NUR 480 HEALTH PLANNING, COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS PROCESS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULLY ELABORATED AND DETAILED
1. What is health planning?: direction on how we diagnosis/manage health issues
2. Community: - a group of people often living in a defined geographical area who share a commo
culture,
values, and norms and are arranged in social structure according to relationships which the community
has developed over a period of time
-a *system and includes three factors*
-people are community *members*
-*place * is a geographic location
-*functions* refer to community activities
3. What are the 3 factors of a community: 1. people
2. place
3. function
4. Aggregate: a population sharing the environment
5. Community as a client: - the focus is population-centered care
-guides decisions about the allocation decisions of resources and services to create the *greatest
benefits* for the community --> looks at the pros and cons of each resource
6. Ethical concepts that guide community as client perspective: utilitarianism an
justice
7. Utilitarianism: doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people
8. Distributive justice: treating people fairly and distributing resources, and burdens equitably
among the
members of a society
9. Social justice: ensuring that vulnerable groups are included in equitable distribution of resources
10. What should the outcome of social justice be?: a reduction in health
disparities between
privileged and marginalized social groups
11. What is the purpose of community assessment?: to take detailed stock of a
community for the purpose of identifying and analyzing conditions and developing strategies to
address issues
12. Primary data: collected directly through interactions with community members and leaders
(ex. key infor- mants)
13. Secondary data: obtained through existing reports on the community, including census,
vital statistics, and numerical reports (morbidity and mortality information)
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, NUR 480 HEALTH PLANNING, COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS PROCESS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULLY ELABORATED AND DETAILED
14. What are the 8 major domains for PHN (Public Health Nursing)
competen- cies?: 1. analytic and assessment skills
2. policy development/program planning skills
3. communication skills
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULLY ELABORATED AND DETAILED
1. What is health planning?: direction on how we diagnosis/manage health issues
2. Community: - a group of people often living in a defined geographical area who share a commo
culture,
values, and norms and are arranged in social structure according to relationships which the community
has developed over a period of time
-a *system and includes three factors*
-people are community *members*
-*place * is a geographic location
-*functions* refer to community activities
3. What are the 3 factors of a community: 1. people
2. place
3. function
4. Aggregate: a population sharing the environment
5. Community as a client: - the focus is population-centered care
-guides decisions about the allocation decisions of resources and services to create the *greatest
benefits* for the community --> looks at the pros and cons of each resource
6. Ethical concepts that guide community as client perspective: utilitarianism an
justice
7. Utilitarianism: doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people
8. Distributive justice: treating people fairly and distributing resources, and burdens equitably
among the
members of a society
9. Social justice: ensuring that vulnerable groups are included in equitable distribution of resources
10. What should the outcome of social justice be?: a reduction in health
disparities between
privileged and marginalized social groups
11. What is the purpose of community assessment?: to take detailed stock of a
community for the purpose of identifying and analyzing conditions and developing strategies to
address issues
12. Primary data: collected directly through interactions with community members and leaders
(ex. key infor- mants)
13. Secondary data: obtained through existing reports on the community, including census,
vital statistics, and numerical reports (morbidity and mortality information)
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, NUR 480 HEALTH PLANNING, COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS PROCESS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULLY ELABORATED AND DETAILED
14. What are the 8 major domains for PHN (Public Health Nursing)
competen- cies?: 1. analytic and assessment skills
2. policy development/program planning skills
3. communication skills
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