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Week 9 Self-Assessment Questions (Blackboard)
Jeremiah
Terms in this set (15)
You are reviewing information about Healthy A, B, C
People 2020. Which area would you, as a
nurse, most likely find as needing public Healthy People 2020 identified three areas for public health action. These areas are
health action? (Select all that apply.) improving the conditions of daily life, addressing the inequitable distribution of
resources among people with disabilities and those without, and expanding the
a.) Improvement in the conditions of daily life knowledge base and raising awareness about determinants of health for people with
b.) Addressing inequitable distribution of disabilities. One way to achieve the latter is by expanding disability and health training
resources opportunities for public health and health care professionals. Treating acute conditions
c.) Raising awareness of health determinants vigorously is not an area addressed.
d.) Treating acute conditions vigorously
e.) Limiting the expansion of health training
opportunities
You are working with local community A
agencies to provide services for children
and adolescents with disabilities. Based on In descending order, the most common disabilities found in school-age children and
your knowledge of the most common adolescents are learning disorders; speech or language impairment; mental
disabilities affecting this group, you would retardation; serious emotional disturbances and other disabilities, such as autism; deaf-
advocate for which service in order to blindness; orthopedic problems; traumatic brain injury; and other health impairments,
address the largest group? such as asthma, diabetes, and epilepsy. Thus, advocating for special education services
would address the most common disability, learning disorders.
a.) Special education services to provide
resources to empower these individuals
b.) Speech therapy services to help children
connect with each other
c.) Mental health services to address the
mental health needs of these individuals
d.) Behavioral health services to help these
individuals behave during school
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Which statements about Healthy People B
2020 and reducing substance use and
addressing mental health needs is most Reducing substance abuse and addressing mental health needs are priorities with
accurate? Healthy People 2020. After a diagnosis is established, the intervention can address the
specific public health issue identified using the Healthy People 2020 objectives. Target
a.) The nurse must never decide on an benchmarks and data derivation for each Healthy People 2020 objective can be used
intervention that can address the specific to guide program development. Three of the top 10 health indicators within Healthy
public health issue identified in the diagnosis People 2020 relate to substance use and mental health. In addition, its goals include
using the Healthy People 2020 objectives. improving mental health through prevention and reducing substance abuse to protect
b.) It could be considered a priority as 3 of the health, safety, and quality of life for all.
the top 10 health indicators relate to
substance use and mental health.
c.) Reducing substance abuse and
addressing mental health needs are not
priority with Healthy People 2020.
d.) Determine the level of prevention.
When the community health nurse is A
examining barriers to successful behavioral
change, the nurse identifies that there are no Enabling factors include the availability of resources, the accessibility of resources,
laws in the community that prohibit smoking laws, and government support for the health behaviors or for the health program, as
in public areas, which leads to increased well as skills. Predisposing factors include the knowledge, beliefs, values, attitudes, and
smoking and increased risks to health confidence of the target population that influence their behavioral choices. Reinforcing
related to secondhand smoke. The nurse factors include the knowledge, values, beliefs, and attitudes of the family and friends of
believes that a possible solution is to the target population. These factors must be addressed as they can interfere with
advocate for a citywide ban on smoking in successful behavioral change and create barriers to behavioral change.
public locations. Which type of factor is
affecting the behavior in the community?
a.) Enabling factors
b.) Predisposing factors
c.) Reinforcing factors
d.) Unrelated factors
Which actions are involved in accessing and A, C, D
using epidemiologic data to serve
populations with mental illness? This means identifying the incidence and prevalence of mental disorders, examining the
(Select all that apply.) causes and risk factors associated with mental illness, and identifying the needs of
populations with mental illness. However, not all data are accurate.
a.) Identifying the incidence and prevalence
of mental disorders
b.) Understanding that all data are accurate
c.) Examining the causes and risk factors
associated with mental illness
d.) Identifying the needs of people with
mental disorders
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