Community Health Nursing Midterm
Questions and answers 2025\2026 update
What is an example of Tertiary prevention?
a. Intervention that aims to interrupt the course of disease
b. Process of empowering people to increase control
c. Seeking to detect disease early in its progression
d. Measures taken to prevent the occurrence of disease - answer a. Intervention
that aims to interrupt the course of disease
B/C: Tertiary prevention is a type of intervention that begins once the disease has
become obvious; the aim is to interrupt the course of the disease, reduce the
amount of disability that might occur, and begin rehabilitation. --eg: speech and
physio for a stroke patient
What aims to reduce health inequalities among population groups through the
use of protection, prevention, and promotion strategies?
a. Determinants of Health
b. Downstream thinking
c. Population health
d. Primary care - answer c. Population health
B/C: The aim of a population health approach is to improve the health of the
population and reduce health inequalities among groups within the population. A
population health approach embraces the full range of protection, prevention,
and promotion strategies.
, What is included among the nine Determinants of Health outlined in the
population health promotion model?
a. Culture
b. Gender
c. Genetics
d. Language - answer c. Genetics
B/C: The nine determinants identified in the population health promotion model
are income and social status, social support network, education, working
conditions, physical environment, biology and genetics, personal health practices
and coping skills, health child development, and health services.
Within the context of primary health care, which term refers to ensuring fairness
and equity in health services so that everyone has equal access to health care?
a. Distributive justice
b. Beneficence
c. Global health
d. Social Justice - answer d. Social Justice
B/C: Taking action for social justice means attempting to reduce system-wide
differences that disadvantage certain groups and prevent equal access to
Determinants of Health and to health care services.
Questions and answers 2025\2026 update
What is an example of Tertiary prevention?
a. Intervention that aims to interrupt the course of disease
b. Process of empowering people to increase control
c. Seeking to detect disease early in its progression
d. Measures taken to prevent the occurrence of disease - answer a. Intervention
that aims to interrupt the course of disease
B/C: Tertiary prevention is a type of intervention that begins once the disease has
become obvious; the aim is to interrupt the course of the disease, reduce the
amount of disability that might occur, and begin rehabilitation. --eg: speech and
physio for a stroke patient
What aims to reduce health inequalities among population groups through the
use of protection, prevention, and promotion strategies?
a. Determinants of Health
b. Downstream thinking
c. Population health
d. Primary care - answer c. Population health
B/C: The aim of a population health approach is to improve the health of the
population and reduce health inequalities among groups within the population. A
population health approach embraces the full range of protection, prevention,
and promotion strategies.
, What is included among the nine Determinants of Health outlined in the
population health promotion model?
a. Culture
b. Gender
c. Genetics
d. Language - answer c. Genetics
B/C: The nine determinants identified in the population health promotion model
are income and social status, social support network, education, working
conditions, physical environment, biology and genetics, personal health practices
and coping skills, health child development, and health services.
Within the context of primary health care, which term refers to ensuring fairness
and equity in health services so that everyone has equal access to health care?
a. Distributive justice
b. Beneficence
c. Global health
d. Social Justice - answer d. Social Justice
B/C: Taking action for social justice means attempting to reduce system-wide
differences that disadvantage certain groups and prevent equal access to
Determinants of Health and to health care services.
