Certified Community Health Worker Practice Questions And Answers 100% Pass
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Community Health Nursing
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Community Health Nursing
Certified Community Health Worker
Practice Questions And Answers 100% Pass
Examples of services provided by CHWs - answeroutreach, home visits, health education, client-
centered counseling and case management.
What are the main goals of CHWs? - answerreduce persistent health inequalities in th...
Certified Community Health Worker
Practice Questions And Answers 100% Pass
Examples of services provided by CHWs - answer✔outreach, home visits, health education, client-
centered counseling and case management.
What are the main goals of CHWs? - answer✔reduce persistent health inequalities in the rates of illness,
disability and mortality among different communities.
What audiences do CHWs work with? - answer✔individual clients, families, groups and communities.
Models of care for CHWs - answer✔Member of a care delivery team
Navigator
Screening and health education provider
Outreach/enrolling/informing agent
Organizer
What does the term community health worker refer to? - answer✔The term describes both community
volunteers who work informally to improve their community's health and those who are paid for
providing their services.
What are the core CHW roles? - answer✔1. Cultural mediation between community and health and
social services
2. Informal counseling and social support
3. Providing direct services and referrals
4. Providing culturally appropriate health education
While the field of medicine focuses on the health of individual patients, the field of public health is
concerned with ______________ - answer✔populations
Prevalence - answer✔the percentage of the population with a health risk or condition
Infant mortality - answer✔the estimated number of children out of every 1000 born alive, who die
before the age of 1.
Life expectancy - answer✔the estimated number of years that people will live.
What are the social determinants of health? - answer✔Economic, Social, Political, Education
Primary Prevention - answer✔Preventing the development of a disease from occuring
Secondary Prevention - answer✔The early diagnosis and treatment of illnesses and conditions before
they become symptomatic
Tertiary Prevention - answer✔Services for those already living with symptomatic conditions to aid in
delaying further progression of disease
Child mortality - answer✔The estimated number of child who die before the age of 5 out of every
100,000 live births
Maternal mortality - answer✔the estimated number of women who die as a result of pregnancy or
childbirth per 100,000 live births
What are some health inequalities in the US - answer✔Income, Ethnicity and Health, Immigration
Status, Gender, Sexual Orientation and Gender Inequality
Morbidity - answer✔Rate of illness
Framework for Ethical Decision Making - answer✔1. Describe the Problem or Dilemma
2. Review Relevant Ethical Guidelines or Codes
3. Review Applicable Laws and Regulations
4. Seek Consultation
5. Consider Possible and Probable Courses of Action
6. Outline Possible Consequences of Decisions
7. Decide on What Appears to be the Best Course of Action
Factors that Influence Behavior Change - answer✔Individual Factors, Family and Friends, Neighborhood
and Community Factors, Societal Factors
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