CH. 1 PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATIONS AND POPULATION HEALTH EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026/2027

CH. 1 PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATIONS
AND POPULATION HEALTH EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
2026/2027




Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: - ANS - National Prevention, Health Promotion,
and Public Health Council

- Prevention and Public Health Fund

- Improvements in prevention (Task force on Preventive Services)



Why the new need for public health nursing: - ANS - Time of opportunity and challenge

- Growing costs

- Changing U.S. demography

- Bioterrorism

- Epidemic prevention



Public Health has an emphasis on: - ANS - population-based prevention



Public Health Practice: - ANS - Foundation for healthy populations

- Solid history of preventive improvements


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, - Institute of Medicine Report 2013



Definitions in Public Health: - ANS - Clearly noted that the mission could be accomplished by
many groups, public and private, and by individuals

- Government "to see to it that vital elements are in place and that the mission is adequately
addressed"



Vision of Public Health: - ANS - Healthy people in healthy communities



Mission of Public Health: - ANS - Promote physical and mental health

- Prevent disease, injury, and disability



Public Health Core Functions: - ANS - assessment

- policy development

- assurance



Public health nursing aims to focus more on: - ANS - Community, population-based
promotion and prevention



Core Competencies of Public Health Professionals: - ANS - Analytic/assessment

- Policy development/program planning

- Communication

- Cultural competency

- Community dimensions of practice

- Basic public health sciences

- Financial planning and management


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