Community Health Flashcards
Type of nursing care that is considered the last piece of the puzzle
Community health
What is the difference between community health vs public health?
Community health is the idea of helping a group by following trends or individual by going out in the community itself.
Public health is more government based.
An example of a community health issue such as asthma?
Asthma can be related to the air quality out in the community
How is an individuals behavior an factor in community health?
It takes effort from everyone to improve the community but we also have different types of personalities as well. And individuality is important.
- Leaders, doers, idea makers, followers
How can social/cultural factor influence community health?
Beliefs, traditions, religion are all influencers.
Economy & politics.
Prejudices & socioeconomic status
How can organizational factors influence the community health?
It really comes down to whether an organization is more public or private (taxes).
But need to keep in mind organization within the community is good.
How can the physical factors of the area affect community health?
Need to consider how developed the area is, the community size, the environment, and geography.
Why is it important to take all factors of the area into consideration when working with community health?
It helps you provide a more complete care.
Example of a tracking method that can help keep track of health
Report card rt Unite Health Foundation
Base off a map
Data concerning health issues has how long of a lab time?
2 years
Can public health affect the community though?
yes duh
What is infant mortality like in US?
High but it has dropped
How has life expectancy changed?
Life expectancy is a lot longer now
Does our population generally have a decent control on disease outbreaks ?
Usually. covid being the exception lol
Can you define public health?
When we as a society try to control conditions that affect everyone’s health in society’s best interest
Very broad scope care working to prevent disease, prolong life, and promote health
Type of health that involved an individual’s actions and decisions which affect their health or those around them
Personal Health
Type of health where the health of concern is the general health of a population or community
Community health -
but it can involve individual care too.
What does medical care focus on?
What about public health?
One person really for medical care
Public health looks at more. We identify issues & provide prevention strategies.
What do we use to justify certain redefining of the community standards
It can often come down to when we no longer feel as though something is tolerable.
Ex:
seat belts, car seats, no smoking in restaurants.. etc.
How did drunk driving become outlawed?
A group of mothers brought awareness to the big issue & made it happen.
Federal systems
HHS or health and human services, CDC, NIH, FDA - drugs, EPA - environment
State system
KDHE - ks department of health and environment
Local systems
Sedgwick County
City of Wichita
Primary prevention
First step in trying to deter people from participating in harmful activities that effects their health - keep the issue from ever occurring.
Example: Try to get kids to wear helmets.
Secondary prevention
Go looking for any current problem in order to treat it and prevent it from getting worse.
We definitely want to try to detect the issues as early as possible to prevent more issues!
Ex: mammograms for breast cancer; it prevents health problems
Tertiary prevention
Help someone deal with on going issues of a condition to reduce extent and severity
Ex: Chemo, MOW
Common principle of public health when deciding whether or not something should be re-defined?
Is it the “greatest good for the greatest amount of people”.
This is where people will have conflicts.
Is a common theme in public health equity or more everyone for themselves?
More equity
What should interventions be based off of?
Scientific principles
T/F
Public health can be political in nature
true due to it always expanding and it linking with the government
T/F
Public health is tied to social justice
True.
Apart of social justice is equity.
Core functions of PH that are involved in the nursing process?
We do an *assessment to gain information and insight.
- Policy development w a nursing diagnosis of the issue & implementation of strategies.
- Assurance to make sure something is ongoing and doing as expected which can also include implementation and evaluation.
How are nursing surveys imporant?
By asking nurses their experience with certain things, the community was able to figure out a big problem.
Ex: hormones causing cardiac issues
Are there laws that can enforce forced treatment?
Yes. It is done to protect health.
Ex: Those with TB must accept treatment
Who is responsible for informing and educating people about public health issues?
Community health
Is it easy to eliminate health disparities?
No it is a challenge that community health faces
Is the goal to live longer period?
No, it needs to be healthier therefore quality is important
Can the environment have a control over public health?
Yes it can and it is a challenge that we face as a society
Can we control bioterrorism and war?
No, there will always be someone who wants power but we need to try to work through it as best as possible. Definitely a challenge as well.
