What concepts are used to identify the health of a community? - Answers Donabedian's Classic
Theory, which assesses status, structure, and process.
What additional factors are assessed in community health? - Answers Location, Population
Characteristics, and Social System.
What are the basic principles of Community/ Public Health Nursing? - Answers Focus on community
needs, partnership with people, primary prevention, healthful environment, resource allocation, and
collaboration.
What is a method for community assessment? - Answers Surveys, which collect data via
questionnaires, telephone, or in-person.
What is another method for community assessment? - Answers Focus groups, consisting of small
groups guided by an interviewer.
What is a Windshield Survey? - Answers A Community Needs Assessment conducted by driving or
walking through the community.
What components are surveyed in a Windshield Survey? - Answers Physical, Economic, Services, and
Social aspects of the community.
What is the global burden of disease? - Answers The impact of disease, injuries, and risk factors on
populations in terms of morbidity and mortality.
What does DAYS stand for in global health? - Answers Disability-Adjusted Life Years, calculated as
years lost due to premature death plus years lived with disability.
What are key social determinants of health? - Answers Economic Stability, Education,
Environment/Geography, Social/Community Context, Health Care Access, Nutrition/Food Security,
and Political Stability.
What major health care trends are currently affecting the world's population? - Answers Aging
population and rise in lifestyle-related illnesses such as diabetes and obesity.
What is a key focus of Healthy People 2030 efforts? - Answers Health disparities and differing access
to services.
What is primary health care? - Answers First line contact, community-based, prevention-focused care.
How does primary health care support health promotion? - Answers By emphasizing health
education, delivering immunizations, promoting clean water and sanitation, facilitating maternal/child
health services, managing common illnesses early, supporting chronic disease screening, and
encouraging community empowerment.
What are the benefits of primary health care? - Answers It reduces disease burden by catching illness
early, preventing complications, and lowering health inequities.
What is global health regulation? - Answers Involves agencies like the WHO's Emergency Relief
Operations, which provides international disaster relief.
What is a refugee? - Answers A person forced to flee their country due to prevention, conflict, or
violence, who crosses international borders and is protected under international law.
What is an Internally Displaced Person (IDP)? - Answers A person forced to flee home for similar
reasons but remains within their own country and often lacks legal protections.
What is an asylum seeker? - Answers A person seeking refugee status but not yet legally recognized.
What role does WHO's Emergency Relief Operations play in disaster management? - Answers
Provides international disaster relief.
What does the American Red Cross do? - Answers Provides shelter, food, and basic health supplies.
What is FEMA responsible for? - Answers Assessing and responding to disasters within the U.S.
What are the four phases of disaster management? - Answers Preparation/Mitigation, Response,
Recovery.
What activities are included in the preparation phase of disaster management? - Answers Disaster
planning, personal preparation, risk assessment, establishing authority, communication,
transportation, mobilizing, warning, evacuating, and conducting practice drills.
What occurs during the response phase of disaster management? - Answers Assessment of injuries,
rescue, triage, and care of bodies/family notification.
What is involved in the recovery phase of disaster management? - Answers Rebuilding, restoring
health and economic vitality, and providing long-term treatment and support.
What is primary prevention in disaster management? - Answers Community surveillance and
monitoring for signs of possible terrorist activity before the disaster.