritional and physical activity
lifestyle changes to improve the student's health.
Individual Level of Practice Example nurse receives a referral to care for an individual
with a diagnosed mental illness who would require
regular monitoring of his medication compliance to
prevent rehospitalization
Core Functions of Public Health - assessment
- policy development
- assurance of availability
Primary Prevention - prevention of problem before it occurs
- immunization
, Secondary Prevention - early detection and intervention
- screening for an STD
- for diseases that can be controlled
Tertiary Prevention - correction and prevention of deterioration of a
disease state
- teaching insulin administration at home
What is the main focus of Public PREVENTION
Health?
What is the main focus of Medicine? disease management and diagnosis
Childhood Obesity - focus on a healthier lifestyle
- reduce the rate the childhood obesity
- education
What causes more than half of behavior and environment reasons
Premature Deaths?
What has the greatest influence on behavioral choices
Community Health?
What are the 3 elements of the - agent
Epidemiology Triangle? - host
- environment
Epidemiology Triangle - depends on the extent of the host's exposure to
an agent, the strength or virulence of the agent,
and the host's genetic or immunological
susceptibility.
- also depends on the environmental conditions
existing at the time of exposure
