NURSING 234 FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
What is Healthy People 2030
- evidence-based 10-year report card
- Health-care accomplishments within the United States from the years 2010 to 2020
- Prescription for improvements through the year 2030
Healthy people 2030 publisher
Published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
What Healthy People 2030 Does
- Focus on the larger social picture surrounding health-care outcomes
- achieving health equity where every member of the population has an equal
opportunity to be healthy
What is a health indicator
Measurements of health-related concepts across the lifespan
Determinants of health definition
-Range of social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status
,- include individual behavior and biological and genetic factors
Determinants of Health (Biology)
-refers to an individual's genetic makeup, family history, and includes factors acquired
during lifetime
- born that way; impact risk for disease, physical and mental health problems acquired
during lifetime
Determinants of Health (behaviors)
individual response to stimuli
- Can have a reciprocal relationship to biology. For example: smoking (behavior) can
cause SOB, emphysema, cancer
Determinants of Health (social environment)
community interactions, housing, transportation, presence of violence or not, availability
of healthcare, food, clean water, etc.
-Individuals and their behaviors contribute to the quality of the social environment
Determinants of health (physical environment)
Obvious items around an individual, but also includes items unseen.
-seen, touched, heard, and smelled, but also includes things like radiation, ozone, or
chemical toxins. Can promote good health by having clean and safe places for people
Determinants of Health (polices & intervention)
,health promotion campaigns and clinical services
health status can be measured by:
Physical and mental
-birth and death rates
- life expectancy
- morbidity from specific disease
- access to health care
- health insurance coverage
Progress and Goals Yet to be Achieved (healthy people) (Workers)
Communities and health care professionals are expected to develop action plans to
help achieve and maintain healthy behaviors and lifestyles
#1 way of death for most age groups
unintentional injuries
life expectancy for US
45
Infant Mortality Rate
Number of deaths that occur before 1 year of age per 1000 live births.
, Why do 55 other countries have a lower infant mortality rate than the United States
social equality
leading areas of progress for prenatal and Infant Health
- Reducing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) with the "back-to-sleep" educational
program
- Promoting the use of folic acid supplements early in pregnancy to reduce congenital
malformations such as spina bifida
- "Baby friendly" hospitals = increase breastfeeding during first days of life
Childhood Health goals
1. Increase the proportion of children who communicate positively with their parents
2. Increase health literacy
3. Get sufficient sleep (average 7 to 9 hours per night)
- Also, finishing HS is encouraged (goal= 90%)
Adolescent and Young-Adult Health goals (reduce death rate)
1. Increasing access to preventative health-care visits
2. Improve school attendance
3. Improve Educational Skills In Reading And Math
4. Improve Nutritional Status Through School Breakfast Programs
AND ANSWERS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
What is Healthy People 2030
- evidence-based 10-year report card
- Health-care accomplishments within the United States from the years 2010 to 2020
- Prescription for improvements through the year 2030
Healthy people 2030 publisher
Published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
What Healthy People 2030 Does
- Focus on the larger social picture surrounding health-care outcomes
- achieving health equity where every member of the population has an equal
opportunity to be healthy
What is a health indicator
Measurements of health-related concepts across the lifespan
Determinants of health definition
-Range of social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status
,- include individual behavior and biological and genetic factors
Determinants of Health (Biology)
-refers to an individual's genetic makeup, family history, and includes factors acquired
during lifetime
- born that way; impact risk for disease, physical and mental health problems acquired
during lifetime
Determinants of Health (behaviors)
individual response to stimuli
- Can have a reciprocal relationship to biology. For example: smoking (behavior) can
cause SOB, emphysema, cancer
Determinants of Health (social environment)
community interactions, housing, transportation, presence of violence or not, availability
of healthcare, food, clean water, etc.
-Individuals and their behaviors contribute to the quality of the social environment
Determinants of health (physical environment)
Obvious items around an individual, but also includes items unseen.
-seen, touched, heard, and smelled, but also includes things like radiation, ozone, or
chemical toxins. Can promote good health by having clean and safe places for people
Determinants of Health (polices & intervention)
,health promotion campaigns and clinical services
health status can be measured by:
Physical and mental
-birth and death rates
- life expectancy
- morbidity from specific disease
- access to health care
- health insurance coverage
Progress and Goals Yet to be Achieved (healthy people) (Workers)
Communities and health care professionals are expected to develop action plans to
help achieve and maintain healthy behaviors and lifestyles
#1 way of death for most age groups
unintentional injuries
life expectancy for US
45
Infant Mortality Rate
Number of deaths that occur before 1 year of age per 1000 live births.
, Why do 55 other countries have a lower infant mortality rate than the United States
social equality
leading areas of progress for prenatal and Infant Health
- Reducing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) with the "back-to-sleep" educational
program
- Promoting the use of folic acid supplements early in pregnancy to reduce congenital
malformations such as spina bifida
- "Baby friendly" hospitals = increase breastfeeding during first days of life
Childhood Health goals
1. Increase the proportion of children who communicate positively with their parents
2. Increase health literacy
3. Get sufficient sleep (average 7 to 9 hours per night)
- Also, finishing HS is encouraged (goal= 90%)
Adolescent and Young-Adult Health goals (reduce death rate)
1. Increasing access to preventative health-care visits
2. Improve school attendance
3. Improve Educational Skills In Reading And Math
4. Improve Nutritional Status Through School Breakfast Programs
