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what is the goal and main focus of community oriented nursing (public health)
-preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health of individuals, families, groups, populations,
communities
-community/population health
community oriented nursing (public)
-healthcare to promote quality of life
-aka population health, population focused, population oriented
-Focused on nursing health promotion and disease prevention in the community
-No direct care for individuals!
community based nursing
-Focus on illness care of individuals and families
-Manage acute and chronic illness in the community
-Family centered illness care
-Focused on illness care for individuals and families
community based nursing examples
home health nurse, school nurse
what are the public health core functions to thee health of a community/population
assessment, policy development, assurance, surveillance, disease
assessment
,-Monitor health status to identify community health problems
-Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
policy development
-Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
-Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
-Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
assurance
-Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and assure safety
-Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when
otherwise unavailable
-Assure a competent public health and personal healthcare workforce
-Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health
services
-Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
upstream thinking
Determinants of public health are overarching factors that are largely outside of the control of
the individual and which have significant trickle-down effects on other, more proximal
determinants of public health
downstream
Determinants of public health can be seen as the outcomes of up and midstream factors and
variables. In some respects, downstream determinants are more easily mitigated or prevents
by the individual, such as a change in eating habits or reducing risk of injury on the job
describe factors contributing to vulnerability
,-Physical resources (poverty, social support)
-Environmental resources (hazardous work)
-Personal resources (human capital)
-Biopsychosocial resources (illness, genetic predisposition)
developed countries are more likely to die of
chronic diseases
developing countries are more likely to die of
infectious disease
UNICEF
-assist children in war-ravaged countries of Europe
-Role: control communicable diseases and remote healthy behaviors
World Bank
-lends money to lesser developed countries to improve their health status
-Related to UN
Health for All
Everyone should enjoy healthy life → Healthy people 2020
Millenium Development Goals
reduce poverty, achieve universal education, gender equality, reduce child mortality, improve
maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS/TB, sustainable environment, partnership for
development
what are the three levels of public health practice
, population based individual, population based community, population based systems
population based individual
-Changes knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, practices, and behaviors of individuals.
-Alone, part of a family, class or group
-Individuals receive services because they are identified as belonging to a population-at-risk.
population based community
-Goal: Improve population health
-Aims to change community norms, community attitudes, community awareness, community
practices, and community behaviors.
population based systems
-Changes organizations, policies, laws, and power structures.
-Often a more effective and long-lasting way to impact health than addressing individuals.
interventions
Surveillance, disease and health event investigation, outreach, screening, referral and follow
up, case management, delegated functions, health teaching, counseling, consultation,
collaboration, coalition building, community organization, advocacy, social marketing, policy
development and enforcement
Consitutional Law
-Federal and State Constitutions
-Community over individual rights when threat to health of public
-compelling state interest, isolation necessary to protect the public, reasonable manner
Correct Answers
what is the goal and main focus of community oriented nursing (public health)
-preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health of individuals, families, groups, populations,
communities
-community/population health
community oriented nursing (public)
-healthcare to promote quality of life
-aka population health, population focused, population oriented
-Focused on nursing health promotion and disease prevention in the community
-No direct care for individuals!
community based nursing
-Focus on illness care of individuals and families
-Manage acute and chronic illness in the community
-Family centered illness care
-Focused on illness care for individuals and families
community based nursing examples
home health nurse, school nurse
what are the public health core functions to thee health of a community/population
assessment, policy development, assurance, surveillance, disease
assessment
,-Monitor health status to identify community health problems
-Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
policy development
-Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
-Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
-Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
assurance
-Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and assure safety
-Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when
otherwise unavailable
-Assure a competent public health and personal healthcare workforce
-Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health
services
-Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
upstream thinking
Determinants of public health are overarching factors that are largely outside of the control of
the individual and which have significant trickle-down effects on other, more proximal
determinants of public health
downstream
Determinants of public health can be seen as the outcomes of up and midstream factors and
variables. In some respects, downstream determinants are more easily mitigated or prevents
by the individual, such as a change in eating habits or reducing risk of injury on the job
describe factors contributing to vulnerability
,-Physical resources (poverty, social support)
-Environmental resources (hazardous work)
-Personal resources (human capital)
-Biopsychosocial resources (illness, genetic predisposition)
developed countries are more likely to die of
chronic diseases
developing countries are more likely to die of
infectious disease
UNICEF
-assist children in war-ravaged countries of Europe
-Role: control communicable diseases and remote healthy behaviors
World Bank
-lends money to lesser developed countries to improve their health status
-Related to UN
Health for All
Everyone should enjoy healthy life → Healthy people 2020
Millenium Development Goals
reduce poverty, achieve universal education, gender equality, reduce child mortality, improve
maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS/TB, sustainable environment, partnership for
development
what are the three levels of public health practice
, population based individual, population based community, population based systems
population based individual
-Changes knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, practices, and behaviors of individuals.
-Alone, part of a family, class or group
-Individuals receive services because they are identified as belonging to a population-at-risk.
population based community
-Goal: Improve population health
-Aims to change community norms, community attitudes, community awareness, community
practices, and community behaviors.
population based systems
-Changes organizations, policies, laws, and power structures.
-Often a more effective and long-lasting way to impact health than addressing individuals.
interventions
Surveillance, disease and health event investigation, outreach, screening, referral and follow
up, case management, delegated functions, health teaching, counseling, consultation,
collaboration, coalition building, community organization, advocacy, social marketing, policy
development and enforcement
Consitutional Law
-Federal and State Constitutions
-Community over individual rights when threat to health of public
-compelling state interest, isolation necessary to protect the public, reasonable manner
