Ch 1 Flashcards
Vaccines
both primary care and public health services that are designed to meet the basic needs of people in communities at an affordable cost
primary care
services designed to detect and treat disease in the early acute stage
secondary prevention
services designed to limit the progression of disease or disability
tertiary prevention
Focus is on illness care of individuals and families across the life span
Community Based Nursing (CBN)
goal is to manage acute and chronic
Community based nursing
home health, hospice, clinic, school work
community based nursing practice areas
clients are usually ill, individuals and families
Community based nursing
Focus is on health care of entire communities or populations as well as health care of individuals, families and groups-promote quality of life
Community oriented Nursing
Goal is to prevent disease and preserve, protect, promote, restore, or maintain health
community oriented nursing
clients are usually at risk individuals, families, groups, populations
community oriented nursing
practice areas include specialty of public health nursing, community health nurse, govt agency
practice areas for community oriented nursing
roles include social engineer, educator, advocate, counselor, or case manager
community oriented roles
What is the primary difference between public health nursing and community based nursing?
The primary difference is that public health nurses focus on populations and health of the community versus a community-based nursing focuses on illness care of individuals and families
What is public health?
a scientific discipline that includes the study of epidemiology, statistics, and assessment-including attention to behavioral, cultural, and economic factors-as well as program planning and policy development
What is the goal of public health?
organize community efforts that will use a scientific and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health
Public health Core Functions
Assessment
policy development
assurance
systematic data collection on the population, monitoring the population’s health status, and making information available about he health of the community
- monitor health status to identify community health problems
- diagnose and investigate health problems and hazard in the community
assessment
efforts to develop policies that support the health of the population, including using a scientific knowledge base to make policy decisions
- inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
- mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
- develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
policy development
making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available: includes providing essential personal health services for individuals, as well as a competent PH workforce
- Enforce laws and regulations that protect heatlh and ensure safety
- link people to needed personal health services and ensure the provision of health care that is otherwise unavailable
- ensure a competent public health and personal health care workforce
- Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services
- research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
assurance