Exam 01 Flashcards
Chapters: 1, 2, 11, 17, 19, Skills Lab
population
collection of individuals who have 1+ personal/environmental characteristcs in common
community
group of people that share something in common (location, interests, values). usually several things in common
health services pyramid layers (bottom to top)
BOTTOM: population-based health care services
clinical preventive services
primary healthcare
secondary healthcare
TOP: teritary healthcare
What is true about the bottom-most layers of the health services pyramid?
The greater the effectiveness of the services in the lower tiers, the greater the capability of higher tiers to contribute efficiently to health improvement
Primary prevention
promote health and prevent development/incidence of disease
Secondary prevention
stopping progress of disease by early detection and treatment
Tertiary prevention
stopping deterioration in a patient, relapse, or disability/dependency
Three core functions of PHN + definitions
Assessment: monitor health status to ID community health problems
Policy development: community partnerships, education, policies and plans
Assurance: ensuring people have access to health services
Ten services of PHN
1) monitor health status to ID community health problems
2) diagnose and investigate health problems and hazards in the community
3) inform, educate, and empower people
4) mobilise community partnerships to ID and solve health problems
5) develop policies and plans supporting individual and community efforts
6) enforce laws/regulations protecting health
7) link people to needed health services and ensure provision of healthcare
8) ensure competent public and personal health care workforce
9) evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal/public health services
10) research for new solutions to health problems
why is PHN an area of specialisation? (5 points)
Population focused (not institutionalized)
Community oriented (connection between health status and environment)
Health and prevention focused (primary and secondary prevention)
Interventions made at community/population level
Concern for health of all members, especially vulnerable subpopulations
Who founded the first district nursing association in England?
William Rathbone
Who began nursing in warfare and founded nursing as a profession?
Florence Nightingale
Who is the Henry Street Settlement/Public Health Nursing founder?
Lillian Wald
Who founded the Red Cross in the civil war?
Clara Barton
Who was the first school nurse?
Lina Rogers
Who founded the Frontier Nursing service and what was its purporse?
Mary Breckinridge, pioneer of nurse-midwifery
What was the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s involvement in PHN?
Funded PHN d/t importance of preventive healthcare for those under their insurance
Key features of 7 eras of public health: Colonial America
based on Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601
Key features of 7 eras of public health: American Revolution
lack of organisation and enforcement of PH efforts
Key features of 7 eras of public health: Industrial Revolution
Increased urbanization, counties cared for their members
Exception: federal gov’t provided healthcare for merchant seamen and immigrants
Key features of 7 eras of public health: Mid-19th century
Increasing complexity of medical care called for skilled caregivers; Clara Barton and Florence Nightingale
Key features of 7 eras of public health: Early 20th century
National Organization for PHN established in 1912. Lina Rogers, Lillian Wald, Met Life insurance company. Concern that feds were too involved in medicine
Key features of 7 eras of public health: Later 20th century
Social security act expanded oportunities for PH, as people could reture without poverty. Switch to medical model where specific diseases were funded rather than comprehensive services. Rise of chronic illness post war as people were living longer; hospital was place of preferred care
Key features of 7 eras of public health: National Health Insurance until now
Medicaid founded, but did not cover preventive services
Healthy People Initiatives aim to promote health and prevent disease through evidence-based strategies, fostering collaboration across sectors and advancing health equity.
Affordable Care Act of 2010 expanding healthcare access for all, focus on prevention for total prevention
What was the federal government’s involvement in maritime trade and public health?
Federal government aimed to secure America’s maritime trade by providing healthcare for seamen and traders, protecting seacoast cities from epidemics via quarantine orders etc. Key for $$
What were the beginnings of school nursing?
In 1902, >20% of children were absent at any one time.
Focus was on screening children and keeping ill children out of school, not making sure they returned
Lina Rogers made home visits and surveilled children to help them recover and return to school, instructing parents on care and reducing absenteeism by 90%
Why is it important to have community partnerships?
Help collect accurate and relevant data
Investment of community members in the success of assessment and projects
Primary sources of data
collected directly through interaction with community memebrs