ATI Community Health Nursing
ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (UPDATED
EDITION)
1. 3 core functions of public health - ANSWER ✔ - assessment, public policy formation,
assurance
2. Assessment is systematic ___ ____ of the population, monitoring of the population's
______, and making information about the health of the community ______ - ANSWER ✔ -
data collection, health, available
3. Policy development refers to the need to provide _____ in developing policies that support
the health of the population, including use of the _____ _____ ____ in making decisions
about policy - ANSWER ✔ - leadership, scientific knowledge base
4. Assurance refers to the role of public health in making sure that essential community-
oriented ________ _______ are available, which may include providing essential _____
_____ services for those who would otherwise not receive them - ANSWER ✔ - health
services, personal health services
5. Two parts of assurance are making sure community services are ______, and insuring you
have a work force that's _____ and ______ - ANSWER ✔ - available, competent, qualified
6. Describe assessment - ANSWER ✔ - systematic data collection of the population, monitoring
of the population's health status, and making information available on the health of the
community
7. Describe policy development - ANSWER ✔ - 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
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8. Two parts of assurance - ANSWER ✔ - 1. Making sure community-oriented health services
are available, 2. Insuring community has a work force that's qualified and competent
9. PHN providing an education program about the dangers of smoking is an example of what
level of prevention? - ANSWER ✔ - primary
10. PHN providing an flu vaccination program in a community retirement village would be an
example of what type of prevention? - ANSWER ✔ - secondary
11. PHN providing a diabetes clinic for a defined population of adults in a low-income housing
community. - ANSWER ✔ - tertiary
12. ____ ____ is what members of a society do collectively to ensure that conditions exist in
which people can be healthy. - ANSWER ✔ - public health
13. Two terms for a collection of individuals who share one or more personal or environmental
characteristics. - ANSWER ✔ - population, aggregate
14. Definition of population/aggregate - ANSWER ✔ - collection of individuals who share one or
more personal or environmental characteristics
15. Identifying autoimmune people in a community as at increased risk for west nile virus would
be an example of identifying what? - ANSWER ✔ - subpopulation
16. Essential PH Services: List examples of diagnosing and investigating health problems and
hazards in the community - ANSWER ✔ - lead paint, trash, uneven concrete, poor
playground equipment
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ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (UPDATED
EDITION)
1. 3 core functions of public health - ANSWER ✔ - assessment, public policy formation,
assurance
2. Assessment is systematic ___ ____ of the population, monitoring of the population's
______, and making information about the health of the community ______ - ANSWER ✔ -
data collection, health, available
3. Policy development refers to the need to provide _____ in developing policies that support
the health of the population, including use of the _____ _____ ____ in making decisions
about policy - ANSWER ✔ - leadership, scientific knowledge base
4. Assurance refers to the role of public health in making sure that essential community-
oriented ________ _______ are available, which may include providing essential _____
_____ services for those who would otherwise not receive them - ANSWER ✔ - health
services, personal health services
5. Two parts of assurance are making sure community services are ______, and insuring you
have a work force that's _____ and ______ - ANSWER ✔ - available, competent, qualified
6. Describe assessment - ANSWER ✔ - systematic data collection of the population, monitoring
of the population's health status, and making information available on the health of the
community
7. Describe policy development - ANSWER ✔ - 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
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8. Two parts of assurance - ANSWER ✔ - 1. Making sure community-oriented health services
are available, 2. Insuring community has a work force that's qualified and competent
9. PHN providing an education program about the dangers of smoking is an example of what
level of prevention? - ANSWER ✔ - primary
10. PHN providing an flu vaccination program in a community retirement village would be an
example of what type of prevention? - ANSWER ✔ - secondary
11. PHN providing a diabetes clinic for a defined population of adults in a low-income housing
community. - ANSWER ✔ - tertiary
12. ____ ____ is what members of a society do collectively to ensure that conditions exist in
which people can be healthy. - ANSWER ✔ - public health
13. Two terms for a collection of individuals who share one or more personal or environmental
characteristics. - ANSWER ✔ - population, aggregate
14. Definition of population/aggregate - ANSWER ✔ - collection of individuals who share one or
more personal or environmental characteristics
15. Identifying autoimmune people in a community as at increased risk for west nile virus would
be an example of identifying what? - ANSWER ✔ - subpopulation
16. Essential PH Services: List examples of diagnosing and investigating health problems and
hazards in the community - ANSWER ✔ - lead paint, trash, uneven concrete, poor
playground equipment
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