The extent of social and cultural cohesion within a community is related to which health concern in
Indigenous communities? - Answers Suicide
Which would be included in the broader Aboriginal Determinants of Health? - Answers Territory
Migration
Colonization
Cultural continuity
How are Innu and Inuit people distinct from each other? - Answers Innu people are part of a First Nation
and Inuit people are a unique cultural group.
What is an example of a proximal determinant of health? - Answers Graduation from an Indigenous law
program
In which activity is the CHN practising trauma-informed care? - Answers The CHN explores systematic
desensitization techniques to address a client's fears.
In which activity is the CHN practising trauma-informed care? - Answers The CHN explores systematic
desensitization techniques to address a client's fears.
The harm reduction approach to substance abuse focuses on health promotion and disease prevention.
Within this approach, what would be considered a primary prevention strategy to address substance
abuse? - Answers Destroy the myth of good drugs versus bad drugs.
An elderly Inuit woman lives in a small, remote village in northern Canada. She has been diagnosed with
hypertension and diabetes, but rarely makes it to the regional clinic in a distant town for checkups.
What is this woman most likely to experience? - Answers Disenfranchisement
How are low-income cutoffs (LICOs) defined in Canada? - Answers A measure of inequality, not poverty
When the CHN places emphasis on client strengths, gifts, and assets rather than on a client's needs,
deficits, and susceptibility, what is likely to increase? - Answers Resilience
Health education is often used as a strategy for working with vulnerable populations. What would be
strengthened through health education for groups or individuals? - Answers Health literacy
Many individuals living with mental health conditions are stigmatized and face isolation and exclusion.
Which determinant of health is the focus for improving these outcomes for individuals dealing with
inequities such as this? - Answers Social environment
What are CHNs who advocate for policy changes to expand access to health care for vulnerable
populations focus on eliminating? - Answers Health disparities
, Which of the following situations is a challenge faced by deinstitutionalized individuals who are living
with mental health conditions? - Answers Continuity of care due to limited community-based services
Which one of the following situations is more prevalent in poor neighbourhoods? - Answers One-parent
families
A community's structure can influence the potential for violence. What factor will decrease the potential
for community violence? - Answers Community cohesiveness
An urban area uses local radio, TV, and newspapers to post ratings of air quality on days when the air
quality is poor. This notification is directed toward the elderly, the very young, and those with chronic
breathing problems. These groups are an example of which type of population? - Answers Vulnerable
Population
A CHN working in an inner-city clinic in an area with high poverty and unemployment rates recognizes
the need for outreach to pregnant teens for which reason? - Answers Teens delay seeking prenatal care
Which of the following situations is addressed by creating opportunities and removing barriers to
achieving the health potential of all people? - Answers Health inequity
Which chronic health problem adversely affects the aging experience but is difficult to estimate the
numbers affected or the costs associated with managing it? - Answers Incontinence
CHNs practising within the comprehensive school health framework spend significant amounts of time
focusing on the prevention of health issues in schoolchildren at a stage that is early enough to avoid risk
factors arising in the first place. This is an example of which type of prevention? - Answers Primordial
prevention
What is the most common cancer among Canadian men? - Answers Prostate Cancer
What is the single most important factor in the improvement of the health status of women and their
families? - Answers The education of women
Being female and having a family history are risk factors for which health concern? - Answers Depression
Injuries and accidents are the most common causes of preventable disease, disability, and death among
children. The CHN recognizes that most accidents occur in which location? - Answers In the home
What is the number one killer of women in Canada, and a major cause of disability in this population? -
Answers Cardiovascular disease
The total of all changes, not just physiological changes, that occur in a person with the passing of time
can best be referred to as which of the following? - Answers Aging
Which process helps families to begin viewing the family unit (and for the family to view themselves) in
a different, more positive, light? - Answers Commendation