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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. gBasis gfor gPublic gHealth gNursing gKnowledge gand gSkills
1. gPublic gHealth gand gNursing gPractice
2. gOptimizing gPopulation gHealth
3. gEpidemiology gand gNursing gPractice
4. gIntroduction gto gCommunity gAssessment
5. gHealth gProgram gPlanning
6. gEnvironmental gHealth
II. gCommunity gHealth gAcross gPopulations: gPublic gHealth gIssues
7. gHealth gDisparities gand gthe gSocial gDeterminants gof gHealth
8. gHealth gand gVulnerable gPopulations
9. gCommunicable gDiseases
10. gNoncommunicable gDiseases
11. gMental gHealth
12. gSubstance gUse gand gthe gHealth gof gCommunities
13. gInjury gand gViolence
III. gPublic gHealth gPlanning
14. gHealth gPlanning gfor gLocal gPublic gHealth gDepartments
15. gHealth gPlanning gfor gAcute gCare gSettings
16. gHealth gPlanning gfor gPrimary gCare gSettings
17. gHealth gPlanning gwith gRural gand gUrban gCommunities
18. gHealth gPlanning gfor gMaternal-Infant gand gChild gHealth gSettings
19. gHealth gPlanning gfor gSchool gSettings
20. gHealth gPlanning gfor gOccupational gand gEnvironmental gHealth
21. gHealth gPlanning, gPublic gHealth gPolicy, gand gFinance
22. gHealth gPlanning gfor gEmergency gPreparedness gand gDisaster gManagement

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Chapter 1: Public Health and NursingPractice
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g 1. Public health nurses (PHNs) know they must approach a public health
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g issuewith an understanding of the related underlying risk factors to
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g develop effective nursing interventions. They evaluate these risk
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g 2. A nursing student is studying public health. She learns that, according to
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C.E.A. Winslow’s definition, some of the goals of public health include
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g disease prevention, promoting health, control of communicable
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g 3. If the international medical community was working to contain several
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g 4. The Institute of Medicine (IOM), now known as the Health and Medicine
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g Division (HMD) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
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g Medicine, stated in their report, The Future of the Public’s Health, that
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g there are three core functions that society carries out to collectively
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g supportthe optimum conditions for public health. Which one of the
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1. Prevention
2. Assessment