midterm Flashcards

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community health nurse (CHN)

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  • works with the community, not for
  • protect and enhance human dignity
  • practice with an emphasis on collaboration
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CHN roles and functions

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  • advocate
  • direct care provider
  • collaborator
  • consultant
  • counsellor
  • educator
  • facilitator
  • health promoter
  • leader
  • liaison
  • manager
  • researcher
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earliest forms of health care in Canada

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originated within practices of first peoples using traditional medicines and healing

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earliest introduction of CHN

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17th century New France provided by the Duchesse d’Aiguillon sisters

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the grey nuns

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first community nursing to understand health inequity and make contributions to
- access to health services
- food
- shelter
- education for the vulnerable

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20th century nursing sectors

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  • hospital
  • private duty
  • public health and home visiting nurses
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5 principles of the Canada health act

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  • public administration (transparent)
  • comprehensive
  • universal (available to all)
  • portable (available max 3 months after residency)
  • accessible (no user fees)
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health promotion

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protect, promote, and restore the physical and mental well-being of residents of Canada

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upstream care

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  • big picture
  • macroscopic
  • focuses on improving fundamental, social, and economic structures and decrease barriers
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downstream care

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  • focuses on individual
  • microscopic
  • focuses on providing equitable access to care and mitigate the negative impacts of disadvantages on health
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CHN nursing process

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  • assess
  • plan
  • implement/act
  • evaluate
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public health

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organized efforts of society to keep people healthy and prevent injury., illness, and premature death

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public health agency of Canada

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  • established 2004
  • mission to promote and protect the health of Canadians
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chief public health officer of Canada

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Dr. Theresa Tam (2017)

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functions of a public health nurse

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  • health promotion
  • health surveillance
  • population health assessment
  • disease and injury prevention
  • emergency preparation and response
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primordial prevention

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  • initiatives to prevent conditions that would enable a risk factor for disease
  • (ex. iodized salt for micronutrient deficiencies, adequate minimum wage)
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primary prevention

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  • impacts of specific risks are decreased with leads to a reduction in the occurrence of a disease
  • interrupts chain of causality before a physiological of psychological abnormality is identifiable
  • (ex. decreasing environmental risks, immunizing against communicable diseases)
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secondary prevention

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  • interventions aimed at identifying a disease as early as possible which reduces the prevalence of the disease by curbing duration
  • (ex. planning, implementing and evaluation early clinical detection and screening programs)
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tertiary prevention

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  • aims at reducing long term impacts of a disease by eliminating or reducing impairment
  • occurs after symptoms are present and reduces progression
  • (ex. studies show marginalized women show improved HIV care when exposed to weekly texting intervention)
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quaternary prevention

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  • identifies individuals at risk of over medicalization
  • protecting populations from new medical procedures or interventions that are untested and proposing ethically appropriate alternatives
  • (ex. those with VUS strains received mastectomy’s even though they were reclassified as benign)
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21
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theory

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provides a basis that anchors practice and research

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key aspects of nursing knowledge

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  • person
  • health
  • environment
  • nursing
  • health
  • social justice
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feminist theory

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  • encompasses perspectives committed to political and social changes that improve the lives of women
  • focuses on equity, oppression and justice
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critical social theory (habermas)

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  • used to develop practices with population groups who have been disadvantaged by social circumstances
  • challenges the status quo
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health equity

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refers to all people being able to reach their full health potential and not disadvantaged because of circumstance like
- age
- race
- ethnicity
- gender
- social class

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CHN standards

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  • health promotion
  • prevention and health protection
  • health maintenance, restoration, and palliation
  • professional relationships
  • capacity building
  • health equity
  • evidence informed practice
  • professional responsibility and accountability
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standard 1: health promotion

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integrate using Ottawa charter strategies
- build health public policy
- create supportive environments
- strengthen community actions
- develop personal skills
- reorient health services

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standard 2: prevention and health protection

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  • use socio-ecological model to integrate into practice
  • actions are implemented to minimize occurrence of disease and their consequences
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standard 3: health maintenance, restoration and palliation

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  • used to maintain maximum function, improve health, and support life transitions
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standard 4: professional relationships

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  • work with others to establish therapeutic relationships
  • optimizes participation and self determination of the client
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standard 5: capacity building

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  • partner with client to promote capacity
  • focus to recognize barriers to health and to mobilize and build existing strengths
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standard 6: health equity

