COMMUNITY AND PREVENTION-ORIENTED
PRACTICE TO IMPROVE POPULATION HEALTH
(STANHOPE & LANCASTER)
population or defined group - CORRECT ANSWER aggregate
systemic data collection about a population. This includes monitoring the
population's health status and providing information about the health of the
community - CORRECT ANSWER assessment
people and the relationships that emerge among them as they develop and use in
common some agencies and institutions and a physical environment - CORRECT
ANSWER community
occurs outside an institution. Services are provided to individuals and families in a
comunity - CORRECT ANSWER community-based
the provision of acute care and care for chronic health problems to individuals and
families in the community - CORRECT ANSWER community-based nursing
Term often interchanged with public health nursing or nursing practice in the
community, with the primary focus on the health care of a community and the
effect of the community health status on individuals, families, and groups. The
goal is to preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health. - CORRECT ANSWER
community health nursing
, nursing that has as its primary focus the health care of either the community or a
population of individuals, families, and groups - CORRECT ANSWER community-
oriented nursing
providing leadership in developing policies that support the health of the
population - CORRECT ANSWER policy development
collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental
characteristics. The population can be a collection of individuals, families, or
groups that share common health issues - CORRECT ANSWER population
emphasizes populations who live in a community - CORRECT ANSWER population
focused
Core of public health, a practice that emphasizes health protection, health
promotion, and disease prevention of a population. - CORRECT ANSWER
population-focused practice
goal is to organize community efforts that will use scientific and technical
knowledge to prevent disease and promote health - CORRECT ANSWER
population health
both primary care and public health services that are designed to meet the basic
needs of people in communities at an affordable cost - CORRECT ANSWER primary
health care services