Community Health Nursing (CHN)

Question 1

What are the key elements of community?

Answer 1

Social organization, Ideology, Change Agents

Question 2

The overall health in
some communities may
be compromised due to
infectious diseases,
environmental hazards,
violence, poverty,
accidents and injuries.

Answer 2

Community Health

Question 3

One of the criteria that classified as Health status, Health related, and health resources

Answer 3

Nature

Question 4

One of the criteria that severity of the problem which can be measured in terms of proportion of the population affected by the problem.

Answer 4

Magnitude

Question 5

One of the criteria that probability of reducing, controlling or eradicating the problem.

Answer 5

Modifiability

Question 6

One of the criteria that have probability of controlling or reducing the effects posed by the problem

Answer 6

Preventive Potential

Question 7

One of the criteria that have perception of the community as they are affected by the problem and readiness to act on the problem

Answer 7

Social concern

Question 8

Refers to someone being unhealthy

Answer 8

Morbidity

Question 9

Refers to someone being dead

Answer 9

Mortality

Question 10

Types of Graph that shows breakdown of a group or
total where the number of categories is not
too man

Answer 10

Pie chart

Question 11

Types of Graph for comparison of absolute or relative
counts and rates between
categories

Answer 11

Bar Graphs/pictographs

Question 12

Data presentation that presented in narrative form

Answer 12

Descriptive data

Question 13

Data presentation that presented in tables and graphs to provide ease in comparing data

Answer 13

Numerical data

Question 14

graph that shows the age-sex distribution of a given population. It a graphic profile of the population’s residents. Sex is shown on the left/right
sides, age on the y-axis, and the percentage of population on the x-axis

Answer 14

Population Pyramid

Question 15

map showing the geographic location of people with a specific attribute.

Answer 15

Spot map

Question 16

a tool in determining health status

Answer 16

COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS

Question 17

a systematic approach/ study of
the health condition of a
community, involving the
collection, analysis and
interpretation of data including
statistical data

Answer 17

COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS

Question 18

The phase when the health care workers leave the community to stand-alone. This phase should be stated during the entry phase so that the people will be ready
for this phase. The organizations built should be ready to sustain the test of the community itself because the real evaluation will be done by the residents of the community itself.

Answer 18

Phase-Out

Question 19

Occur when the community organization has already been established and the community wide undertakings. At this point, the different committees set-up in the organization-building phase are already expected to be functioning by way of planning, implementing and evaluating their own programs, with the overall guidance from the community wide organization.

Answer 19

Sustenance And Strengthening Phase

Question 20

The formation of more formal structures and the
inclusion of more formal procedures of planning,
implementing, and evaluating community wide
activities.

Answer 20

Organization and Capability
Building Phase

Question 21

The initial phase of the organizing process where the
community organizer looks for communities to serve or help.

Answer 21

Pre-Entry Phase

Question 22

result of many successive and similar actions of the people. A final organizational structure is set up with elected officers and supporting members.

Answer 22

Organization

Question 23

dealing with deeper, on going concerns to look at the positive values. It gives the people time to reflect on the
reality of life compared to the ideal

Answer 23

Reflection

Question 24

the people reviewing the steps 1-7 so as to
determine whether they were successful or not in
their objectives

Answer 24

Evaluation

Question 25

actual experience of the people in confronting the powerful and the actual exercise of people power

Answer 25

Mobilization or Action

Question 26

people collectively ratify what they have already decided individually. The meeting gives the people the
collective power and confidence

Answer 26

The meeting

Question 27

going around and motivating the people on a one on
one basis to do something on the issue that has been
chosen

Answer 27

Groundwork

Question 28

CO choose one issue to work on in order to begin
organizing the people

Answer 28

Tentative Program Planning

Question 29

a systematic process of collecting, collating, analyzing data to draw a clear picture of the community

Answer 29

Social Investigation / community study

Question 30

the health care worker becomes one with the people in order to immerse himself/herself in the community and understand deeply the culture, economy, leaders, history, rhythms and life style in the community

Answer 30

Integration

Question 31

COPAR is GROUP CENTERED and not leader-centered. True or False?

Answer 31

True

Question 32

COPAR is VOLUNTARILY AND MASS-BASED. True or False?

Answer 32

False (Participatory)

Question 33

COPAR should lead to a group reliant community and society. True or False?

Answer 33

False (Self- reliant)

Question 34

COPAR should not be based on the interests of the
poorest sectors of society. True or False?

Answer 34

False ( Should be based on the interest of the poorest sectors)

Question 35

It is an important tool for community development
and people empowerment as this helps the community
workers to generate community participation in
development activities.

Answer 35

COPAR

Question 36

A social development approach
that aims to transform the
apathetic, individualistic and
voiceless poor into a dynamic,
participatory and politically
responsive community .

Answer 36

COPAR

Question 37

the process of empowering the poor and the oppressed sectors of society so that they can pursue a more just and human society and assumes that poverty is not God-given; rather, it is rooted in the historical past
and is maintained by the oppressive structures in society

Answer 37

Transformatory /Participatory Approach

Question 38

• introduces whatever resources are
  lacking in a given also considered a
  national strategy which adopts the
  western mode of technological
  development
• believes that poverty is due to lack of
  education, lack of resources and
  technology
• Referred to as the project development
  approach

Answer 38

Modernization Approach

Question 39

The immediate and/or spontaneous response to ameliorate the manifestation of poverty, especially
on the personal level and Assumes that poverty is God-given and that poverty is destined, hence the poor should accept their condition since they will receive
their just reward in heaven.

Answer 39

Welfare Approach

Question 40

the community health nursing practicum
of health care students, an integral part of
the Community Health Nursing. It is a
third level experience designed to enable
the students to apply the concepts of
primary health care (PHC) and community
organizing (CO) in a real community setup.

Answer 40

Community immersion program (CIP)

Question 41

a synthesis of nursing and public
health practice applied to the
promotion of the clients optimum
level of functioning and preserving
the health of the population.

Answer 41

Community health nursing (CHN)