NUSC 3230 Exam 1 Questions With Correct
Answers
What are the 4 components of community? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
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people
2. location in space
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3. social interaction
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4. shared values
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What 3 things does community nutrition focus on? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-1. People who will benefit from nutrition programs
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2. Policy (course of action chosen by public authorities)
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3. Programs used to change behaviors and improve health
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What is the difference between clinical and community nutrition? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Clinical- individual focus, individual problem
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Community- group focus, group problem
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Compare and contrast community nutrition vs. public health nutrition -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Community Nutrition- any nutrition program
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,whose target is the community, whether the program is funded by the
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federal gov't or sponsored by a private group (broad group)
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Public Health Nutrition- community based programs conducted by a
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*gov't agency* whose official mandate is the delivery of health services
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to individuals living in a particular area
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What are the focuses of health promotion? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Focuses on lifestyle/behavior change to work toward optimum health-
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an intervention (promoting health and preventing disease)
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What are the 3 levels of disease prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
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Primary- preventing disease by controlling risk factors
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2. Secondary- detecting disease early through screening and other
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forms of risk appraisal
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3. Tertiary- treat and rehabilitate people with illness or injury
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What are the 3 core functions of public health? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-1. Assessment |
2. Policy Development
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3. Assurance
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, What is the purpose of a community needs assessment? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-1- determine nutritional problems in target pop. | | | | | |
2- determine factors that contribute to this problem
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3- determine what can be done to improve the problem
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What are factors that may trigger a community needs assessment? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--need for data/updated data
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-government mandate |
-research findings |
-availability of funding | |
List the steps in a needs assessment in order - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Step 1- define the nutritional problem (what is is, who is affected, where
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are there knowledge gaps)
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Step 2- Set the parameters of the assessment (who is community,
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purpose of assessment, what type of data needed)
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Step 3- Collect data, what else do you want to know? (diet, PA, risk
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factors for disease, environment, etc.)
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Answers
What are the 4 components of community? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
| | | | | | | | | |
people
2. location in space
| | |
3. social interaction
| |
4. shared values
| |
What 3 things does community nutrition focus on? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-1. People who will benefit from nutrition programs
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2. Policy (course of action chosen by public authorities)
| | | | | | | |
3. Programs used to change behaviors and improve health
| | | | | | | |
What is the difference between clinical and community nutrition? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Clinical- individual focus, individual problem
| | | | |
Community- group focus, group problem
| | | |
Compare and contrast community nutrition vs. public health nutrition -
| | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Community Nutrition- any nutrition program
| | | | | |
,whose target is the community, whether the program is funded by the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
federal gov't or sponsored by a private group (broad group)
| | | | | | | | |
Public Health Nutrition- community based programs conducted by a
| | | | | | | | |
*gov't agency* whose official mandate is the delivery of health services
| | | | | | | | | | |
to individuals living in a particular area
| | | | | |
What are the focuses of health promotion? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
Focuses on lifestyle/behavior change to work toward optimum health-
| | | | | | | | |
an intervention (promoting health and preventing disease)
| | | | | |
What are the 3 levels of disease prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
| | | | | | | | | | |
Primary- preventing disease by controlling risk factors
| | | | | | |
2. Secondary- detecting disease early through screening and other
| | | | | | | | |
forms of risk appraisal
| | |
3. Tertiary- treat and rehabilitate people with illness or injury
| | | | | | | | |
What are the 3 core functions of public health? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-1. Assessment |
2. Policy Development
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3. Assurance
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, What is the purpose of a community needs assessment? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-1- determine nutritional problems in target pop. | | | | | |
2- determine factors that contribute to this problem
| | | | | | |
3- determine what can be done to improve the problem
| | | | | | | | |
What are factors that may trigger a community needs assessment? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--need for data/updated data
| | | |
-government mandate |
-research findings |
-availability of funding | |
List the steps in a needs assessment in order - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Step 1- define the nutritional problem (what is is, who is affected, where
| | | | | | | | | | | |
are there knowledge gaps)
| | | |
Step 2- Set the parameters of the assessment (who is community,
| | | | | | | | | | |
purpose of assessment, what type of data needed)
| | | | | | |
Step 3- Collect data, what else do you want to know? (diet, PA, risk
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
factors for disease, environment, etc.)
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