What is Community Health or Public Health
Nursing Questions and Answers
How do we define Health? - answer A state of complete well-being, physical, social,
and mental, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity - World Health
Organization, 1958
The extent to which an individual or group is able, on the one hand, to realize
aspirations and satisfy needs; and, on the other hand, to change or cope with the
environment. Health is, therefore, seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objective
of living; it is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, and
physical capacities - World Health Organization, 1986
The mission of Public Health is...? - answer ... social justice, which entitles all people
to basic necessities such as adequate income and health protection and accepts
collective burdens to make this possible
Define community - answer a group or collection of locality-based individuals,
interacting in social units and sharing common interests, characteristics, values, and/or
goals
Public and Community Health - answer Public health is the Science and Art of ...
(1) preventing disease,
(2) prolonging life, and
(3) promoting health and efficiency through organized community effort...
C.E. Winslow
Community health extends the realm of public health ...
...to include organized health efforts at the community level through both government
and private efforts.
Community / Public Health Nursing is... - answer ...is the synthesis of nursing
practice and public health practice.
... has the major goal to preserve the health of the community and surrounding
populations.
... focuses on health promotion and health maintenance.
... is associated with health and identification of populations at risk rather than an
episodic response to patient demand.
Public Health Nursing (ANA) - answer ANA definition (2007)
The practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations
Uses knowledge from nursing, as well as social and public health sciences, to promote
and protect the health of populations.
Nursing Questions and Answers
How do we define Health? - answer A state of complete well-being, physical, social,
and mental, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity - World Health
Organization, 1958
The extent to which an individual or group is able, on the one hand, to realize
aspirations and satisfy needs; and, on the other hand, to change or cope with the
environment. Health is, therefore, seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objective
of living; it is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, and
physical capacities - World Health Organization, 1986
The mission of Public Health is...? - answer ... social justice, which entitles all people
to basic necessities such as adequate income and health protection and accepts
collective burdens to make this possible
Define community - answer a group or collection of locality-based individuals,
interacting in social units and sharing common interests, characteristics, values, and/or
goals
Public and Community Health - answer Public health is the Science and Art of ...
(1) preventing disease,
(2) prolonging life, and
(3) promoting health and efficiency through organized community effort...
C.E. Winslow
Community health extends the realm of public health ...
...to include organized health efforts at the community level through both government
and private efforts.
Community / Public Health Nursing is... - answer ...is the synthesis of nursing
practice and public health practice.
... has the major goal to preserve the health of the community and surrounding
populations.
... focuses on health promotion and health maintenance.
... is associated with health and identification of populations at risk rather than an
episodic response to patient demand.
Public Health Nursing (ANA) - answer ANA definition (2007)
The practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations
Uses knowledge from nursing, as well as social and public health sciences, to promote
and protect the health of populations.
