NURS 403 Midterm #1 || with Certified Answers.
What is public health? correct answers A broad field of practice which is the backbone of the
infrastructure supporting the health of a country, state, province, city, town or community.
What are the original and proposed definitions of population health? correct answers Original
definition: the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such
outcomes with the group
Proposed definition: Population Health is the health status of a defined population of individuals,
including the distribution of health status within the group
-May help describe the type of population whose health is being considered:
•Geographic (i.e. country, state, county, city, or specific community)
•Clinical population of a hospital or health care system
•Population Health Management
What is public health nursing? correct answers the practice of promoting and protecting the
health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences
•Focuses on improving population health by emphasizing prevention and attending to multiple
determinants of health.
•Includes advocacy, policy development, and planning, which addresses issues of social justice
Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing? correct answers Health
care of communities and populations
What are some characteristics that distinguish public health nursing as a specialty? correct
answers •Population-focused
•Community-oriented
,•Health and prevention focused
•Interventions at the community and/or population level
•Concern for the health of all members of the population or community, particularly vulnerable
populations
What is the definition of public health practice according to the 1988 Institute of Medicine?
correct answers what we, as a society, do collectively to assure the conditions in which people
can be healthy
what is the mission of public health according to the 1988 Institute of Medicine? correct answers
to generate organized community efforts to address the public interest in health by applying
scientific and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health
what are the benefits of public health practice? correct answers •Safer and cleaner environments
and food/water
•Dramatic increase in life expectancy
•Decreased number of deaths from heart disease and stroke
•Declines in death rates of adults and children
What are some gains made due to public health programs? correct answers •Safety and adequacy
of food supplies
•Provision of safe water
•Sewage disposal
•Public safety from biological threats, including immunizations
•Personal behavior changes, including reproductive behavior
What are the CDCs Ten Great Public Health Achievements in the 20th century? correct answers
•Immunizations,
•Motor Vehicle Safety,
•Workplace safety
, •Control of Infectious Diseases,
•Safer and Healthier Foods,
•Healthier Mothers and Babies,
•Family Planning,
•Fluoridation of Drinking Water,
•Tobacco as a Health Hazard, and
•Declines in Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimated in 2017 only ____% (up from 1.5%
in 1960) of all national health expenditures support population-focused public health functions,
yet the impact was enormous. correct answers 3
What are 3 public health core functions? correct answers •Assessment
•Policy development
•Assurance
what does "assessment" refer to? correct answers Assessment refers to systematically collecting
data on the population, monitoring the population's health status, and making information
available about the health of the community.
What does "policy development" refer to? correct answers Policy development refers to the need
to provide leadership in developing policies that support the health of the population, including
the use of the scientific knowledge base in making decisions about policy.
What does "assurance" refer to? correct answers Assurance refers to the role of public health in
ensuring that essential community-oriented health services are available, which may include
providing essential personal health services for those who would otherwise not receive them.
Assurance also refers to making sure that a competent public health and personal health care
workforce is available. Fielding, (2009) made the case that assurance also should mean that
public health officials should be involved in developing and monitoring the quality of services
provided.
What is public health? correct answers A broad field of practice which is the backbone of the
infrastructure supporting the health of a country, state, province, city, town or community.
What are the original and proposed definitions of population health? correct answers Original
definition: the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such
outcomes with the group
Proposed definition: Population Health is the health status of a defined population of individuals,
including the distribution of health status within the group
-May help describe the type of population whose health is being considered:
•Geographic (i.e. country, state, county, city, or specific community)
•Clinical population of a hospital or health care system
•Population Health Management
What is public health nursing? correct answers the practice of promoting and protecting the
health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences
•Focuses on improving population health by emphasizing prevention and attending to multiple
determinants of health.
•Includes advocacy, policy development, and planning, which addresses issues of social justice
Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing? correct answers Health
care of communities and populations
What are some characteristics that distinguish public health nursing as a specialty? correct
answers •Population-focused
•Community-oriented
,•Health and prevention focused
•Interventions at the community and/or population level
•Concern for the health of all members of the population or community, particularly vulnerable
populations
What is the definition of public health practice according to the 1988 Institute of Medicine?
correct answers what we, as a society, do collectively to assure the conditions in which people
can be healthy
what is the mission of public health according to the 1988 Institute of Medicine? correct answers
to generate organized community efforts to address the public interest in health by applying
scientific and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health
what are the benefits of public health practice? correct answers •Safer and cleaner environments
and food/water
•Dramatic increase in life expectancy
•Decreased number of deaths from heart disease and stroke
•Declines in death rates of adults and children
What are some gains made due to public health programs? correct answers •Safety and adequacy
of food supplies
•Provision of safe water
•Sewage disposal
•Public safety from biological threats, including immunizations
•Personal behavior changes, including reproductive behavior
What are the CDCs Ten Great Public Health Achievements in the 20th century? correct answers
•Immunizations,
•Motor Vehicle Safety,
•Workplace safety
, •Control of Infectious Diseases,
•Safer and Healthier Foods,
•Healthier Mothers and Babies,
•Family Planning,
•Fluoridation of Drinking Water,
•Tobacco as a Health Hazard, and
•Declines in Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimated in 2017 only ____% (up from 1.5%
in 1960) of all national health expenditures support population-focused public health functions,
yet the impact was enormous. correct answers 3
What are 3 public health core functions? correct answers •Assessment
•Policy development
•Assurance
what does "assessment" refer to? correct answers Assessment refers to systematically collecting
data on the population, monitoring the population's health status, and making information
available about the health of the community.
What does "policy development" refer to? correct answers Policy development refers to the need
to provide leadership in developing policies that support the health of the population, including
the use of the scientific knowledge base in making decisions about policy.
What does "assurance" refer to? correct answers Assurance refers to the role of public health in
ensuring that essential community-oriented health services are available, which may include
providing essential personal health services for those who would otherwise not receive them.
Assurance also refers to making sure that a competent public health and personal health care
workforce is available. Fielding, (2009) made the case that assurance also should mean that
public health officials should be involved in developing and monitoring the quality of services
provided.
