POPULATION HEALTH EXAM 1 2026
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Medicare. Answer: benefits for older adults
◉ Medicaid. Answer: increased care of the poor
◉ Social Security Act. Answer: had to include Medicare and Medicaid
◉ Healthy People initiative. Answer: national strategy to improve
significantly the health of Americans by preventing or delaying the
onset of major chronic illnesses, injuries, and infectious diseases
◉ Public Health Nursing. Answer: practice of promoting and
protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing,
social, and public health sciences
focus is on entire populations that have similar health concerns
delivers all levels of preventions with preference to primary
prevention
, ◉ Population focused practice. Answer: emphasizes the promotion
of health, the prevention of disease and disability, and the creation of
conditions in which all people can be healthy
◉ Public Health Nursing Levels of Practice. Answer: Community:
PHN coordinate youth led adult supported social marketing
campaigns intending to change community norms re: adolescent
tobacco use
Systems: PHN facilitate coalitions that advocate city councils to
create stronger ordinances restricting over the counter youth access
to tobacco
Individual/family: PHN teach middle school chemical health classes
that increase knowledge about risks of smoking, improve refusal
skills in 12-14 age bracket
◉ Community Based. Answer: "illness care"
only focuses on individuals and families
◉ Community Oriented. Answer: "health care"
Provide health care to promote quality of life
◉ Aggregate. Answer: collection of individuals who have one or
more personal or environmental characteristics in common
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Medicare. Answer: benefits for older adults
◉ Medicaid. Answer: increased care of the poor
◉ Social Security Act. Answer: had to include Medicare and Medicaid
◉ Healthy People initiative. Answer: national strategy to improve
significantly the health of Americans by preventing or delaying the
onset of major chronic illnesses, injuries, and infectious diseases
◉ Public Health Nursing. Answer: practice of promoting and
protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing,
social, and public health sciences
focus is on entire populations that have similar health concerns
delivers all levels of preventions with preference to primary
prevention
, ◉ Population focused practice. Answer: emphasizes the promotion
of health, the prevention of disease and disability, and the creation of
conditions in which all people can be healthy
◉ Public Health Nursing Levels of Practice. Answer: Community:
PHN coordinate youth led adult supported social marketing
campaigns intending to change community norms re: adolescent
tobacco use
Systems: PHN facilitate coalitions that advocate city councils to
create stronger ordinances restricting over the counter youth access
to tobacco
Individual/family: PHN teach middle school chemical health classes
that increase knowledge about risks of smoking, improve refusal
skills in 12-14 age bracket
◉ Community Based. Answer: "illness care"
only focuses on individuals and families
◉ Community Oriented. Answer: "health care"
Provide health care to promote quality of life
◉ Aggregate. Answer: collection of individuals who have one or
more personal or environmental characteristics in common
