Week 5 Flashcards
What are key public health concepts?
social justice, population health, epidemiology, health promotion and prevention, ethics, commitment to community and health equity
What are key community health nurse concepts?
health equity, determinants of health, capacity building, a strengths-based approach, caring, cultural safety, and collaboration
What is the basic understanding of Complexity science theory?
a way to study systems that are made up of different parts that interact and create new properties
What is the basic understanding of Social ecological theory?
how people and their environments interact and how they influence each other
in health: used to understand how physical and social conditions affect people’s well-being
What is the basic understanding of critical social theory?
Social structures and power dynamics
it is used in nursing inquiry, theory, and practice to critique ideologies and assumptions
What is the basic understanding of critical race theory?
Recognizes ways that institutions, systems and policies are designed to perpetuate, reinforce, and sustain risk exposure for racialized people
Identifies unequal and differential access to opportunities and resources for some groups
What is a basic understanding of feminist theory?
a set of ideas that seeks to understand and address gender inequality. It’s a movement that aims to create a better society for everyone, free of sexism and oppression
not just support of woman gender
What is a basic understanding of Intersectionality theory?
has the potential to transform how health equity issues are identified, examined and addressed
Considers multiple oppressive forces at play
Focuses on the ways systems of power and oppression are interwoven
Affects all levels of CHN and all 8 CHNC standards of practice
Examines influence of power on an individual who has their own history, belongs to many social categories in the context of their surroundings
Helps to support everyone to reach full potential and remove barriers to health and well-being like poverty and inadequate housing
It is different than other theories because it pays attention to workings of power, privilege and oppression in shaping daily life
