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PVAMU CHN Chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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systematic data collection about a population. This includes monitoring the population's health status and providing information about the health of the community | assessment |
a population group | aggregate |
the public health role of making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available | assurance |
people and the relationships that emerge among them as they develop and use in common some agencies and institutions and share a physical environment | community |
occurs outside an institution, services are provided to ind. and families in the community | community-based |
the provision of acute care and care for chronic health problems to individuals and families in the community | community health nursing |
nursing practice in the community , with the primary focus on the health care of the ind., family or grps. in the community. The goal is to preserve, protect,promote to maintain health | community- health nursing |
nursing that focuses on the health care of either the community or a population of ind., families and grps | community- oriented nursing |
broader in scope than community based practice. A form of care in which the nurse provides health care after a community dx to determine what conditions need to be altered in order for ind., families and groups in the community to stay healthy | community-oriented practice |
providing leadership in developing policies that support the health of the population | policy development |
a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental characteristics | population |
emphasizes populations that live in the community | population-focused |
the core of public health, a practice that emphasizes health protection , health promotion, and disease prevention of a population. | population-focused practice |
primary care and public health services that are designed to meet the basic needs of people in communities at an affordable cost | primary health care services |
community efforts designed to prevent disease and promote health. It can be what members of a society do collectively to ensure conditions that ensure health | public health |
these include assessment, policy development, ans assurance | public health core functions |
a specialty of nursing that synthesizes nursing and the science of public health to provide care to populations | public health nursing |
services designated to treat and detect disease in the early acute stage | secondary health care services |
services designated to limit the progression of disease or disability | tertiary care |