NFDN 2006 COMMUNITY HEALTH
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST VERSION
2025/2026.
Community - ANS A specific population of people, or a place where people live and work.
Develop and commonly share agencies, institutions and a physical environment.
Canada Health Act - ANS Universality: citizens have access to tax paid health care
Accessibility: people have to be able to access the system
Comprehensiveness of services: ensure all basic services that are necessary are funded
Portability: anywhere in Canada
Public Administration: appropriate services are provided to people.
Collaboration - ANS Fundamental to community health nursing, often deal with complex
problems (kids with poor grade, poor nutrition: requires help from school, family etc)
collaborate with lots of different people to solve problems.
Population - ANS A collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental
characteristics.
Aggregates - ANS A subpopulation that grows within a population.
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,Population Health - ANS Health of a population using the determinants of health and health
status indicators to determine that health.
Incidence: # of new cases
Prevalence: # of people with a condition at a given time.
Burden of illness: lost work time, mental health, lost wages)
Primary Prevention - ANS Prevent disease from the beginning.
Secondary Prevention - ANS Seeks to detect disease early in its progression in order to make
early diagnoses and begin treatment.
Tertiary Prevention - ANS Begins once a disease has become obvious; aims to interrupt the
course of the disease.
Upstream Thinking - ANS "Big picture" approach that considers determinants of health and
other economic factors. Prevention and finding the primary problem/cause. How could this be
prevented?
Downstream Thinking - ANS Considers individual health concerns and treatment without
considering the socio-political or environmental variables. Focus on the individual without
finding the primary problem.
Health Canada - ANS Umbrella term for Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Institutes
of Health Research, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and First Nations and Inuit Health.
Lalonde Report - ANS Human biology, lifestyle, environment, health care organization.
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, Epp Report - ANS Reducing inequalities, increasing prevention, and enhancing coping skills.
Ottawa Charter - ANS Peace, shelter, education, food, income, stable ecosystem, sustainable
resources, social justice & equity.
Determinants of Health - ANS -Income and social status**
-Social support network
-Education and literacy
-Employment and working conditions
-Social environments
-Physical environments
-Personal health practices and coping skills
-Healthy childhood development
-Biology and genetic endowment
-Health services
-Culture
-Gender
Social Determinants of Health - ANS The economic and social conditions that shape the
health of individuals, communities, and jurisdictions AS A WHOLE.
Primary Health Care Principles - ANS -Accessibility (equal to everyone)
-Health promotion and disease prevention (rather than curative)
-Public participation
-Intersectoral collaboration(integration of health development)
-Technology
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EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST VERSION
2025/2026.
Community - ANS A specific population of people, or a place where people live and work.
Develop and commonly share agencies, institutions and a physical environment.
Canada Health Act - ANS Universality: citizens have access to tax paid health care
Accessibility: people have to be able to access the system
Comprehensiveness of services: ensure all basic services that are necessary are funded
Portability: anywhere in Canada
Public Administration: appropriate services are provided to people.
Collaboration - ANS Fundamental to community health nursing, often deal with complex
problems (kids with poor grade, poor nutrition: requires help from school, family etc)
collaborate with lots of different people to solve problems.
Population - ANS A collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental
characteristics.
Aggregates - ANS A subpopulation that grows within a population.
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,Population Health - ANS Health of a population using the determinants of health and health
status indicators to determine that health.
Incidence: # of new cases
Prevalence: # of people with a condition at a given time.
Burden of illness: lost work time, mental health, lost wages)
Primary Prevention - ANS Prevent disease from the beginning.
Secondary Prevention - ANS Seeks to detect disease early in its progression in order to make
early diagnoses and begin treatment.
Tertiary Prevention - ANS Begins once a disease has become obvious; aims to interrupt the
course of the disease.
Upstream Thinking - ANS "Big picture" approach that considers determinants of health and
other economic factors. Prevention and finding the primary problem/cause. How could this be
prevented?
Downstream Thinking - ANS Considers individual health concerns and treatment without
considering the socio-political or environmental variables. Focus on the individual without
finding the primary problem.
Health Canada - ANS Umbrella term for Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Institutes
of Health Research, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and First Nations and Inuit Health.
Lalonde Report - ANS Human biology, lifestyle, environment, health care organization.
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Epp Report - ANS Reducing inequalities, increasing prevention, and enhancing coping skills.
Ottawa Charter - ANS Peace, shelter, education, food, income, stable ecosystem, sustainable
resources, social justice & equity.
Determinants of Health - ANS -Income and social status**
-Social support network
-Education and literacy
-Employment and working conditions
-Social environments
-Physical environments
-Personal health practices and coping skills
-Healthy childhood development
-Biology and genetic endowment
-Health services
-Culture
-Gender
Social Determinants of Health - ANS The economic and social conditions that shape the
health of individuals, communities, and jurisdictions AS A WHOLE.
Primary Health Care Principles - ANS -Accessibility (equal to everyone)
-Health promotion and disease prevention (rather than curative)
-Public participation
-Intersectoral collaboration(integration of health development)
-Technology
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