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  • recognize the impacts of the determinants of health and incorporate advocation into practice
  • focus is to advance equity at an individual and societal level
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standard 7: evidence informed practice

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  • use best evidence to guide nursing practice and support clients in making informed decisions
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standard 8: professional responsibility and accountability

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  • fundamental component of autonomous practice
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primary health care (PHC)

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(1) accessibility
(2) public participation
(3) health promotion
(4) appropriate technology
(5) intersectional collaboration/cooperation

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8 guiding principles to PHC

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  • evidence about health problems and preventative techniques
  • promotion of food supply and proper nutrition
  • safe water and basic sanitation
  • maternal child and health care
  • immunizations
  • prevention and control of endemic diseases
  • provision of essential drugs
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Ottawa charter for health promotion

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  • 1986
  • presented strategies and approaches for health promotion
  • 5 key points
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population health promotion (PHP)

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process of taking action of social determinants of health that affect a populations health to create healthy change

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reportable diseases

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  • AIDS
  • chlamydia
  • gonorrhea
  • hepatitis A,B,C
  • syphilis
  • TB
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community

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group of people who live, learn, work, worship, in an environment at a given time

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community functions

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(1) space and infrastructure
(2) employment and income
(3) security, protection, and law enforcement
(4) participation, socialization, and networking
(5) links with others for capacity building

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achieving community functions through

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  • communication
  • leadership
  • decision making
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vertical communication

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to link with larger communities or high decision making powers

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horizontal communication

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enables collaboration between members, environments, and other systems

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diagonal communication

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reinforces cohesiveness of both horizontal and vertical communication lines

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formal leaders

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are elected official politicians (members of parliament, mayor)

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informal leaders

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people with prominent positions in the community (religious leaders, elders of community, celebrities)

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community as partner model

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  • assessment wheel with all components
  • core of model is the community
  • lines of resistance protect the community from threats
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epidemiologic framework/triangle

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  • examines frequency and distribution of a disease or social condition
  • host: who is affected
  • environment: where and when condition occurred
  • agent: why and how
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community capacity approaches

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  • capacity building is a process to strengthen an individual or community to implement health promotion
  • allows community to take responsibility of their own development
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community asset mapping

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  • identifies strengths and potential resources for program planning and intervention
  • evaluate assets and build community capacity
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community health promotion model

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  • goal to apply health promotion strategies to achieve collaborative community actions and to improves sustainable health outcomes
  • heavily influences by social determinants of health
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communicable diseases

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illnesses caused by specific infectious agent/toxic product that arises through transmission of that agent or its products from an infected person, animal or inanimate source to a susceptible host

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bubonic plage (black death)

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  • 14th century
  • first recorded worldwide threat from a communicable disease
  • estimated 50 million deaths
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alexander fleming

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discovered penicillin in 1928

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spanish influenza (1918)

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  • spread globally in 6 months
  • killed 21-50 million people
  • infected 500 million
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smallpox

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eradicated in 1980 due to vaccine by edward jenner (1796) and WHO education program

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tuberculosis

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public health crisis in some Indigenous communities since European settlers introduced through fur trade

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vaccines

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work by creating an immune response by stimulating the body’s immune system to make antibodies that provide infection protection

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live/attenuated vaccines

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  • contain a weakened living version of virus or bacteria so it will not cause serious disease in healthy immune systems
  • (ex. MMR, varicella)
  • contraindicated while receiving chemo or raditaion
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non live vaccines

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  • still viruses and bacteria
  • made by inactivity/killing the germ in the process
  • (ex. polio, TDAP)
  • requires multiple doses
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toxoid vaccines

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  • prevent diseases caused by bacteria that produces toxins in the body
  • toxins are weakened during vaccine production process
  • toxoids = weakened toxins
  • (ex. TDAP)
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subunit vaccines

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  • include only part of the virus/bacteria
  • side effects are less common
  • (ex. pertussis)
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conjugate vaccines

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  • fight type of bacteria and has antigens
  • connect polysaccharides to antigens and helps immune system respond
  • (ex. COVID-19 mRNA)
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community/herd immunity

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resistance of a group to invasion and spread of infectious agent

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STIs

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30 different bacterial, viral, parasitic infections transmitted through sexual or skin-to-skin contact

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reportable STIs

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  • chlamydia
  • gonorrhoea
  • syphilis
  • HIV
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enteric infections

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  • enter the body through the mouth, intestinal tract and affect the digestive system
  • seen through eating/drinking contaminated food or liquids
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food borne infections

