Questions and answers 2025\2026 update
The conditions and circumstances in which people are born, grow, live, work, and
age that are shaped by a set of forces beyond the control of the individual:
economics and the distribution of money, power, social policies, and politics at
the global, national, state, and local levels - answer Social Determinants Of Health
provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all
Americans - answer Healthy People 2020
measures that actively promote health, prevent illness and provide protection -
answer Primary Prevention
who is the target of primary prevention? - answer essentially well population
what are some examples of primary prevention in PH? - answer - annual
vaccination
- health education at high schools
early diagnosis and prompt interventions that limit disability - identifies risks or
hazards and modifies, removes or treats them before a problem becomes more
serious - answer Secondary Prevention
who is the target of secondary prevention? - answer populations that have risk
factors in common
,what are some examples of secondary prevention in PH? - answer screening /
testing
-BP
-Cholesterol
-Blood glucose
-STD
-pregnancy test
which LOP reduces impairments and disabilities, minimize suffering, promote
adjustment to immediate condition and rehab - answer Tertiary Prevention
who is the target of tertiary prevention? - answer population in which a disease or
injury has occurred
what are some examples of tertiary prevention - answer teaching a diabetic
patient to:
-exercise
-diet
-foot care
Core Functions of Public Health - answer Assessment, Policy Development,
Assurance
systemic data collection about a population including monitoring population's
health status and provide / disseminating info about the health of community -
answer assessment
, create policies that support health of the population through leadership and
research - answer policy development
making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available -
answer assurance
collection of individuals who have one or more personal or environmental
characteristics in common - answer populations
example of populations - answer - people in the same neighborhood
- people on a sports team
- nursing students
- sorority
what a population focus is in PH nursing? - answer diagnoses, interventions and
treatments are carried out for population
what does community as client refer to? - answer nursing focus on collective or
common good of population
Population assessment - answer -a core function of PH
-process of thinking critically about population
-logical, systematic approach to identify community needs, clarify problems,
identify strengths and resources
-ongoing process