Population Health Flashcards
The lifespan wellness & disease experiences of aggregate groups of people (local, state, national or international geographic regions) or populations with common characteristics
Population health
Population health vs. Public Health
Population health is about what a system is doing for their community & Public health is about what we’re doing as a society.
Who was the 1st public health nurse
Lillian Wald
Lillian Wald founded the ______ ______ ______ House & initiated the 1st ________ health nursing program
Henry Street Settlement
Public
Who was the founder of modern nursing that trained nurses during the Crimean War
Florence Nightingale aka Kaitlyn’s fave
Employment, housing, education, safety, zip codes provider availability are examples of
Upstream Determinants of health= Social Determinants of health
Public health is NOT the same as population health. Population health tends to be more concerned with _____
outcomes
Which statement about the Intervention Wheel is true?
a. It provides a graphic illustration of population-based public health practice.
b. It describes in detail the components of public health nursing.
c. It demonstrates the practice of community health nurses for policy and lawmakers.
d. It is a framework used by all health departments in the United States.
ANS: A
The Intervention Wheel provides a graphic illustration that gives public health nurses a means to describe the full scope and breadth of their practice.
What is the purpose of the color-coded wedges on the Intervention Wheel?
a. The interventions are grouped together in related wedges.
b. The wedges consist of referral information for each wedge.
c. The element of health teaching is the predominant feature of each wedge.
d. Coalition building must be implemented with each wedge.
ANS: A
Each wedge consists of related interventions. The other answers describe some of the individual wedges.
The levels of practice encompassed by the Intervention Wheel are:
a. Communities, individuals and families, and systems
b. Assessment, diagnosis, and evaluation
c. Primary, secondary, and tertiary
d. Communities, populations, and aggregates
ANS: A
Communities, individuals and families, and systems are the three levels of public health nursing practice.
Which level of the Intervention Wheel locates individuals and families with identified risk factors and connects them with resources
Case finding
Which level of Intervention Wheel describes and monitors health events through ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data for the purpose of planning, implementing, and evaluating public health interventions.
Survelliance
Which level of the intervention wheel systematically gathers and analyzes data regarding threats to the health of populations, ascertains the source of the threat, identifies cases and others at risk, and determines control measures.
Disease &other health event investigations
Which (LOP) Wheel locates populations of interest or populations at risk and provides information about the nature of the concern, what can be done about it, and how services can be obtained.
Outreach
Which (LOP) Wheel identifies individuals with unrecognized health risk factors or asymptomatic disease conditions in populations.
Screenings