NURS 2000 Final Exam Questions and
All Correct Answers.
What is the purpose of theory? - Answer describe, explain, and predict phenomena
What is population health level? - Answer looks at how something effects and contributes to
a population of people (anti-smoking campaigns, flue shot, etc)
Describe the Behavioral approach to health promotion. - Answer - focusses on the actions
and behaviors of the individual and how different social determinants and behaviors impact
their health and health promotion
- socio-economic status is seen to have a large impact on health promotion and overall health of
individuals
- FOCUSSES ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR ABILITY TO CHANGE
What is the Dalhgren- Whitehead Model? - Answer - looks of the layers of influence on
health and describes that in order to make a change to health you must include all of these
levels
- looks at relationships between individuals, their environments (including the SDH) and health
What does health policy usually focus on in reference to finding health inequities? - Answer -
Economics (trying to look at policy to support food security, who is having troubles with it and
how can we look at the economics and societal pieces to make inequities less so people can buy
healthy food)
- Social Politics (guidelines, policies, etc. That affect living conditions conductive to human
welfare
- Politics
What five things usually influence public policy? - Answer - political parties (get members
elected)
- interest groups (pressure legislators to pass laws)
- lobbyists (pressure and inform members of Congress and other elected officials)
- media (provide info and watch over the government)
- public opinion (influence elected leaders)
What are the things we need to look at when developing a healthy public policy? - Answer -
looking at who the policy is aimed at, who are trying to influence, who are we trying to protect
- what the outcomes are that we are looking at, what the policy can and cannot do/cover, what
is the mandate we are trying to meet
, - how are you going to carry out this policy, how is this going to work into a procedure or
program
What are the 8 steps to policy development? - Answer 1) describe the problem
2) assess readiness for policy development
3) develop goals, objectives and policy options
4) identify decision makers and influencers
5) build support for the policy
6) draft and revise the policy
7) implement the policy
8) evaluate and monitor the policy
What is public health advocacy? - Answer Intended to reduce death or disability in groups of
people (public health focuses on health of a population, advocacy helps go toward that goal)
- the application of information and resources to affect systemic changes that shapes the way
people in the community live
- includes creating and maintaining effective coalitions/groups of people in like mind to work
towards a common goal
- strategic use of media
- application of info and resources
What is the Population Health Promotion Model? - Answer - a broad model explaining the
connections between health and different aspects of individuals environments (the cube model
and the lower levels) to help create a health promotion plan
- goes from bottom of the pyramid to the top in planning
- starting from bottom; looks at your own values and assumptions (bottom), research, learning
and evaluation of the topic (second), then shows the process of evidence-based decision
making based on what you learned about the topic (third), looks at the social determinants of
health to see what will be most important (middle section), then finally looks at who the target
audience will be (top)
What is the Health Care Provider and Community System Transformation? - Answer - helps
focus on power relations and oppression
- looks at the injustices of the community and responds
- encourages the switch from the individual as the patient to the community as a whole being
the impacted patient
- nurses are resources to the community and policy makers
Who was Egerton Ryerson? - Answer - was the head of education in Upper Canada
All Correct Answers.
What is the purpose of theory? - Answer describe, explain, and predict phenomena
What is population health level? - Answer looks at how something effects and contributes to
a population of people (anti-smoking campaigns, flue shot, etc)
Describe the Behavioral approach to health promotion. - Answer - focusses on the actions
and behaviors of the individual and how different social determinants and behaviors impact
their health and health promotion
- socio-economic status is seen to have a large impact on health promotion and overall health of
individuals
- FOCUSSES ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR ABILITY TO CHANGE
What is the Dalhgren- Whitehead Model? - Answer - looks of the layers of influence on
health and describes that in order to make a change to health you must include all of these
levels
- looks at relationships between individuals, their environments (including the SDH) and health
What does health policy usually focus on in reference to finding health inequities? - Answer -
Economics (trying to look at policy to support food security, who is having troubles with it and
how can we look at the economics and societal pieces to make inequities less so people can buy
healthy food)
- Social Politics (guidelines, policies, etc. That affect living conditions conductive to human
welfare
- Politics
What five things usually influence public policy? - Answer - political parties (get members
elected)
- interest groups (pressure legislators to pass laws)
- lobbyists (pressure and inform members of Congress and other elected officials)
- media (provide info and watch over the government)
- public opinion (influence elected leaders)
What are the things we need to look at when developing a healthy public policy? - Answer -
looking at who the policy is aimed at, who are trying to influence, who are we trying to protect
- what the outcomes are that we are looking at, what the policy can and cannot do/cover, what
is the mandate we are trying to meet
, - how are you going to carry out this policy, how is this going to work into a procedure or
program
What are the 8 steps to policy development? - Answer 1) describe the problem
2) assess readiness for policy development
3) develop goals, objectives and policy options
4) identify decision makers and influencers
5) build support for the policy
6) draft and revise the policy
7) implement the policy
8) evaluate and monitor the policy
What is public health advocacy? - Answer Intended to reduce death or disability in groups of
people (public health focuses on health of a population, advocacy helps go toward that goal)
- the application of information and resources to affect systemic changes that shapes the way
people in the community live
- includes creating and maintaining effective coalitions/groups of people in like mind to work
towards a common goal
- strategic use of media
- application of info and resources
What is the Population Health Promotion Model? - Answer - a broad model explaining the
connections between health and different aspects of individuals environments (the cube model
and the lower levels) to help create a health promotion plan
- goes from bottom of the pyramid to the top in planning
- starting from bottom; looks at your own values and assumptions (bottom), research, learning
and evaluation of the topic (second), then shows the process of evidence-based decision
making based on what you learned about the topic (third), looks at the social determinants of
health to see what will be most important (middle section), then finally looks at who the target
audience will be (top)
What is the Health Care Provider and Community System Transformation? - Answer - helps
focus on power relations and oppression
- looks at the injustices of the community and responds
- encourages the switch from the individual as the patient to the community as a whole being
the impacted patient
- nurses are resources to the community and policy makers
Who was Egerton Ryerson? - Answer - was the head of education in Upper Canada
