PH Foundations
This field represents the organized work of public agencies to protect and improve the health of people in Canada.
What is Public Health?
These units deliver Public health programs and services in Ontario.
What are Public Health Units or PHUs?
This field of nursing integrates public health science, social and environmental science, and primary care principles to promote and protect population health.
What is Public Health Nursing?
Other than working in the community, nursing students on a public health placement also spend some of their time doing this at the office.
What is desk or office work?
Public health focuses on improving the health of this group rather than just individuals.
What are populations?
The number of Public Health Units in Ontario.
What is 29 units?
Name one place nurses work in other than the office.
Mobile bus
In the community
Home visits
Community agencies
Schools
Name one setting outside the office where nursing students might observe or practice.
Schools
Community centers
Home visits
Clinics
Public health is trying to achieve three aims. Which one of these is NOT an aim of public health?
Enhance the health status of populations
Protect against health emergencies and mitigate impacts
Achieve equitable health outcomes
Provide direct treatment to individual patients
What is provide direct treatment to individual patients?
These two provincial ministries provide direction and provincial oversight of public health programs and services.
What are the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services?
This specific document guides the work of nurses in public health and highlights the integrated knowledge, skills, judgement and attributes required of a public health nurse to practice safely and ethically.
What are the Public Health Nursing Discipline Specific Competencies?
Name one thing students need to make sure of for their public health placement application.
Check for typos
Complete all questions with detail
Maintain an appropriate social media presence
These social, economic, and environmental factors are consistently being addressed by Public Health.
What are the social determinants of health?
These standards set the minimum requirements for public health programs and services in Ontario.
What are the Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS)?
Public health nurses often work with other nurses and other disciplines to plan and deliver programs. This type of teamwork is called:
What is interprofessional collaboration?
This is something nursing students will do at the end of their placement at Region of Waterloo Public Health.
What is participate in an End-of-Term student event/presentation?
Name one way we can tell public health is working effectively.
Vaccination and antibiotic education programs that boost immunity and prevent disease spread
Workplace and road safety rules (seatbelt regulations, alcohol levels while driving)
Food and water safety inspections and regulations
Environmental monitoring, such as tracking soil contamination, air quality declines and climate-related health impacts
Public education campaigns to promote healthy behaviour like following Canada’s Food Guide
This Ontario legislation governs how personal health information is collected, used, and disclosed.
What is the Personal Health Information Protection Act?
Name one difference between Public Health and Community Nursing.
Work governed by provincial government government and more direct influence with decision-makers through Board of Health vs Work governed by health authorities, community agencies, or non-profit organizations
Populations vs individuals in specific community.
Long-term results vs short-term and long-term results.
Public Health placement could be for you if you have interest in:
•Upstream approach
•Improving health for the next generation
•Reducing health inequities in society
•Diverse role
•Community approach
•Building relationships
•Advocacy
•Policy reform and program planning