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  • toxins released by bacteria growth in food
  • bacterial, viral or parasitic infections
  • toxins produced by harmful algal species
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water-borne pathogens

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  • enter water supplies through fecal contamination
  • appropriate filtration and chlorination help decrease diseases
  • (ex. cholera, typhoid fever)
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zoonotic diseases

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  • transmitted between animals and humans
  • humans are not needed to maintain life cycle
  • transmission: bites, inhalation, ingestion, direct contact
  • (ex. rabies, hantavirus)
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vector-borne infections

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  • caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites that living creatures carry and pass on
  • disease carriers are vectors
  • (ex. lyme disease)
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rabies

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  • fatality rate is essentially 100%
  • post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP): available after exposure consultation with public health officials
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program planning and evaluation

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  • conducting a situational analysis or community assessment
  • identifying the problems or issues of concern
  • considering possible solutions or actions to address the problem
  • selecting the best alternative
  • designing and implementing the program
  • monitoring or evaluating the program
  • analyzing and interpreting results of the monitoring and evaluation process
  • using results to make modifications to the program to inform decisions about other programs
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considerations for selecting a program framework

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(1) community health agencies may have their own standards
(2) can be funding dependent
(3) selecting a framework based on specific considerations
(4) influenced by underlying values or principles of a program

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program logic model

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  • inputs > activities > outputs > impacts > outcomes
  • helps identify gaps
  • 2 phases (CAT, SOLO)
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CAT phase

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  • components
  • activities
  • target groups
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SOLO phase

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short and long term outcomes

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intersectional theory (Kimberlé Crenshaw)

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describes how our overlapping social identities relates to social structures of racism and oppression and is a way of understanding the complexity in the world, in people and human experience

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intersectionality and health inequalities

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measure inequalities by comparing groups of people based on a single factor

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characteristics of maternal mortality in the united states

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  • no reduction in maternal mortality in the US except asian women
  • cardiovascular disease, hemorrhage, and substance use disorder are leading contributors
82
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opioid and stimulant related harm in Canada

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  • 91% increase in deaths during the pandemic
  • males accounted for majority aged 20-59
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integrating intersectional theory

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  • engage with communities that experience inequalities being studied
  • explore inequalities across time
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precede-proceed planning model

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enables the community program develop to think logically about the desired end point and work backwards to achieve the goal

85
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what does SWOT stand for

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  • strengths
  • weaknesses
  • opportunities
  • threats
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SWOT analysis

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  • identifies strengths and weaknesses
  • ensures programs have adequate resources and staff
  • determines if something is feasible
  • used for long term planning
87
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content analysis

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grouping data into categories and identifying patterns

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priority setting

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  • narrow down action possibilities
  • guiding principles; buy-in, transparency, communication
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gantt charts

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tabular format used to present the sequence and timing of activities

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multiple intervention program framework (MIP)

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  • 5 elements
  • cycle where emerging lessons and new research can continuously inform the program
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MIP element #1: identifying community health issue that is the program focus

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  • epidemiological and surveillance data
  • describe current shifting patterns of illness in population
  • identify disadvantaged population subgroups
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MIP element #2: describe socio-structural features

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  • identify factors that directly contribute/cause the problem
  • assess determinants of health
  • strength analysis can help reveal potential solutions
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MIP element #3: intervention options

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  • consider theoretically sound and effective strategies
  • need community input
  • be aware of reach, dose, and intensity of strategy
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MIP element #4: intervention impact

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  • identifying optimal set of intervention strategies for maximum impact
  • must be aware of changing policies
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MIP element #5: implementation, impact, consequences

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  • outputs, outcomes, impacts
  • expected and unexpected consequences
  • program spin offs, sustainability
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planning health promotion programs

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  • introductory workbook by public health ontario (2018)
  • 6 step process
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sex

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chromosomal makeup determined by X or Y chromosomes

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intersex

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general term for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not ft the typical definition of male of female

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why sex differences matter

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  • ensures interventions are relevant and effective
  • how we understand morbidity, morality and life expectancy
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essentialist thinking (problematic theory)

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women and men have a true essence related to sex organs, hormones and their role in reproduction

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biology as destiny

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part of essentialist thinking that suggests that women are naturally caring and emotional whereas men are assertive and emotionally distant

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gender

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the characteristics of women, men, girls, and boys that are socially constructed

