Community Health Final Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
Compare and contrast the role of the nurse in the hospital vs. community/public
health - ANSWER-A hospital nurse is focused on treatment and care of sick and
on restoring the individuals balance towards health.
A community/public health nurse is focused on promoting health, also maintain a
degree of balance toward health, early detection of disease, and also measuring care
(restorative, facilitation and rehabilitation.
Describe the 3 Public Health Core Functions - ANSWER-• Assessment involves
systematically collecting data on the population, monitoring the population's health
status, and making information available about the health of the community.
• Policy development refers to efforts to develop policies that support the health
of the population, including using a scientific knowledge base to make policy
decisions.
• Assurance is making sure that essential community-oriented health services are
available. These services might include providing essential personal health services
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,for those who would otherwise not receive them. Assurance also includes making
sure that a competent public health and personal health care workforce is available
Describe 10 Essential Services - ANSWER-1. Monitor health status to identify
community health problems
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health
problems
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of
health care when otherwise unavailable
8. Assure competent public and personal health care workforce
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-
based health services
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
What is the Health Belief Model - ANSWER-Popular individual level health
promotion model that has six components used to assess what motivates a person
to do something.
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, -Perceived susceptibility: the person must recognize that they may be susceptible to
the disease
-Perceived severity; whether the person deems the condition to be severe enough
to take action
-Perceived benefits; what the person would likely gain from taking the preventative
health action
-Perceived barriers; obstacles that may discourage the person from taking action
-Cues to action; enticements that may prompt the person to take action
-Self efficacy; the level of confidence the person has that they can carry out the
health actions
List major public and private agencies that are integral to the Public Health of the
United States - ANSWER-Private Agencies:
-Primary care, the first level of the private health care system, is delivered in a
variety of community settings, such as physicians' offices, urgent-care centers, in-
store clinics, community health centers, and community nursing centers.
**Medicare, Medicaid, HMO, PPO
Public Agencies:
-US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) which entails the The
US Public Health Services (PHS) which consists of Agency for Healthcare
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Questions and Answers
Compare and contrast the role of the nurse in the hospital vs. community/public
health - ANSWER-A hospital nurse is focused on treatment and care of sick and
on restoring the individuals balance towards health.
A community/public health nurse is focused on promoting health, also maintain a
degree of balance toward health, early detection of disease, and also measuring care
(restorative, facilitation and rehabilitation.
Describe the 3 Public Health Core Functions - ANSWER-• Assessment involves
systematically collecting data on the population, monitoring the population's health
status, and making information available about the health of the community.
• Policy development refers to efforts to develop policies that support the health
of the population, including using a scientific knowledge base to make policy
decisions.
• Assurance is making sure that essential community-oriented health services are
available. These services might include providing essential personal health services
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,for those who would otherwise not receive them. Assurance also includes making
sure that a competent public health and personal health care workforce is available
Describe 10 Essential Services - ANSWER-1. Monitor health status to identify
community health problems
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health
problems
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of
health care when otherwise unavailable
8. Assure competent public and personal health care workforce
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-
based health services
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
What is the Health Belief Model - ANSWER-Popular individual level health
promotion model that has six components used to assess what motivates a person
to do something.
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, -Perceived susceptibility: the person must recognize that they may be susceptible to
the disease
-Perceived severity; whether the person deems the condition to be severe enough
to take action
-Perceived benefits; what the person would likely gain from taking the preventative
health action
-Perceived barriers; obstacles that may discourage the person from taking action
-Cues to action; enticements that may prompt the person to take action
-Self efficacy; the level of confidence the person has that they can carry out the
health actions
List major public and private agencies that are integral to the Public Health of the
United States - ANSWER-Private Agencies:
-Primary care, the first level of the private health care system, is delivered in a
variety of community settings, such as physicians' offices, urgent-care centers, in-
store clinics, community health centers, and community nursing centers.
**Medicare, Medicaid, HMO, PPO
Public Agencies:
-US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) which entails the The
US Public Health Services (PHS) which consists of Agency for Healthcare
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