Community-Oriented VS. Community-Based - Community-Oriented: Focus is on "health care" of
individuals, families, and groups in
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Community-Based: Manage acute and chronic conditions/Focus is on "illness care" of individuals and
families across the life span (usually one-on-one)
What is Public Health? - - A scientific discipline that includes the study of epidemiology, statistics, and
assessment
- ensure that conditions exist in which people can be healthy
What are the benefits of public health? - - Increased life expectancy
- Decreased deaths from strokes, cancer, heart disease, etc
3 public health core functions
- 1. Assessment- Systematic data collection on the population
2. Policy Development- develop policies that support the health of the population
3. Assurance- Making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available
The primary focus that has differentiated public health nursing from other specialties - the emphasis on
the population rather than on single individuals or families
The DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHN AND OTHER FORMS OF NURSING - - In public health nursing, the nurse
often reaches out to those who might benefit from a service or intervention
- In other forms of nursing, the client is more likely to seek out and request assistance
Primary goal of Public Health - the prevention of disease and disability and it is achieved by ensuring
that conditions exist in which people can remain healthythe feature that distinguishes public health nursing from other specialties - The focus on populations in
the community and the emphasis on health protection, health promotion, and disease prevention
Population definition - A collection of individuals who share one or more personal or environmental
characteristics
The term population may be used interchangeably with what term? - aggregate
Subpopulation definition - Subsets of the population who share similar characteristics
- For example, people older than 65 years who live in a residential home would be a subpopulation of a
larger population of older persons in the community
Community definition - People and the relationships that emerge among them as they develop and use
in common some agencies and institutions and share a physical environment
Types of practice: Individual, family, and group focused - - Focus is on providing services to individua [Show Less]