Public Health 3 components - assessment (needs) assurance (resources) policy
(intervention) PH is prevention and promotion of population health at the - federal and
state level A public service announcement is an example of - nursing intervention
Community health focuses on which type of issu...
Community Nursing Exam 2024
Public Health 3 components - assessment (needs) assurance (resources) policy
(intervention) PH is prevention and promotion of population health at the - federal and
state level A public service announcement is an example of - nursing intervention
Community health focuses on which type of issues - sociocultural issues example: food
bank at local church (serves health and social needs at the community level and is
privately funded) Four important aspects of community - people place interactions
commonalities Population vs. Aggregate - Population- group of people with common
personal or environmental characteristics ALL elders in a community Aggregate- subgroup
of people within a population PREGNANT teenagers within a school district Goals of
Healthy People 2020 - Focus on achieving health among community 20% smoking 50%
premature death What are leading health indicators that help keep track of progress
towards meeting Healthy People 2020 goals - life expectancy, infant mortality, age-
adjusted death rates, and cancer incidence rates Determinants of health - biology
behavior social environment physical environment (what is experienced by the senses)
policies and interventions Health Promotion - activities directed towards improving the
well0being and reaching the best health potential. Health education, groups, community
outreaches Health Protection - intent First visiting nurse - Francis Root The Henry Street
Settlement was a model comprehensive health care center that provided many services,
including - home visits to mothers and children, support services for immigrants, the first
school health and industrial health programs, and many other services Stage 1 NPD -
exposure host and environment influence vulnerability Stage 2 NPD - exposure invasion of
causative agent Stage 3 NPD - pre-clinical stage pathological changes asymptomatic
Stage 4 NPD - Culmination Disease and condition established Who was involved in the
Henry Street Settlement - Lilian Wald and Mary Brewster Upstream thinking - actions focus
on modifying economic, political, and environmental factors which are precursors to poor
health Political and economic interventions are the most effective way to address - public
determinants of health Nursing Theory improves community nursing by - guiding data
collection help interpret data easier to diagnose problems Upstream thinking is - A
conceptual model to assist the nurse in community health planning. Helps to focus the
time, energy, and programmatic resources available to community health nursing clients.
Focuses the nurse on long-term, "bigger picture" issues related to community health
practice, such as social justice or power. Orem's self-care deficit theory is based on -
individual self-care needs and explains the level of nursing interventions required to assist
clients to obtain optimal health The health belief model (HBM) evolved from the premise
that - the world of the perceiver determines action Milio's framework for prevention (1976)
provides a complement to the HBM - and a mechanism for directing attention upstream
and examining opportunities for nursing intervention at the population level Critical social
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