Lesson 1

Question 1

Public health Ps

Answer 1

Protection, Prevention, Promotion

Question 2

Essential Public health services

Answer 2

Monitor, diagnose and investigate, inform educate and empower, mobilize community partnerships, develop policies and plans.
- enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
- link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
- Assure 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

Question 3

Community and public health nursing practice

Answer 3

Nurses practice disease prevention and health promotion. practice is collaborative. practice is based on research and theory. applies the nursing process to the care of. individuals. families. aggregates. the community.

Question 4

community/public health nursing

Answer 4

The synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice. goal is to preserve the health of community and surrounding populations by focusing on health promotion and health Maintenace of individuals, families, and group within the community. Thus, community/public health nursing is associated with health and the identification of populations at risk rather than with an episodic response to patient demand.

Question 5

Community oriented

Answer 5

specialty is focused on the care of the individual. family and the community (ex-public health nursing)

Question 5

Community based

Answer 5

Within the community. Provides acute/chronic care to individuals or families in the community.

Question 6

Level 3 tertiary

Answer 6

Correction and prevention of deterioration of a disease state (teaching insulin administration at home)

Question 7

Level 2 secondary

Answer 7

early detection and intervention (screenings for STIs)

Question 8

community health

Answer 8

extends realm of public health to include organized health efforts at the community level through both government and private efforts.

Question 9

public health

Answer 9

art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life and prompting health through organized community efforts to benefits each citizen. Mission is social justice, which entitles all people to basic necessities such as adequate income and health protection and accepts collective burdens to make it possible. Connotes organized, legislated, and tax-supported efforts that serve all people through health departments or related governmental agencies.

Question 10

global health

Question 11

Levels of prevention

Answer 11

Primary (prevention), Secondary (screening), tertiary (treating)

Question 12

Level 1 primary

Answer 12

Prevention of problems before they occur (immunization)

Question 13

health

Answer 13

a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

Question 14

determinants of health

Answer 14

physical environment, social environment, health services, individual behavior, biology and genetics.

Question 15

Healthy people 2030 goals

Answer 15

• attain healthy, thriving lives, and weel-being free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
• eliminate health disparities, acheive health equity, and attain health literacy to improve the health and well-being of all.
• create social, pysical, and economic enviornments that promorte attaining the full potential for health and well-being for all.
• promote healthy development, healthy beahviors

Question 16

What is the definition of health

Answer 16

A state of complete well-being, physical, mentally and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. health is influenced by more than just biological factors. public health nurses empower individuals and communities to live healthier lives.

Question 17

Present stage

Answer 17

Infectious disease prevalent among low-income populations, and some ethnic minority groups in the west. Common risk factors contribute to chronic health conditions such as changes in diet, environment alterations, and occupational hazards. Rise in population and greater population density increase mental and behavioral disorders.

Question 18

Endemic

Answer 18

Diseases that are always present in a population (ex-colds and pneumonia)

Question 19

Epidemic

Answer 19

Diseases that are not always present in a population but flare up on occasion (ex-diphtheria and measles).

Question 20

Pandemic

Answer 20

The existence of a disease in a large proportion of the population– a global epidemic (ex-HIV, AIDS, and annual outbreaks of influenza A)

Question 21

Upstream approach

Answer 21

focused on prevention and health promotion

Question 22

Downstream approach

Answer 22

focuses on treating or managing illness after it has occurred.

Question 23

Primary = prevention

Answer 23

Prevention of problems before they occur (ex. immunizations)

Question 24

Secondary = Screening

Answer 24

Early detection and intervention (screening for STDs)

Question 25

Tertiary = Treating

Answer 25

Correction and prevention of deterioration of a disease or state

Question 26

Healthy people 2030 leading health indicators

Answer 26

Access to health services, clinical preventative services, environmental quality, injury and violence, maternal infant and child health, mental health, nutrition physical activity and obesity, oral health, reproductive and sexual health, social determinants, substance abuse, Tabacco use.

Question 27

Aggregate

Answer 27

Population

Question 28

Aggregate impact on health

Answer 28

Growing population, increased population density, imbalanced human ecology, results in changes3 in cultural adaption