Community Health Nursing 2026/2027 | Practice Exam Questions,
Answers and Study Guide
MODULE 1: COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING - Ans✅✅✅
define: Population (3)
-one example - Ans✅✅✅ -large group
-a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental characteristics and reside
within a community
-there is no shared connection between members like in a community
~ex: grade 6's in all of FH or BC (larger size than group example)
define: Group / Aggregate (2)
-2 examples - Ans✅✅✅ -different subgroups within a population
-a group of people who all share at least one similar characteristic
~ex: grade 6 children vaccinated at a particular school
a sub population within a larger population
~ex: high risk infants younger than 1 year of age
define: Community (1) - Ans✅✅✅ -group w/ shared social, cultural, geographic or occupational ties
How does population differ from aggregate? (1)
-one example - Ans✅✅✅ -difference usually just the size
-ex: grade 6 children vaccinated in Fraser Health (pop) vs grade 6 children vaccinated in one school
,How does a population differ from a community? - Ans✅✅✅ -more than just shared characteristics
-connections between members = community
define: Global Health - Ans✅✅✅ -area for study, research + practice that places a priority on
improving health / achieving equity in health for all people worldwide
-addresses transnational health issues, such as climate change, HIV, and AIDS, and DOH (poverty +
education)
-implies consideration of health needs of the people of the planet above the concerns of particular
nations
define: Risk Communication (2) - Ans✅✅✅ -exchanging information on the potential harm of health
or environmental hazards to risk assessors and managers, the general public, news media, and interest
groups
-a means of mitigating risk or preventing harm
define: Health Literacy (1) - Ans✅✅✅ -the ability to access, comprehend, evaluate, and communicate
information as a way to promote, maintain, and improve health and a variety of settings across the life
course
define: Social Justice - Ans✅✅✅ -fair distribution of society's benefits, responsibilities and their
consequences
-focus on relative position of one social group in relationship to others in society + on the root causes of
disparities / what can be done to eliminate them
What are the "foundations" of community health practice? - Ans✅✅✅ -equity and social justice
What is the goal of implementing health promotion programs? - Ans✅✅✅ -to change peoples and
societies attitudes toward practices regarding lifestyle choices
What are the 3 layers of disease prevention? - Ans✅✅✅ -primary
-secondary
-tertiary
, What occurs in primary disease prevention? - Ans✅✅✅ -prevent disease / illness from beginning
~ex: immunizations, seatbelt regulations
What occurs in secondary disease prevention? - Ans✅✅✅ -detect early disease progression before
clinical S+S become apparent
-allows for early diagnosis + treatment
What occurs during tertiary disease prevention?
- Interrupt the course of the disease
- Reduce the amount of disability that might occur d/t the disease
- Rehabilitation - Ans✅✅✅ -disease has become obvious and the aim is to disrupt the course and
disrupt the amount of disability that might occur w/ the disease
~ex: Rehab
define: Episodic Care
-which level(s) of health promotion is related to episodic care? - Ans✅✅✅ -curative and restorative
aspect of practice
-secondary + tertiary levels of health promotion
Explain primordial prevention - Ans✅✅✅ -broader activities that focus on preventing the emergence
of risk factors that involves action to decrease known risk factors
~ex: policies about healthy eating
define: Distributive Care
Answers and Study Guide
MODULE 1: COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING - Ans✅✅✅
define: Population (3)
-one example - Ans✅✅✅ -large group
-a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental characteristics and reside
within a community
-there is no shared connection between members like in a community
~ex: grade 6's in all of FH or BC (larger size than group example)
define: Group / Aggregate (2)
-2 examples - Ans✅✅✅ -different subgroups within a population
-a group of people who all share at least one similar characteristic
~ex: grade 6 children vaccinated at a particular school
a sub population within a larger population
~ex: high risk infants younger than 1 year of age
define: Community (1) - Ans✅✅✅ -group w/ shared social, cultural, geographic or occupational ties
How does population differ from aggregate? (1)
-one example - Ans✅✅✅ -difference usually just the size
-ex: grade 6 children vaccinated in Fraser Health (pop) vs grade 6 children vaccinated in one school
,How does a population differ from a community? - Ans✅✅✅ -more than just shared characteristics
-connections between members = community
define: Global Health - Ans✅✅✅ -area for study, research + practice that places a priority on
improving health / achieving equity in health for all people worldwide
-addresses transnational health issues, such as climate change, HIV, and AIDS, and DOH (poverty +
education)
-implies consideration of health needs of the people of the planet above the concerns of particular
nations
define: Risk Communication (2) - Ans✅✅✅ -exchanging information on the potential harm of health
or environmental hazards to risk assessors and managers, the general public, news media, and interest
groups
-a means of mitigating risk or preventing harm
define: Health Literacy (1) - Ans✅✅✅ -the ability to access, comprehend, evaluate, and communicate
information as a way to promote, maintain, and improve health and a variety of settings across the life
course
define: Social Justice - Ans✅✅✅ -fair distribution of society's benefits, responsibilities and their
consequences
-focus on relative position of one social group in relationship to others in society + on the root causes of
disparities / what can be done to eliminate them
What are the "foundations" of community health practice? - Ans✅✅✅ -equity and social justice
What is the goal of implementing health promotion programs? - Ans✅✅✅ -to change peoples and
societies attitudes toward practices regarding lifestyle choices
What are the 3 layers of disease prevention? - Ans✅✅✅ -primary
-secondary
-tertiary
, What occurs in primary disease prevention? - Ans✅✅✅ -prevent disease / illness from beginning
~ex: immunizations, seatbelt regulations
What occurs in secondary disease prevention? - Ans✅✅✅ -detect early disease progression before
clinical S+S become apparent
-allows for early diagnosis + treatment
What occurs during tertiary disease prevention?
- Interrupt the course of the disease
- Reduce the amount of disability that might occur d/t the disease
- Rehabilitation - Ans✅✅✅ -disease has become obvious and the aim is to disrupt the course and
disrupt the amount of disability that might occur w/ the disease
~ex: Rehab
define: Episodic Care
-which level(s) of health promotion is related to episodic care? - Ans✅✅✅ -curative and restorative
aspect of practice
-secondary + tertiary levels of health promotion
Explain primordial prevention - Ans✅✅✅ -broader activities that focus on preventing the emergence
of risk factors that involves action to decrease known risk factors
~ex: policies about healthy eating
define: Distributive Care
