POPULATION HEALTH FINAL EXAM | 82
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Definition of public health In public health, the focus is on the population,
public service, disease prevention and health
promotion
Broad involving environment, lifestyle and
medical care
Community-based nursing Minor acute and chronic care that is
comprehensive and coordinated where people
work or attend school; illness care provided
outside the acute care setting; more focused on
the population
Public health nursing The practice of promoting and protecting the
health of populations using knowledge from
nursing, social and public health sciences
Achieve the greatest good for the greatest
number
,Public health nurses are... Generalists- cover all areas of public health
Specialists- communicable disease, vaccine
preventable disease, homelessness & social
medicine, environmental health, maternal-child
health, emergency preparedness, health
screening, public health liason
Core functions of public health (3) Assurance- making sure it happens, involves the
care of the individual or directly
Assessment- knowing what needs to be done
Policy development- being part of the solution
Florence Nightingale "Mother of nursing"
Statistician
Mapped deaths of British soldiers in the Crimean
War (1853-1856) and showed that more soldiers
were dying from infectious diseases than from
battle wounds
Lillian Wald Founder of public health nursing
Founded the Henry Street Settlement in 1893
Founded the Columbia School of Nursing
Clara Barton Civil War- distributed supplies to wounded
soldiers and treated casualties with the help of
her team
Established the American Red Cross
Dorthea Dix 19th century Massachusetts- American political
activist who established hospitals to improve
conditions for the mentally ill
Mary Breckenridge Founded the frontier nursing service in 1939 and
the Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery
Developed a system of rural healthcare in the
remote regions of Kentucky
Emphasized prenatal care
, Lemuel Shattuck Prepared a report for the MA Sanitary
Commission that is now considered the
foundation of the sanitary movement in the US
The Shattuck Report recommended the
establishment of a state health department and
local health department in every town and wrote
a comprehensive public health code
John Snow Outbreak investigation into thousands of
households where there were deaths from
cholera
Tracked the cholera outbreak to a water supply
pump with a contaminated handle
Community assessment / A logical, systematic approach to identifying
Windshield Survery community needs, clarifying problems, and
identifying community strengths and resources
1. Define a population
2. Gather primary (key informant interviews,
observations, focus groups) and secondary (vital
statistics, socio-demographics, health indicator
surveys) data
3. Analyze data and draw conclusions to
determine actual or potential needs and to
identify strengths, resources and barriers to
meeting these needs
Primary prevention Susceptible
Preventing the onset of disease by reducing risk
i.e. vaccination, smoking education, sunscreen,
seat belts, sidewalks and safe routes to school,
hand washing
Emphasis in public health
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) GRADED A+ | NEW
UPDATE 2026/2027
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Terms in this set (82)
Definition of public health In public health, the focus is on the population,
public service, disease prevention and health
promotion
Broad involving environment, lifestyle and
medical care
Community-based nursing Minor acute and chronic care that is
comprehensive and coordinated where people
work or attend school; illness care provided
outside the acute care setting; more focused on
the population
Public health nursing The practice of promoting and protecting the
health of populations using knowledge from
nursing, social and public health sciences
Achieve the greatest good for the greatest
number
,Public health nurses are... Generalists- cover all areas of public health
Specialists- communicable disease, vaccine
preventable disease, homelessness & social
medicine, environmental health, maternal-child
health, emergency preparedness, health
screening, public health liason
Core functions of public health (3) Assurance- making sure it happens, involves the
care of the individual or directly
Assessment- knowing what needs to be done
Policy development- being part of the solution
Florence Nightingale "Mother of nursing"
Statistician
Mapped deaths of British soldiers in the Crimean
War (1853-1856) and showed that more soldiers
were dying from infectious diseases than from
battle wounds
Lillian Wald Founder of public health nursing
Founded the Henry Street Settlement in 1893
Founded the Columbia School of Nursing
Clara Barton Civil War- distributed supplies to wounded
soldiers and treated casualties with the help of
her team
Established the American Red Cross
Dorthea Dix 19th century Massachusetts- American political
activist who established hospitals to improve
conditions for the mentally ill
Mary Breckenridge Founded the frontier nursing service in 1939 and
the Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery
Developed a system of rural healthcare in the
remote regions of Kentucky
Emphasized prenatal care
, Lemuel Shattuck Prepared a report for the MA Sanitary
Commission that is now considered the
foundation of the sanitary movement in the US
The Shattuck Report recommended the
establishment of a state health department and
local health department in every town and wrote
a comprehensive public health code
John Snow Outbreak investigation into thousands of
households where there were deaths from
cholera
Tracked the cholera outbreak to a water supply
pump with a contaminated handle
Community assessment / A logical, systematic approach to identifying
Windshield Survery community needs, clarifying problems, and
identifying community strengths and resources
1. Define a population
2. Gather primary (key informant interviews,
observations, focus groups) and secondary (vital
statistics, socio-demographics, health indicator
surveys) data
3. Analyze data and draw conclusions to
determine actual or potential needs and to
identify strengths, resources and barriers to
meeting these needs
Primary prevention Susceptible
Preventing the onset of disease by reducing risk
i.e. vaccination, smoking education, sunscreen,
seat belts, sidewalks and safe routes to school,
hand washing
Emphasis in public health
