Exam 4-Community
Health/Disasters Exam
Questions and Answers
User [Date] [Course title]
,what are the goals of the WHO - Correct Answer: -provide healthcare to everyone
-improvement in healthcare
-disaster/emergent training
-decrease/dull outbreak issues
-improve data/information
define health - Correct Answer: a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
define wellness - Correct Answer: an active process through which people become aware of, and make
choices toward, a more successful existence
5 factors that contribute to a person's current state of health - Correct Answer: -biology/genetics
-individual behavior (sex/smoking/drinking)
-social environment (income/discrimination)
-physical environment (living situation/location)
-health services (access to healthcare/status of healthcare coverage)
what is a health disparity - Correct Answer: -the differences in health and healthcare between groups of
people
-when any one group of people have a higher incidence rate of BLANK disease, a higher mortality rate,
or a shorter survival time after dx
3 items to determine healthcare disparities - Correct Answer: -incidence (number of new cases)
-mortality (number of deaths)
-survival rates (length of pt survival after dx is made)
examples of disparities - Correct Answer: -urban vs rural
-obseity
-teen pregnancy
, -DM
-HIV
-LBW/infant mortality
-CVD
-race
-gender
-MVAs
-suicide/homicide
-asthma
what is a social determinate - Correct Answer: -determinate is a factor that contributes to a person's
current state of health
-conditions in the environment in which people are born/live/learn/work/play/worship/age that affects
a wide range of health/functioning/quality of life outcomes and risks
what is community based healthcare - Correct Answer: -collaborative and evidence-based model
designed to meet the health care needs of a community
-occurs outside the traditional health care institutes
-reaches everyone in community
focus of community based health care - Correct Answer: -promotion
-disease prevention
-restorative care
what does a public health nurse do - Correct Answer: -population focused (the group has at least 1
common characteristic being personal or environmental)
-follows trends and patterns influenced by the incidence of dz within a population or environmental
factors that contribute to health and wellness
what does public health nursing consist of - Correct Answer: -assessment of a population's health and
health problems
Health/Disasters Exam
Questions and Answers
User [Date] [Course title]
,what are the goals of the WHO - Correct Answer: -provide healthcare to everyone
-improvement in healthcare
-disaster/emergent training
-decrease/dull outbreak issues
-improve data/information
define health - Correct Answer: a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
define wellness - Correct Answer: an active process through which people become aware of, and make
choices toward, a more successful existence
5 factors that contribute to a person's current state of health - Correct Answer: -biology/genetics
-individual behavior (sex/smoking/drinking)
-social environment (income/discrimination)
-physical environment (living situation/location)
-health services (access to healthcare/status of healthcare coverage)
what is a health disparity - Correct Answer: -the differences in health and healthcare between groups of
people
-when any one group of people have a higher incidence rate of BLANK disease, a higher mortality rate,
or a shorter survival time after dx
3 items to determine healthcare disparities - Correct Answer: -incidence (number of new cases)
-mortality (number of deaths)
-survival rates (length of pt survival after dx is made)
examples of disparities - Correct Answer: -urban vs rural
-obseity
-teen pregnancy
, -DM
-HIV
-LBW/infant mortality
-CVD
-race
-gender
-MVAs
-suicide/homicide
-asthma
what is a social determinate - Correct Answer: -determinate is a factor that contributes to a person's
current state of health
-conditions in the environment in which people are born/live/learn/work/play/worship/age that affects
a wide range of health/functioning/quality of life outcomes and risks
what is community based healthcare - Correct Answer: -collaborative and evidence-based model
designed to meet the health care needs of a community
-occurs outside the traditional health care institutes
-reaches everyone in community
focus of community based health care - Correct Answer: -promotion
-disease prevention
-restorative care
what does a public health nurse do - Correct Answer: -population focused (the group has at least 1
common characteristic being personal or environmental)
-follows trends and patterns influenced by the incidence of dz within a population or environmental
factors that contribute to health and wellness
what does public health nursing consist of - Correct Answer: -assessment of a population's health and
health problems
