COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 5TH
EDITION 2026 TEST BANK FULL QUESTIONS
AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ What is Public Health? Answer: The science and art of preventing
disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized
efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and
private, communities, and individuals
◉ What is public health centered on? Answer: promoting healthy
lifestyles through health education, protecting against
environmental hazards, controlling infectious diseases, preparing
for and responding to disasters, and promoting healthcare equity,
quality, and accessibility
◉ What is public health focused on? Give examples Answer:
protecting the health of entire populations, from the community
level up to the global level
-sanitizing water
-ensuring motor vehicle saftey
-controlling infectious disease
,-access to family planning
-preventing chronic disease
◉ The 10 essential public health services are for what? Answer: to
protect and promote the health of all people in all communities
◉ What are the 3 categories of the 10 essential public health
services? Answer: assessment
policy development
assurance
◉ What is considered a population? Answer: a group of individuals
who you are assessing their health
◉ What is population health? Answer: -concerned with health of
community or whole
-preventing disease, prolonging life, promoting health through
organized efforts to prevent injury, illness and premature death
-efforts undertaken through programs, services and policies
-what we as a society do collectively to assure the conditions in
which people can be healthy
◉ What is public health? Answer: •Focus on understanding factors
that influence the health of populations over lifetimes
, •Measures patterns of occurrences of problems and implements
policies for overall health and well being of society as a whole entity
•Goal to improve health and reduce health inequities between
populations
•An opportunity for healthcare systems and organizations to work
together in order to improve the health of the communities they
serve
◉ Define population health Answer: A healthcare delivery approach
that addresses the underuse and overuse of healthcare resources,
seeking increased clinical quality at optimal expense via:
•Patient-centered care
•A responsible primary care provider
•Patient-centered medical home
•Assessment of health determinants
•Clinical, public health, and community integration
•Evidence-based guidelines
•Appropriate health education that promotes self-care
•Health information technology