Public health assumes that it is ___________ responsibility to meet the basic needs of the people.
society's
__________ health relates to
... [Show More] community vitality and isa result of positive interaction among groups within the community with an emphasis on health promotion and illness prevention
An example would be when a community group sponsors a?
Social
Food drive to help alleviate problems with hunger/nutrition (think its promoting health and preventing illness)
the WHO definition of health considers several dimensions of health including S, M, and P
Social, mental and physical
Why is it so difficult to standardize health?
Because there is such a variety of definitions of the word health
in recent nursing literature, _____________ is seen as a group or collection of individuals who share common interests, characteristics, values and goals
Community
What are the two main types of communities? G, P
geopolitical & phenomenological
What type of community is most traditionally recognized , is defined or formed by natural and/or man-made boundaries and include cities, counties, states and nations?
geopolitical communities
What type of community refers to relational, interactive groups; the place or setting is more abstract, and people share a group perspective or identity based on culture, values, history, interests and goals?
phenomenological communities
Schools, colleges, universities, churches, synagogues, mosques, and various social networks are examples of _______________ communities
phenomenological
type of phenomenological community where there is a collection of people who form a group specifically to address a common need or concern
An example would be the sierra club, whose members lobby for preservation of natural resource lands.
community of solution
Term used to denote a group of people having common personal or environmental characteristics (P)
population
subgroups or subpopulations that have some common characteristics or concerns such as age, gender (A)
aggregates
It is estimated that individual behaviors and environmental factors are responsible for about _____ percent of all premature deaths in the united states
50%
Leading the list of actual causes of death is ____, which was implicated in __ percent of annual deaths in the US
tobacco, 20%
Commonly reported health indicators include: (4) LE, IM, AADR, CIR
life expectancy
infant mortality
age-adjusted death rates
cancer incidence rates
Healthy People 2020 has a total of ____ leading health indicators as major public health concerns
12
Health indicators can be correlated as causes of ______ and ______
morbidity and mortality
Community health nurses should be aware of health _________ and health _______ within their practice.
patterns & indicators
Who is known for classic definition of public health? CEW
It says that public health is the science and art of preventing ___, prolonging ___, and promoting ____
C.E Winslow
Preventing disease
Prolonging life
Promoting health and efficiency
Who began the public health nursing tradition in the late 1800s? LW
Lillian Wald [Show Less]