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masculinity and femininity

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social constructs that have been created and reinforced by societies over time

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gender identity

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  • describes how we see ourselves as women, men, neither, or both
  • individual sense of self
  • may not confirm with assigned sex at birth
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gender stereotype theory

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suggests men are more masculine than women whereas women are more feminine

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gender norms

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ideas on how men and women should act that can restrict gender identity

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gender roles

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social and cultural expectations assigned to gender

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binary

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suggests people are either male or female and therefore are naturally masculine or feminne

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cisgender

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person whose internal gender matches their external gender identity

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non binary

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umbrella term used to include all gender identities that fall outside binary gender

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agender

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person who identifies as having no gender

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bigender

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person whose gender identity is a combination of 2 genders

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gender fluid

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person whose gender identity is not fixed. they may feel like a mix of 2 traditional genders but feel more like one at some point in time

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two spirit

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  • describes a person who embodies both masculine and feminine spirit
  • used in indigenous culture
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gender non-conforming

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person whose gender expression differs from societal norms for male and female

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transfeminine

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person who was assigned male sex at birth but who identifies with femininity

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transmasculine

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person who was assigned female sex at birth but who identifies with masculinity

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pangender

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person whose gender identity is comprised of many genders

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genderqueer

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person whose gender identity falls outside traditional binary gender structure

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traditional gender roles in canada

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  • patriarchal authority was the norm
  • strict roles in victorian era where men and women operated in operate spheres
  • during world wars roles were more elastic
  • gender role elasticity: returned to pre war norms
  • 1960s women returned and stayed in the workforce
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indigenous gender roles

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  • women responsible for household chores and gathering food
  • men responsible for hunting large game, gathering wood and figthing
  • led by Clan mothers who are responsible for ensure community welfare
  • gender is fluid
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gender inequity

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occurs when individuals are not provided with the same opportunities in society because of their gender

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leading health issues for transgender individuals

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experience discrimination in
- employment
- health care
- overt and covert violence
- loss of social support networks

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gender based lens

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way to ensure policies, programs, services, and interventions are appropriate for everyone

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misgendering

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when non-binary people are addressed using gender specific language that does not match their gender identity

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sexual orientation

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the romantic and sexual attraction towards people of one or more genders

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homosexuality

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sexual attraction towards individuals of the same gender

128
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heterosexuality

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sexual attraction to another gender

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bisexuality

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sexual attraction to more than one gender

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pansexual

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sexual attraction to all genders

131
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queer

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another label for non-heterosexual individuals that some may prefer

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social attitudes and stressors for 2SLGBTQIA+

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  • homophobia
  • biphobia
  • transphobia
  • internalized homophobia
  • heterosexism
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socioecological examination

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requires assessing the social determinants of health and reinforce the fact that some determinants are embedded in social structures that generate health inequality

134
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role of CHN for promoting 2SLGBTQIA+ health

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(1) primordial: shift social attitudes, decrease stigma, foster respect
(2) primary: creating groups for 2SLGBTQIA+ to learn stress coping techniques, focus on healthy living
(3) secondary: screen for HTN, STIs, PAPs and testicular exams using trans-sensitive language
(4) tertiary: HIV medication adherence, locating 2SLGBTQIA+ specific substance abuse tx programs
(5) quaternary: focuses on protecting clients from over-medicalization

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role of CHN and communicable diseases

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  • surveillance
  • contact tracing
  • outbreak reporting and investigation
  • prevention measures
136
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  • DTaP - IPV - Hib vaccine
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  • 2 months
  • 4 months
  • 6 months
  • 18 months
137
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Pneu-C-13 vaccine

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  • 2 months
  • 4 months
  • 1 year
138
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Rot-1 vaccine

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  • 2 months
  • 4 months
139
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Men-C-C vaccine

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  • 1 year
140
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MMR vaccine

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  • 1 year
141
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Varicella vaccine

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  • 15 months
142
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MMRV vaccine

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  • 4 years
143
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Tdap - IPV vaccine

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  • 4 years
144
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Hepatitis B vaccine

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  • grade 7
145
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Men-C-ACYW vaccine

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  • grade 7
146
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HPV-9 vaccine

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  • grade 7
147
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Tdap vaccine

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  • 14 years
  • 24 years
148
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Td vaccine

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  • every 10 years
149
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HZ vaccine (herpes zoster)

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  • 65 years
150
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Pneu-P-23 vaccine

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  • 65 years