NUR 426 CH Exam 1
Public health science - answer The scientific foundation of public health practice and
brings together other sciences including environmental science, epidemiology,
biostatistics, biomedical sciences, and the social and behavioral sciences.
Public health goals - answer prevent disease and disability and promote/protect the
community as a whole. It includes preventing disease, prolonging life, promoting health,
addressing environmental safety and improvement
Core Functions of Public Health - answer1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
Assessment - answerthe systematic collection, analysis and monitoring of health
problems and needs
Policy Development - answerthe use of scientific knowledge to develop a strategic
approach to improving the community's health
Assurance - answerassuring constituents that public health agencies provide services
necessary to achieve agreed-upon goals. Assuring that essential community-oriented
services are provided GL
10 essential public health services - answer1. Monitor health status to identify and solve
community health problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health
care when otherwise unavailable.
8. Assure competent public and personal health care workforce.
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based
health services.
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
Globalizaton - answerthe process of increasing economic, political and social
independence and integration as capital, goods, persons, concepts, images, ideas and
values across state boundaries. With globalization, there is also an emergence of CDs
, Life expectancy - answerThe average number of years an individual can be expected to
live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at birth is
the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.
10 public health achievements - answer1. Recognition of tobacco use as a health
hazard
2. Vaccination
3. Motor-vehicle safety
4. Safer workplaces
5. Control of infectious diseases
6. Decline in deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke
7. Safer and healthier foods
8. Healthier mothers and babies
9. Family planning
10. Fluoridation of drinking water
Population - answermass of people that make up a definable unit to which
measurements pertained
Health - answerA state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being; not merely
the absence of disease or infirmary
Aggregate - answerindividual units brought together into a whole or sum of individuals
(synonymous with population)
Community - answergroup of individuals living within the same geographical area or
those who share another common denominator. You recognize yourself as part of a
community but not as a population.
Population-Focused Nursing - answernursing practice that concentrates upon specific
groups of people, focusing on health promotion and disease prevention, regardless of
geographic location (ex. individuals without health insurance)
Key Components of PH Nursing - answer1. Emphasize primary prevention
2. Work to achieve the greatest good for the largest number of individuals
3. Recognize that the client is a partner in health
Determinants of Health - answerthe range of personal, social, economic, and
environmental factors that influence health status
Diversity - answergroups and individuals differ in relation to culture, ethnicity and race
Culture - answerthe customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial,
religious, or social group
Public health science - answer The scientific foundation of public health practice and
brings together other sciences including environmental science, epidemiology,
biostatistics, biomedical sciences, and the social and behavioral sciences.
Public health goals - answer prevent disease and disability and promote/protect the
community as a whole. It includes preventing disease, prolonging life, promoting health,
addressing environmental safety and improvement
Core Functions of Public Health - answer1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
Assessment - answerthe systematic collection, analysis and monitoring of health
problems and needs
Policy Development - answerthe use of scientific knowledge to develop a strategic
approach to improving the community's health
Assurance - answerassuring constituents that public health agencies provide services
necessary to achieve agreed-upon goals. Assuring that essential community-oriented
services are provided GL
10 essential public health services - answer1. Monitor health status to identify and solve
community health problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health
care when otherwise unavailable.
8. Assure competent public and personal health care workforce.
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based
health services.
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
Globalizaton - answerthe process of increasing economic, political and social
independence and integration as capital, goods, persons, concepts, images, ideas and
values across state boundaries. With globalization, there is also an emergence of CDs
, Life expectancy - answerThe average number of years an individual can be expected to
live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at birth is
the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.
10 public health achievements - answer1. Recognition of tobacco use as a health
hazard
2. Vaccination
3. Motor-vehicle safety
4. Safer workplaces
5. Control of infectious diseases
6. Decline in deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke
7. Safer and healthier foods
8. Healthier mothers and babies
9. Family planning
10. Fluoridation of drinking water
Population - answermass of people that make up a definable unit to which
measurements pertained
Health - answerA state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being; not merely
the absence of disease or infirmary
Aggregate - answerindividual units brought together into a whole or sum of individuals
(synonymous with population)
Community - answergroup of individuals living within the same geographical area or
those who share another common denominator. You recognize yourself as part of a
community but not as a population.
Population-Focused Nursing - answernursing practice that concentrates upon specific
groups of people, focusing on health promotion and disease prevention, regardless of
geographic location (ex. individuals without health insurance)
Key Components of PH Nursing - answer1. Emphasize primary prevention
2. Work to achieve the greatest good for the largest number of individuals
3. Recognize that the client is a partner in health
Determinants of Health - answerthe range of personal, social, economic, and
environmental factors that influence health status
Diversity - answergroups and individuals differ in relation to culture, ethnicity and race
Culture - answerthe customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial,
religious, or social group
