NGS 440 Exam 1 Questions and Answers with complete solution

3 public health core functions - assessment, policy development, assurance understanding the 3 public health core functions - assessment: windshield assessment policy development: macro level intervention assurance: making sure it is working, if not then we fix it Levels of Prevention - Primary: prevent/promotion Secondary: screen-early detection Tertiary: treat- to prevent further deterioration, rehab Public Health - the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases. purpose of public health - prevent epidemics and spread of disease. protect against environmental hazards. prevent injuries. promote and encourage healthy behaviors. respond to disasters and assist communities in recovery. assure the quality and accessibility of services. Public health vs. medical care; prevention vs. curative - -public health: the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities -medical care: prevention, diagnosis and treatment -curative: fixing the problem after it occurs (more expensive since interventions will be more extreme) Nightengale - emphasized sanitation, used data and statistics to improve mortality rate Wald - 1st PHN in the US, Henry Street Settlement 1893, American Red Cross. Role the Henry Street Settlement "one of helping people help themselves"Elizabeth Poor Law - held the church parishes responsible for providing relief for the poor. This law governed health care for the poor for more than two centuries and became a prototype for later US laws. District nursing - William Rathbone strongly believed that nurses could offer the same care throughout the community. He developed a plan that divided the community into 18 districts and assigned a nurse and a social worker to each district Henry Street Settlement - established by Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster that was a district nursing service on the Lower East Side of New York City called "House on Henry Street." This was a crowded area teeming with unemployment and homeless immigrants who needed health care Health Belief Model (HBM) - model that explains when beliefs are likely to affect behavior change upstream thinking - focus on interventions that promote health or prevent illness