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describes |and |monitors |health |events |through |ongoing |and |systematic |collection,
|analysis, |and |interpretation |of |health |data |for |the |purpose |of |planning, |implementing,
|and |evaluating |public |health |interventions.
A. Screening
B. Disease |investigation
C. Outreach
D. Surveillance |- |ANSWERD. |Surveillance
systematically |gathers |and |analyzes |data |regarding |threats |to |the |health |of
|populations |and |ascertains |the |source |of |the |threat, |identifies |cases |and |others |at |risk,
|and |determines |control |measures.
A. Screening
B. Disease |investigation
C. Outreach
D. Surveillance |- |ANSWERB. |Disease |investigation
locates |populations |of |interest |or |populations |at |risk |and |provides |information |about
the |nature |of |the |concern, |what |can |be |done |about |it, |and |how |services |can |be |obtained.
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A. Screening
B. Disease |investigation
C. Outreach
D. Surveillance |- |ANSWERC. |Outreach
identifies |individuals |with |unrecognized |health |risk |factors |or |asymptomatic |disease
|conditions |in |populations.
A. Screening
B. Disease |investigation
C. Outreach
D. Surveillance |- |ANSWERA. |Screening
locates |individuals |and |families |with |identified |risk |factors |and |connects |them |with
|resources.
A. Surveillance
B. Screening
C. Outreach
D. Case-finding |- |ANSWERD. |Case-finding
, represents |direct |care |tasks |a |registered |professional |nurse |carries |out |under |the
|authority |of |a |health |care |practitioner |as |allowed |by |law. |Delegated |functioned |also
|include |any |direct |care |tasks |a |registered |professional |nurse |entrusts |to |other
|appropriate |personnel |to |perform.
A. Health |teaching
B. Counseling
C. Consultation
D. Delegated |functions |- |ANSWERD. |Delegated |functions
communicates |facts, |ideas, |and |skills |that |change |knowledge, |attitudes, |values,
beliefs, |behaviors, |and |practices |of |individuals, |families, |systems, |and/or |communities.
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A. Health |teaching
B. Counseling
C. Consultation
D. Delegated |functions |- |ANSWERA. |Health |teaching
| | establishes |an |interpersonal |relationship |with |a |community, |a |system, |family, |or
|individual |intended |to |increase |or |enhance |their |capacity |for |self-care |and |coping. |It
|engages |the |community, |a |system, |family, |or |individual |at |an |emotional |level.
A. Health |teaching
B. Counseling
C. Consultation
D. Delegated |functions |- |ANSWERB. |Counseling
seeks |information |and |generates |optional |solutions |to |perceived |problems |or |issues
|through |interactive |problem |solving |with |a |community, |system, |family, |or |individual. |The
|community, |system, |family, |or |individual |selects |and |acts |on |the |option |best |meeting |the
|circumstances.
A. Health |teaching
B. Counseling
C. Consultation
D. Delegated |functions |- |ANSWERC. |Consultation
commits |two |or |more |persons |or |organizations |to |achieve |a |common |goal |through
enhancing |the |capacity |of |one |or |more |of |the |members |to |promote |and |protect |health.
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A. Consultation
B. Collaboration
C. Advocacy
D. Counseling |- |ANSWERB. |Collaboration
promotes |and |develops |alliances |among |organizations |or |constituencies |for |a
|common |purpose. |It |builds |linkages, |solves |problems, |and/or |enhances |local |leadership
|to |address |health |concerns.
A. Collaboration
B. Community |organizing
,C. Coalition |building
D. Policy |development |- |ANSWERC. |Coalition |building
helps |community |groups |to |identify |common |problems |or |goals, |mobilize |resources,
and |develop |and |implement |strategies |for |reaching |the |goals |they |collectively |have |set.
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A. Coalition |building
B. Social |marketing
C. Policy |development
D. Community |organizing |- |ANSWERD. |Community |organizing
pleads |someone's |cause |or |act |on |someone's |behalf, |with |a |focus |on |developing
|the |community, |system, |individual, |or |family's |capacity |to |plead |their |own |cause |or |act
|on |their |own |behalf.
A. Consultation
B. Community |organizing
C. Advocacy
D. Policy |enforcement |- |ANSWERC. |Advocacy
utilizes |commercial |marketing |principles |and |technologies |for |programs |designed |to
|influence |the |knowledge, |attitudes, |values, |beliefs, |behaviors, |and |practices |of |the
|population |of |interest.
A. Social |marketing
B. Policy |development
C. Coalition |building
D. Policy |enforcement |- |ANSWERA. |Social |marketing
| | places |health |issues |on |decision |makers' |agendas, |acquires |a |plan |of |resolution,
|determines |resources |needed, |and |results |in |laws, |rules |and |regulations, |ordinances,
|and |policies.
A. Collaboration
B. Coalition |building
C. Policy |development
D. Social |marketing |- |ANSWERC. |Policy |development
compels |others |to |comply |with |the |laws, |rules, |regulations, |ordinances, |and |policies
created |in |conjunction |with |policy |development.
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A. Policy |development
B. Coalition |building
C. Advocacy
D. Policy |enforcement |- |ANSWERD. |Policy |enforcement
level |of |intervention |changes |community |norms, |attitudes, |awareness, |practices,
and |behaviors.
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A. Community
B. Individual/family
C. Systems |- |ANSWERA. |Community
, level |of |intervention |changes |knowledge, |attitudes, |beliefs, |practices, |and |behaviors
of |individuals.
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A. Community
B. Individual/family
C. Systems |- |ANSWERB. |Individual/family
level |of |intervention |changes |organizations, |policies, |laws, |and |power |structures
|within |communities.
A. Community
B. Individual/family
C. Systems |- |ANSWERC. |Systems
Parents |of |non-imminized |school-aged |children |are |talked |to |by |the |school |nurse |about
|the |importance |of |immunizing |their |children. |This |is |an |example |of level |of |practice.
A. Community
B. Individual/family
C. Systems |- |ANSWERB. |Individual/family
A |PTA |meeting |is |held |to |discuss |the |importance |of |immunizing |children |and |the
|potential |effects |of |not |immunizing |children. |This |is |an |example |of level |of |practice.
A. Community
B. Individual/family
C. Systems |- |ANSWERA. |Community
A |school |news |letter |is |sent |out |to |all |parents |of |the |children |in |an |elementary |school |to
|address |the |importance |of |immunizing |their |children. |This |is |an |example |of | | level |of
|practice.
A. Community
B. Individual/family
C. Systems |- |ANSWERA. |Community
A |public |service |announcement |is |made |about |conserving |water |during |a |drought. |This |is
|an |example |of level |of |practice.
A. Community
B. Individual/family
C. Systems |- |ANSWERA. |Community
The |state |and |county |health |departments |become |involved |in |promoting |health |by
|recommending |that |parents |of |school-aged |children |immunize |them |before |the |school
|year |begins. |This |is |an |example |of level |of |practice.
A. Community
B. Individual/family
C. Systems |- |ANSWERC. |Systems