NUR 426 EXAM 3 COMMUNITY
HEALTH
Primary prevention - answer Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring.
AKA: Immunizations
secondary prevention - answer-focuses on early identification of individuals or
communities experiencing illness, screenings!!
tertiary prevention - answer Actions, such as immediate and effective medical
treatment, that are taken after an adverse event (such as illness, injury, or abuse)
occurs and that are aimed at reducing the harm or preventing disability.
universal interventions - answer Interventions that are applicable to the WHOLE
population
Selected interventions - answer Aimed at a subset of the population that has an
INCREASED LEVEL of risk for developing the disease
Indicated intervention - answerProvided to population with a HIGH probability of
developing disease
agent/pathogen - answerRefers to the infectious organism that causes the disease such
as a virus or bacteria
Host - answerHuman, who is at risk for disease because of the exposure to the agent
environment - answerThe conditions external to the host and the agent associated with
the transmission of the agent
How to stop disease transmission - answerAvoidance, resistance, tolerance.
washing hands, cleaning surfaces, washing food
Why is this a valuable model? - answerSo people know where to break the chain of
infection and reduce susceptibility of the host
What are environmental risk factors? - answerContaminants found in the air, home,
water supply, and ground
What are behavioral risk factors? - answerThings we do or consume, (secondhand
smoke, alcohol use, exercise, or eating nutritious foods)
HEALTH
Primary prevention - answer Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring.
AKA: Immunizations
secondary prevention - answer-focuses on early identification of individuals or
communities experiencing illness, screenings!!
tertiary prevention - answer Actions, such as immediate and effective medical
treatment, that are taken after an adverse event (such as illness, injury, or abuse)
occurs and that are aimed at reducing the harm or preventing disability.
universal interventions - answer Interventions that are applicable to the WHOLE
population
Selected interventions - answer Aimed at a subset of the population that has an
INCREASED LEVEL of risk for developing the disease
Indicated intervention - answerProvided to population with a HIGH probability of
developing disease
agent/pathogen - answerRefers to the infectious organism that causes the disease such
as a virus or bacteria
Host - answerHuman, who is at risk for disease because of the exposure to the agent
environment - answerThe conditions external to the host and the agent associated with
the transmission of the agent
How to stop disease transmission - answerAvoidance, resistance, tolerance.
washing hands, cleaning surfaces, washing food
Why is this a valuable model? - answerSo people know where to break the chain of
infection and reduce susceptibility of the host
What are environmental risk factors? - answerContaminants found in the air, home,
water supply, and ground
What are behavioral risk factors? - answerThings we do or consume, (secondhand
smoke, alcohol use, exercise, or eating nutritious foods)
