Final Exams: NSG 440/ NSG440 (Latest 2024/ 2025
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Population Health | Qs & As| 100% Correct| Grade A
(Verified Answers)- GCU
What is Population Health? - ANSWERThe health outcomes of a group of individuals,
including the distribution of such outcomes within groups
What is Public Health ? - ANSWERThe 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? - ANSWERpromoting 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 - ANSWERprotecting 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? - ANSWERto protect and
promote the health of all people in all communities
What are the 3 categories of the 10 essential public health services? -
ANSWERassessment
policy development
assurance
What is considered a population? - ANSWERa 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 - ANSWERA 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
•Coordination of multiple interventions
•Seeks to eliminate health care disparities, increase safety, and promote effective,
equitable, ethical, and accessible care
What is health promotion? - ANSWERProvision of clinical and public health services
to address impact of health determinants on consumers for purpose of improving
and sustaining highest quality of well-being available
What does health promotion do? - ANSWER•Process of enabling people to increase
control over their health and thereby improve their health
•Reduce avoidable expense, clinical burden of disease, and unsustainable trend of
healthcare costs
What is prevention? - ANSWER•Supportive strategies and interventions aimed at the
deterrence, early detection, and minimization or cessation of disease and injury at a
population level
What are the three levels of prevention? - ANSWERPrimary
Secondary
Tertiary
What is primary prevention? - ANSWERPreventing problems before symptoms
appear
Updates STUDY BUNDLE PACKAGE WITH SOLUTIONS)
Population Health | Qs & As| 100% Correct| Grade A
(Verified Answers)- GCU
What is Population Health? - ANSWERThe health outcomes of a group of individuals,
including the distribution of such outcomes within groups
What is Public Health ? - ANSWERThe 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? - ANSWERpromoting 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 - ANSWERprotecting 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? - ANSWERto protect and
promote the health of all people in all communities
What are the 3 categories of the 10 essential public health services? -
ANSWERassessment
policy development
assurance
What is considered a population? - ANSWERa 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 - ANSWERA 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
•Coordination of multiple interventions
•Seeks to eliminate health care disparities, increase safety, and promote effective,
equitable, ethical, and accessible care
What is health promotion? - ANSWERProvision of clinical and public health services
to address impact of health determinants on consumers for purpose of improving
and sustaining highest quality of well-being available
What does health promotion do? - ANSWER•Process of enabling people to increase
control over their health and thereby improve their health
•Reduce avoidable expense, clinical burden of disease, and unsustainable trend of
healthcare costs
What is prevention? - ANSWER•Supportive strategies and interventions aimed at the
deterrence, early detection, and minimization or cessation of disease and injury at a
population level
What are the three levels of prevention? - ANSWERPrimary
Secondary
Tertiary
What is primary prevention? - ANSWERPreventing problems before symptoms
appear
