NURS 2115 Midterm Exam Graded A+
Advocacy - ANSWER-Involves the active support of individual rights and positive policy
or system change
Aggregate communities - ANSWER-Groups of people with common interests, culture,
beliefs, or goals.
Bioethics - ANSWER-ethical issues that are related to health and healthcare
Canadian Community as Partner Model - ANSWER-- Assessment,
- Analysis,
- Diagnosis,
- Planning,
- Intervention,
- Evaluation
Capacity building - ANSWER-Giving strength to individual and institutional skills,
capabilities, knowledge, and experience through coaching, training, resource
networking, and technical support. Strengthens the ability of an individual, an
organization, a community, or a health system to develop and implement health
promotion initiatives and sustain positive health outcomes over time.
Community attribute - ANSWER-Community Assessment wheel (community
assessment): physical environment, education, safety, and transportation, politics and
government
Community health promotion modl - ANSWER-applies community health promotion
strategies to achieve collaborative community actions and to improve sustainable health
outcomes of the community. Incorporates strategies from Epp's report, and the Ottawa
Charter of Health Promotion, and PHC principles
Cycle of oppression - ANSWER-1. Biased information
2. Stereotype
3. Prejudice
4. Discrimination
5. Oppression
Democracy and Civil Rights - ANSWER-Outlined in the Canadian Bill of Rights.
Democracy and civil rights exist when all have qual rights and power resides in the
people and is not based on hereditary or arbitrary differences in privilege or rank.
Empowerment - ANSWER-Refers to the process of enabling communities to increase
control over their lives; and refers to the process by which people gain control over the
factors and decisions that shape their lives. It is the process by which they increase
, their assets and attributes and build capacities to gain access, partner, networks and
voice, in order to gain control
Enabling environments - ANSWER-Supports positive change, community
empowerment, and policy development
Epp Report (Achieving Health for All: A Framework for Health Promotion) - ANSWER-
Three mechanisms of health promotion:
- selfcare,
- Actions people take to help each other cope,
- healthy environments
Equity - ANSWER-Based on the treatment of all individuals, which includes equitable
access and opportunity to meet health needs
Ethical practice - ANSWER-CNA code of ethics defines ethical practice for nurses
Ethical Principles for Public Health Interventions - ANSWER-1. Harm principle
2. Least restrictive or coercive means
3. Reciprocity
4. Transparency
Ethics - ANSWER-Values, norms, moral principles, virtues, and traditions that guide
human conduct
Five Actions for health promotion - ANSWER-1. Building healthy public policy,
2. Creating supportive environments for health,
3. Strengthening community action.
4. Developing personal skills.
5. Reorienting health services toward preventing diseases and promoting health
Focus of Public Health Professionals (Under the chief public health officer) - ANSWER--
Promote health;
- Prevent and control chronic diseases and injuries;
- Prevent and control infectious diseases;
- Prepare for and respond to public health emergencies;
- Serve as a central point for sharing Canada's expertise with the rest of the world;
- Apply international research and development to Canada's public health programs
- Strengthen intergovernmental collaboration on public health and facilitate national
approaches to the public health policy and planning
Geopolitical boundaries - ANSWER-refer to both geographic boundaries and political
boundaries (legal jurisdictions)
harm reduction - ANSWER-A philosophy and approach to healthcare delivery,
programs, or policies, implemented with a goal to protect the health of, and reduce
Advocacy - ANSWER-Involves the active support of individual rights and positive policy
or system change
Aggregate communities - ANSWER-Groups of people with common interests, culture,
beliefs, or goals.
Bioethics - ANSWER-ethical issues that are related to health and healthcare
Canadian Community as Partner Model - ANSWER-- Assessment,
- Analysis,
- Diagnosis,
- Planning,
- Intervention,
- Evaluation
Capacity building - ANSWER-Giving strength to individual and institutional skills,
capabilities, knowledge, and experience through coaching, training, resource
networking, and technical support. Strengthens the ability of an individual, an
organization, a community, or a health system to develop and implement health
promotion initiatives and sustain positive health outcomes over time.
Community attribute - ANSWER-Community Assessment wheel (community
assessment): physical environment, education, safety, and transportation, politics and
government
Community health promotion modl - ANSWER-applies community health promotion
strategies to achieve collaborative community actions and to improve sustainable health
outcomes of the community. Incorporates strategies from Epp's report, and the Ottawa
Charter of Health Promotion, and PHC principles
Cycle of oppression - ANSWER-1. Biased information
2. Stereotype
3. Prejudice
4. Discrimination
5. Oppression
Democracy and Civil Rights - ANSWER-Outlined in the Canadian Bill of Rights.
Democracy and civil rights exist when all have qual rights and power resides in the
people and is not based on hereditary or arbitrary differences in privilege or rank.
Empowerment - ANSWER-Refers to the process of enabling communities to increase
control over their lives; and refers to the process by which people gain control over the
factors and decisions that shape their lives. It is the process by which they increase
, their assets and attributes and build capacities to gain access, partner, networks and
voice, in order to gain control
Enabling environments - ANSWER-Supports positive change, community
empowerment, and policy development
Epp Report (Achieving Health for All: A Framework for Health Promotion) - ANSWER-
Three mechanisms of health promotion:
- selfcare,
- Actions people take to help each other cope,
- healthy environments
Equity - ANSWER-Based on the treatment of all individuals, which includes equitable
access and opportunity to meet health needs
Ethical practice - ANSWER-CNA code of ethics defines ethical practice for nurses
Ethical Principles for Public Health Interventions - ANSWER-1. Harm principle
2. Least restrictive or coercive means
3. Reciprocity
4. Transparency
Ethics - ANSWER-Values, norms, moral principles, virtues, and traditions that guide
human conduct
Five Actions for health promotion - ANSWER-1. Building healthy public policy,
2. Creating supportive environments for health,
3. Strengthening community action.
4. Developing personal skills.
5. Reorienting health services toward preventing diseases and promoting health
Focus of Public Health Professionals (Under the chief public health officer) - ANSWER--
Promote health;
- Prevent and control chronic diseases and injuries;
- Prevent and control infectious diseases;
- Prepare for and respond to public health emergencies;
- Serve as a central point for sharing Canada's expertise with the rest of the world;
- Apply international research and development to Canada's public health programs
- Strengthen intergovernmental collaboration on public health and facilitate national
approaches to the public health policy and planning
Geopolitical boundaries - ANSWER-refer to both geographic boundaries and political
boundaries (legal jurisdictions)
harm reduction - ANSWER-A philosophy and approach to healthcare delivery,
programs, or policies, implemented with a goal to protect the health of, and reduce
