NUR 422 - Community Exam #1 Actual
study set with Questions and
correct/verified Answers
assessment, policy development, assurance - ANSWER-core functions of public health
assessment - ANSWER-focuses on the systematic collection, analysis, and monitoring of health problems
and needs
policy development - ANSWER-refers to using scientific knowledge to develop comprehensive public
health policies.
assurance - ANSWER-relates to assuring constituents that public health agencies provide services
necessary to achieve agreed-upon goals.
upstream - ANSWER-model used to focus on interventions that promote health or prevent illness, as
opposed to medical treatment models that focus on care after an individual becomes ill.
upstream - ANSWER-ecological model uses ____ approach
ecological, upstream - ANSWER-1. Multiple determinants of health
2. Population and environmental approach are critical
3. Links and relationships between levels are crucial
4. Multiple strategies by many sectors are needed to achieve desired outcomes
5. Includes physical environmental factors
6. Includes social environmental factors
7. Encompasses neighborhoods, communities, institutions, and policies
which model? which approach?
upstream - ANSWER-Example: Decrease use of lead paint
which approach?
upstream - ANSWER-Example: changing school lunches to be healthy with less salt, etc.
which approach?
conventional, downstream - ANSWER-1. Only addresses biological and behavioral bases for disease
2. The conventional approach
3. Teaching about importance of handwashing with individuals or in schools
4. Working with individuals and trying to change behaviors
which model? which approach?
downstream - ANSWER-1. Used by health care
2. Influence change occurs at individual level
, 3. Based on knowledge of natural history of disease and known risk factors of disease
4. Policies are population based but require individual responses
5. Vaccines would be an example
which approach?
downstream - ANSWER-Example: school nurse teaching a class about handwashing and seeing them in
the office.
3 - ANSWER-An example of a downstream approach to population health promotion, protection, and risk
reduction would be:
1. Policies that require change at a community level.
2. Grocery stores removing all high-fat foods from their shelves.
3. Individuals being compliant with vaccinations.
4. Addressing environmental issues.
(choose 1)
health promotion - ANSWER-the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve,
their health.
health protection - ANSWER-Person's ability to protect against disease
health protection - ANSWER-1. Example: use of vaccines = reduced risk of communicable disease
2. Example: condoms = reduced risk of sexually transmitted infections
globalization - ANSWER-The process of increasing economic, political, and social independence and
integration as capital, goods, persons, concepts, images, ideas, and values across state boundaries
globalization - ANSWER-Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making
something worldwide in scope.
1. Eliminate health disparities and promote health equity
2. High-quality, longer lives free of disease, disability, injury, and premature death
3. Healthy social and physical environment
4. Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors - ANSWER-what are the 4
overarching goals of healthy people 2020?
1. Access to Health Services
2. Clinical Preventive Services
3. Environmental Quality
4. Injury and Violence
5. Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
6. Mental Health
7. Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
8. Oral Health
study set with Questions and
correct/verified Answers
assessment, policy development, assurance - ANSWER-core functions of public health
assessment - ANSWER-focuses on the systematic collection, analysis, and monitoring of health problems
and needs
policy development - ANSWER-refers to using scientific knowledge to develop comprehensive public
health policies.
assurance - ANSWER-relates to assuring constituents that public health agencies provide services
necessary to achieve agreed-upon goals.
upstream - ANSWER-model used to focus on interventions that promote health or prevent illness, as
opposed to medical treatment models that focus on care after an individual becomes ill.
upstream - ANSWER-ecological model uses ____ approach
ecological, upstream - ANSWER-1. Multiple determinants of health
2. Population and environmental approach are critical
3. Links and relationships between levels are crucial
4. Multiple strategies by many sectors are needed to achieve desired outcomes
5. Includes physical environmental factors
6. Includes social environmental factors
7. Encompasses neighborhoods, communities, institutions, and policies
which model? which approach?
upstream - ANSWER-Example: Decrease use of lead paint
which approach?
upstream - ANSWER-Example: changing school lunches to be healthy with less salt, etc.
which approach?
conventional, downstream - ANSWER-1. Only addresses biological and behavioral bases for disease
2. The conventional approach
3. Teaching about importance of handwashing with individuals or in schools
4. Working with individuals and trying to change behaviors
which model? which approach?
downstream - ANSWER-1. Used by health care
2. Influence change occurs at individual level
, 3. Based on knowledge of natural history of disease and known risk factors of disease
4. Policies are population based but require individual responses
5. Vaccines would be an example
which approach?
downstream - ANSWER-Example: school nurse teaching a class about handwashing and seeing them in
the office.
3 - ANSWER-An example of a downstream approach to population health promotion, protection, and risk
reduction would be:
1. Policies that require change at a community level.
2. Grocery stores removing all high-fat foods from their shelves.
3. Individuals being compliant with vaccinations.
4. Addressing environmental issues.
(choose 1)
health promotion - ANSWER-the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve,
their health.
health protection - ANSWER-Person's ability to protect against disease
health protection - ANSWER-1. Example: use of vaccines = reduced risk of communicable disease
2. Example: condoms = reduced risk of sexually transmitted infections
globalization - ANSWER-The process of increasing economic, political, and social independence and
integration as capital, goods, persons, concepts, images, ideas, and values across state boundaries
globalization - ANSWER-Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making
something worldwide in scope.
1. Eliminate health disparities and promote health equity
2. High-quality, longer lives free of disease, disability, injury, and premature death
3. Healthy social and physical environment
4. Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors - ANSWER-what are the 4
overarching goals of healthy people 2020?
1. Access to Health Services
2. Clinical Preventive Services
3. Environmental Quality
4. Injury and Violence
5. Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
6. Mental Health
7. Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
8. Oral Health
