COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM STUDY
GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
What is Healthy People 2020? - Answer-National health goals that are established
every 10 years.
These goals are tracked and measured, and focus on extending life, prevention,
achieving health equity, promoting good health, and quality of life (development,
behaviors, etc.).
What are social determinants of health - Answer-Characteristics and conditions of our
everyday life that contribute to our overall health and wellbeing. These are non-biologic
and behavioral influences.
Ex)- physical environment, educational level, economic position
What is public health nursing? - Answer-The practice of promoting and protecting the
health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences.
What is a population? - Answer-a group of individuals of the same species living in the
same area at the same time
What is an aggregate? - Answer-a group with a common characteristic
What is a community? - Answer-a aggregate that interacts to a greater extent. Often
due to geography
List the three public health core functions - Answer--Assessment
-Assurance
-Policy development
What are the essentials of public health? Which core competency do they each fall
under? - Answer-Assessment:
-Monitor health
-Diagnose and investigate
-Inform, educate, empower- policy development
Policy Development:
-Mobilize community partnerships
-Develop policies
, Assurance:
-Enforce laws-
-Link to and provide resources
-Assure a competent workforce
-Evaluate
What is the 10th public health essential?
Why is considered as such? - Answer-Research.
This guides population and community health programs and functions through
evidence-based practice.
What is a health department? - Answer-A government run entity in a county, state, or
nationally, which consists of professionals who assess the health of populations and
provide resources, education, and services.
They are also involved in assuring that all people have access to resources and help to
develop policy which reflects the community/population they serve
Roles of a public health department - Answer--Regulatory activities
-Programing
-Resource allocation
-Outreach
-Communication with leadership- governor and president
What is Milio's Framework for Prevention? - Answer-Prevention starts at the societal
level. In order to fix problems we need to intervene early and promote prevention
through influencing the determinants of health and our communities
What are the public health nursing interventions? - Answer--Outreach
-Screening
-Counseling
-Collaboration
-Coalition building
-disease and health event investigation
-referral/follow-up
-care management
-delegated function
-health teaching -consultation
-community organizing
-advocacy
-social marketing
-policy development and enforcement
-surveillance
GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
What is Healthy People 2020? - Answer-National health goals that are established
every 10 years.
These goals are tracked and measured, and focus on extending life, prevention,
achieving health equity, promoting good health, and quality of life (development,
behaviors, etc.).
What are social determinants of health - Answer-Characteristics and conditions of our
everyday life that contribute to our overall health and wellbeing. These are non-biologic
and behavioral influences.
Ex)- physical environment, educational level, economic position
What is public health nursing? - Answer-The practice of promoting and protecting the
health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences.
What is a population? - Answer-a group of individuals of the same species living in the
same area at the same time
What is an aggregate? - Answer-a group with a common characteristic
What is a community? - Answer-a aggregate that interacts to a greater extent. Often
due to geography
List the three public health core functions - Answer--Assessment
-Assurance
-Policy development
What are the essentials of public health? Which core competency do they each fall
under? - Answer-Assessment:
-Monitor health
-Diagnose and investigate
-Inform, educate, empower- policy development
Policy Development:
-Mobilize community partnerships
-Develop policies
, Assurance:
-Enforce laws-
-Link to and provide resources
-Assure a competent workforce
-Evaluate
What is the 10th public health essential?
Why is considered as such? - Answer-Research.
This guides population and community health programs and functions through
evidence-based practice.
What is a health department? - Answer-A government run entity in a county, state, or
nationally, which consists of professionals who assess the health of populations and
provide resources, education, and services.
They are also involved in assuring that all people have access to resources and help to
develop policy which reflects the community/population they serve
Roles of a public health department - Answer--Regulatory activities
-Programing
-Resource allocation
-Outreach
-Communication with leadership- governor and president
What is Milio's Framework for Prevention? - Answer-Prevention starts at the societal
level. In order to fix problems we need to intervene early and promote prevention
through influencing the determinants of health and our communities
What are the public health nursing interventions? - Answer--Outreach
-Screening
-Counseling
-Collaboration
-Coalition building
-disease and health event investigation
-referral/follow-up
-care management
-delegated function
-health teaching -consultation
-community organizing
-advocacy
-social marketing
-policy development and enforcement
-surveillance
