Vulnerable Populations
Public health Nursing
Levels of Prevention
Community as Client
Epidemiology
100
decreased earnings
What is poverty
100
essential community services are available
What is assurance
100
Treating a child with diabetes for low blood sugar
What is tertiary prevention
100
assessment method of simple observation
What is a windshield survey?
100
basic science of public health
What is epidemiology?
200
risky behaviors and peer pressure
What are some of the reasons for teen pregnancy
200
A collection of individuals who have one or more characteristics in common
What is a population
200
Giving flu vaccinations
What is primary prevention
200
state of housing and and neighborhoods in general
What is the built environment?
200
describes the occurrence of the disease in terms of person, place and time
What is descriptive epidemiology?
300
must travel to do farm work and unable to return to a permanent residence
What is a migrant farmworker
300
systematically collecting data on a population
What is assessment
300
Screening 41 year-old female for breast cancer
What is a mammogram / secondary prevention
300
focuses on investigation of causes and associations (why) of the problem
What is analytic epidemiology?
400
not sure where the next meal comes from
What is food insecurity
400
established the Henry Street settlement
Who is Lillian Wald?
400
teaching migrants about clean water
What is primary prevention
400
the 7 A's (awareness, access, availability, affordability, acceptability, appropriateness, and adequacy)
What are criteria to evaluate effectiveness of programs
400
measure of existing disease
What is the prevalence proportion
500
ability to read and understand numbers to make informed decisions
What is health literacy
500
influenced goals and priorities in public health and nursing for disease prevention and health promotion
What is Healthy People 2020?
500
counseling regarding abortion
What is secondary prevention
500
community awareness, and motivation to help with a problem
What are some barriers to community health?
500
Agent, host and environment
What is the epidemiologic triangle?
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