ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
What is NIghtingale's Theory of Environment?
-Highlights relationship between an individual's environment and health
-Depicts health as a continuum
-Emphasizes preventive care
What is the Health Belief Model?
-Purpose is to predict or explain health behaviors
-Assumes that preventive health behaviors are taken primarily for the purpose of
avoiding disease
-Emphasizes change at the individual level
What is Milio's Framework for Prevention?
-Complements the health belief model
-Emphasizes change at the community level
-Identifies relationship between health deficits and availability of health promoting
resources
-Theorizes that behavior changes within a large number of people can ultimately lead to
social change
What is community based nursing?
Focus of care is on individuals and families. Nursing activities: management of acute
and chronic conditions in settings where individuals, families, and groups live, work and
attend
What is community oriented nursing?
Focus of care is on at risk individuals, families and groups, and the community in
general. Nursing activities: determining health needs of a community, and intervening at
the individual, family, and group level to improve the collective health of the community
What is the incidence rate calcuation?
, # of new cases in the population at a specific time divided by population total x 1000=
_____per 1000
What is the prevalence rate calculation?
# of existing cases in the population at a specific time divided by population total x
1000= ______per 1000
What is the crude mortality rate calculation?
# of deaths divided by population total x 1000= _____per 1000
What is the infant mortality rate calculation?
# of infant deaths before 1 year of age in a year divided by the #s of live births in the
same year x 1000= _____ per 1000
What is the attack rate calculation?
# of people exposed to a specific agent who develop the disease divided by the total #
of people exposed
Steps to development of a community health education plan
1. identify population specific learning needs
2. consider population specific concerns and effect of health needs on the population to
determine the priority learning need
3. select aspects of learning theories to use in the educational program based on the
identified learning need
4. identify barriers to learning and learning styles
5. Design the educational program
6. implement the education program
7. evaluate the achievement of learning objectives and the effectiveness of instruction
What is primary prevention?
Prevention of the initial occurrence of disease or injury. Examples include nutrition
education, family planning, sex ed, immunizations
What is secondary prevention?
Early detection and treatment of disease with the goal of limiting severity and adverse
effects. Examples include screenings, community assessments, disease surveillance
What is tertiary prevention?
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
What is NIghtingale's Theory of Environment?
-Highlights relationship between an individual's environment and health
-Depicts health as a continuum
-Emphasizes preventive care
What is the Health Belief Model?
-Purpose is to predict or explain health behaviors
-Assumes that preventive health behaviors are taken primarily for the purpose of
avoiding disease
-Emphasizes change at the individual level
What is Milio's Framework for Prevention?
-Complements the health belief model
-Emphasizes change at the community level
-Identifies relationship between health deficits and availability of health promoting
resources
-Theorizes that behavior changes within a large number of people can ultimately lead to
social change
What is community based nursing?
Focus of care is on individuals and families. Nursing activities: management of acute
and chronic conditions in settings where individuals, families, and groups live, work and
attend
What is community oriented nursing?
Focus of care is on at risk individuals, families and groups, and the community in
general. Nursing activities: determining health needs of a community, and intervening at
the individual, family, and group level to improve the collective health of the community
What is the incidence rate calcuation?
, # of new cases in the population at a specific time divided by population total x 1000=
_____per 1000
What is the prevalence rate calculation?
# of existing cases in the population at a specific time divided by population total x
1000= ______per 1000
What is the crude mortality rate calculation?
# of deaths divided by population total x 1000= _____per 1000
What is the infant mortality rate calculation?
# of infant deaths before 1 year of age in a year divided by the #s of live births in the
same year x 1000= _____ per 1000
What is the attack rate calculation?
# of people exposed to a specific agent who develop the disease divided by the total #
of people exposed
Steps to development of a community health education plan
1. identify population specific learning needs
2. consider population specific concerns and effect of health needs on the population to
determine the priority learning need
3. select aspects of learning theories to use in the educational program based on the
identified learning need
4. identify barriers to learning and learning styles
5. Design the educational program
6. implement the education program
7. evaluate the achievement of learning objectives and the effectiveness of instruction
What is primary prevention?
Prevention of the initial occurrence of disease or injury. Examples include nutrition
education, family planning, sex ed, immunizations
What is secondary prevention?
Early detection and treatment of disease with the goal of limiting severity and adverse
effects. Examples include screenings, community assessments, disease surveillance
What is tertiary prevention?
