NSG 221 Community Health Concepts With 70 Questions & Correct Answers Marian University
Population - ANSWER-group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
Public Health - ANSWER-the practice of protecting and improving the health of people in a community
primary prevention - ANSWER-Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring.
i.e. immunizations
secondary prevention - ANSWER-Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent.
i.e. screening for cervical cancer
tertiary prevention - ANSWER-actions taken to contain damage once a disease or disability has progressed beyond its early stages
i.e. teaching pt w/ diabetes how to administer insulin
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Community - ANSWER-a collection or group of locally based individuals interacting in social units and sharing common interest, characteristics, value and goals
Health People 2020 - ANSWER-National Preventive initiative that focuses on improving the health of Americans by providing a comprehensive set of diseases prevention and health promotion goals and objectives with target dates
Core Public Health Functions - ANSWER--assessment- collection, anaylsis and info sharing about risk -policy development- use of info to develope health policy and resources -assurance- availability of necessary health services i.e. agencies. enforce laws and safety
Florence Nightingale - ANSWER--Founder of modern nursing
- influence of environmental factors on health
-emphasis on sanitation
Lillian Wald - ANSWER--Establishment of public health in U.S.-House on Henry street nursing service -School nursing in New York City -National org of public health nursing President
Elizabeth Poor Laws - ANSWER-first social welfare policy implemented in colonial America, which outlined the public's responsibility for people who were poor
endemic - ANSWER-native or confined to a particular region or people
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