Community Health Ch. 1 – Community and
Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve
Population Health (Stanhope & Lancaster)
aggregate - ANSWER ✔✨---population or defined group
assessment - ANSWER ✔✨---systemic data collection about a population. This includes monitoring
the population's health status and providing information about the health of the community
community - ANSWER ✔✨---people and the relationships that emerge among them as they
develop and use in common some agencies and institutions and a physical environment
community-based - ANSWER ✔✨---occurs outside an institution. Services are provided to
individuals and families in a comunity
community-based nursing - ANSWER ✔✨---the provision of acute care and care for chronic health
problems to individuals and families in the community
community health nursing - ANSWER ✔✨---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.
, community-oriented nursing - ANSWER ✔✨---nursing that has as its primary focus the health care
of either the community or a population of individuals, families, and groups
policy development - ANSWER ✔✨---providing leadership in developing policies that support the
health of the population
population - ANSWER ✔✨---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
population focused - ANSWER ✔✨---emphasizes populations who live in a community
population-focused practice - ANSWER ✔✨---Core of public health, a practice that emphasizes
health protection, health promotion, and disease prevention of a population.
population health - ANSWER ✔✨---goal is to organize community efforts that will use scientific
and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health
primary health care services - ANSWER ✔✨---both primary care and public health services that are
designed to meet the basic needs of people in communities at an affordable cost
public health - ANSWER ✔✨---organized community effort to prevent disease and promote the
health of the population. it links disciplines, builds on the science of epidemiology, and focuses on the
community; organized efforts designed to fulfill society's interest in ensuring conditions in which people
can be healthy. It can be what members of society do collectively to ensure conditions that support
health
public health core functions - ANSWER ✔✨---These include assessment, policy development, and
assurance.
public health mission - ANSWER ✔✨---
Prevention-Oriented Practice to Improve
Population Health (Stanhope & Lancaster)
aggregate - ANSWER ✔✨---population or defined group
assessment - ANSWER ✔✨---systemic data collection about a population. This includes monitoring
the population's health status and providing information about the health of the community
community - ANSWER ✔✨---people and the relationships that emerge among them as they
develop and use in common some agencies and institutions and a physical environment
community-based - ANSWER ✔✨---occurs outside an institution. Services are provided to
individuals and families in a comunity
community-based nursing - ANSWER ✔✨---the provision of acute care and care for chronic health
problems to individuals and families in the community
community health nursing - ANSWER ✔✨---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.
, community-oriented nursing - ANSWER ✔✨---nursing that has as its primary focus the health care
of either the community or a population of individuals, families, and groups
policy development - ANSWER ✔✨---providing leadership in developing policies that support the
health of the population
population - ANSWER ✔✨---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
population focused - ANSWER ✔✨---emphasizes populations who live in a community
population-focused practice - ANSWER ✔✨---Core of public health, a practice that emphasizes
health protection, health promotion, and disease prevention of a population.
population health - ANSWER ✔✨---goal is to organize community efforts that will use scientific
and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health
primary health care services - ANSWER ✔✨---both primary care and public health services that are
designed to meet the basic needs of people in communities at an affordable cost
public health - ANSWER ✔✨---organized community effort to prevent disease and promote the
health of the population. it links disciplines, builds on the science of epidemiology, and focuses on the
community; organized efforts designed to fulfill society's interest in ensuring conditions in which people
can be healthy. It can be what members of society do collectively to ensure conditions that support
health
public health core functions - ANSWER ✔✨---These include assessment, policy development, and
assurance.
public health mission - ANSWER ✔✨---
