Quiz: Introduction to Public Health and Public Health Nursing

The federal agency of the public health system that is most involved with the health and welfare of United States citizens is the:

Department of Health and Human Services

If a 25-year-old woman visits a community health center to obtain a gynecological examination and birth control pills, these activities are termed _____ care.

Primary health

According to Baker at al. (2005), the public health systems in the U.S. infrastructure are build on:

The workforce
Information and knowledge systems
Organizational capacity
All of the above

The primary purpose of the World Health Organization is to:

Coordinate surveillance at the global level

A public health nurse is compiling information about how to promote early detection of breast cancer in women. Which document would most likely provide useful information about this topic?

Healthy People 2020

The public health nurse must participate in the essential services of public health. These include:

Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues

What initiative began as a result of a resolution adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1977?

Primary health care movement

According to Milestones in Public Health, public health in the United States surged as a necessity-driven response to immediate local threats like epidemic disease. It was seen as measures to protect the local population from epidemic disease like the yel

1794

Which of the following statements is true with regard to a population focus in public health nursing?

Attention is given to the population or community as a whole, regardless of whether they do or do not access the health care system.

A public health nurse provides a clinic for HIV-positive citizens in the community. This is an example of:

Tertiary prevention

Lillian Wald's major contribution to public health nursing was:

Establishing the Henry Street Settlement

A key opportunity for public health nurses to improve population-focused care is by:

Influencing public health policy

A major provision of the Social Security Act of 1935 was the establishment of:

State and local community health services and training of personnel

In the Epidemic! game, there are 4 roles to choose from:

Community Health Educator, Environmental Health Scientist, Epidemiologist, and Public Health Officer.

In the Foundations of PHN Concept Map is the PHN Process embedded. Who created this public health nursing practice model?

Los Angeles County DPH, Public Health Nursing

Which is an example of the primary goal of public health?

Conducting an infant car seat safety check

Population-based preventive programs launched in the 1970s are responsible for increased:

Use of automobile safety restraints

Making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available defines which of the core public health functions?

Assurance

The public health nurse analyzes data related to the number and type of United States Environmental Protection agency air quality standards that a community failed to meet. This data is an example of using which community health profile indicator?

Health risk factor

According to the Declaration of Alma-Ata, health is

A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing
Not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
A fundamental human right
All of the above