NURS 2000 Midterm Review Questions with Complete
Solutions
Lalonde Report Correct Answer-titled a new perspective for Canadians,
4 determinants of health: health services, human biology, environment,
lifestyle
Alma Ata Declaration Correct Answer-intersectoral and community
driven approach, individuals of the community have a right to say what
their needs are
Ottawa Charter Correct Answer-influenced by EPP report, emphasis on
achieving equity in health care, 3 strategies: enable, mediate, advocate
social determinants of health Correct Answer-The conditions in which
people are born, grow, live, work, and age, shaped by the distribution of
money, power, and resources at global, national, and local levels
income and income distribution Correct Answer-income: most important
determinant. Influences health and related behaviours. Influences food
security and housing
biomedical approach Correct Answer-looking only at the disease
process, based on science, treat the diagnosis and the current problem
behavioural approach Correct Answer-focuses on the individual's issue
ex: you are overweight and it is your problem so you have to lose it
, Socioenvironmental Approach Correct Answer-looking at the family as
a whole, services available, community supports to aid the root cause of
the issue
Epidemiology Correct Answer-the study of the distribution and
determinants of health related states or events in specified populations,
and the application of the study to the control of health problems
demography Correct Answer-the science of human populations and is
concerned with population size, density, characteristics and change
epidemiological triad Correct Answer-model of disease causation, agent,
host, and the environment need to line up
web of causation model Correct Answer-not as simple as agent, host and
environment but rather looking at social disease issues
interpretation of rate Correct Answer-constant x the number of
infections/the number of those in a population that are at risk of
infection
incidence Correct Answer-specific period of time, new cases of
something coming in
Solutions
Lalonde Report Correct Answer-titled a new perspective for Canadians,
4 determinants of health: health services, human biology, environment,
lifestyle
Alma Ata Declaration Correct Answer-intersectoral and community
driven approach, individuals of the community have a right to say what
their needs are
Ottawa Charter Correct Answer-influenced by EPP report, emphasis on
achieving equity in health care, 3 strategies: enable, mediate, advocate
social determinants of health Correct Answer-The conditions in which
people are born, grow, live, work, and age, shaped by the distribution of
money, power, and resources at global, national, and local levels
income and income distribution Correct Answer-income: most important
determinant. Influences health and related behaviours. Influences food
security and housing
biomedical approach Correct Answer-looking only at the disease
process, based on science, treat the diagnosis and the current problem
behavioural approach Correct Answer-focuses on the individual's issue
ex: you are overweight and it is your problem so you have to lose it
, Socioenvironmental Approach Correct Answer-looking at the family as
a whole, services available, community supports to aid the root cause of
the issue
Epidemiology Correct Answer-the study of the distribution and
determinants of health related states or events in specified populations,
and the application of the study to the control of health problems
demography Correct Answer-the science of human populations and is
concerned with population size, density, characteristics and change
epidemiological triad Correct Answer-model of disease causation, agent,
host, and the environment need to line up
web of causation model Correct Answer-not as simple as agent, host and
environment but rather looking at social disease issues
interpretation of rate Correct Answer-constant x the number of
infections/the number of those in a population that are at risk of
infection
incidence Correct Answer-specific period of time, new cases of
something coming in
