Which of the following is a form of thinking upstream in community health

Which of the following statements best describes "thinking upstream"?


A) Focus on economic, political, and environmental factors
B) Prepare for your nursing career long-term goals by planning now
C) Seek causes of water and air pollution "upstream" from cities
D) Try to understand how or why someone got ill

vision statement of health literacy includes 3 main points, that a health literate society is one that

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1.  provides everyone with access to accurate and actionalble health information

2.  delivers person centered health information and services

3.  supports lifelong learning  and skills to promote good health

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health literacy may be what?Definition
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use what type of language when educating and talking to pts?Definition
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use what technique when teaching skill?Definition
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difference between health education and patient/client educationDefinition

health education:  focuses on health promotion and disease prevention, educating and empowering people, to avoid disease, make lifestyle changes, improve health for themselves

patient/client education:  a series of planned teaching-learning activities designed for individuals, families, and groups who have a ID'd alternative health status

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define disease preventionDefinition

behavior motivated to

reduce threat of disease

detect early

maintain functioning within the illness

(look at a risk population, prevent disease)

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behavior-achieving a greater level of health

self care

ex. diet, exercise

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outcome of health promotion is __________________Definition
self-responsibility for healthTerm
with health promotion do you want to avoid illnes or promote health?Definition
want to change patterns of behavior to promote health rather than to avoid illnessTerm
in health promotion is focus on population or individuals?Definition
focus on persons and populations as a wholdTerm

what are three models tat relate to the health and health education of the individual and the aggregate?

2 for community?

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1. orem

2. health belief model

3. Pender's Health promotion Model

community

1.  PRECEDE model

2. Primary Health care model

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discuss the health belief model>

value?

goal?

focus?

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it describes the impact of individual's perceptions on preventive health behaviors actions

value- health (absence of disease)

goal- avoidance of disease

focus- increase "threat"

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6 keys of the health belief modelDefinition
  1. personal susceptibility to a disease
  2. perceived severity of a disease
  3. perceived benefits of preventative behavior
  4. perceived barriers to taking action
  5. cues to encourage taking action
  6. self-efficacy-the ability to take action to achieve te desired outcome. 
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3 pts of the health belief modelDefinition

individual perceptions

modifying factors of action

likelihood

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what model is a complement to the HBM?Definition
pender's health promotion modelTerm
pender's health promotion model does what things?Definition

explains the likelihood that healthy lifestyle patterns or health promoting behaviors will occur

belief- people change behavior to feel better physically, psychologically, socially and spiritually (not to just avoid disease)

increased emphasis on self-efficacy

adds-perceived control and perceived importance of health

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which model pender's health  protective model is directed toward health protecting behavior?

health promoting?

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health protecting- HBM

health promotion-HP

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what model takes actions to improve well-being and develop human potential?Definition

pender health promotion model

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which model takes actions to prevent disease due to fear or threat?Definition
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discuss what the Predede-Proceed model is?Definition

precede-needs assessment

proceed- implementation

focuses heavily on the assessment and ID of strengths and weaknesses for planning and evaluating community health education

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what model consistently involves the client in problem solving?Definition
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define the parts of the community model - precede

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Predisposing

Reinforcing and

Enabling

Causes in

Educational

Diagnosis and

Evaluation

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2 key assumptions of the Precede community modelDefinition

1. health is multi-factoral (environmental, social, etc)

2.  health education programs must be multidiementional

outcomes oriented! toward the community

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the goal of teaching is _____Definition
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effective teaching is the responsibility of the ________Definition
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learning is the responsibility of the ______Definition
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domains of learning

cognitive-

affective-

psychomotor learning-

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cognitive-knowing (facts and concepts)

affective-judging and deciding

proper attitudes is necessary for lifestyle changes

psychomotor-action or skill

performing or doing

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in the cognitive domain (the thinking process)

what is blooms taxonomy of learning

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6. evaluation

5.  syntesis (integrates)

4.  analysis(examines)

3.  application(uses learning)

2.  comprehension(understands)

1.  knowledge(recalls knows)

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blooms taxonomy of learning domain-affective (emotions, feelings or attitudes)

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5.  internalizing(adoption)

4.  conceptualization(integrates)

3.  valuing(appreciates)

2.  responding(reacts)

1.  receiving(listening)

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blooms taxonomy of learning domain-psychomotor domain

demonstration and performance skills

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3.  physically intellectually and emotionally capable of skill

2.  sensory image to perform skill trough senses

1.  practice and master skill

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when do you do program planningDefinition

-the assessment is completed

-data as been analyzed

-problems have been ID'd and prioritized for the population at risk

-and a desire to change exists

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questions to ask when setting goalsDefinition

1. is it realistic

2.  is it attainable (literature to support your outcomes)

3.  measurable

4.  is it set within a given timeframe

5.  is it acceptible to the population

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goals need to be what 2 thingsDefinition
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statements which indicate specific way to accomplishing goals

will help you measure progress toward the goals

3 specific things

1. what will be different

2.  by when?

3.  how will the results be measured?

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in evaluation when who evaluates the process?

the outcome?

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process-teacher

outcome-learner

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discuss formative or process evaluationDefinition
  • provides feedback to determine a need for modification

  • provides direction for change in goals and interventions

  • this monitoring is periodic

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discuss outcome/summative evaluationDefinition
  • addresses overall effectiveness and goal attainment

  • completed at end of program

  • provides data if objectives were met or not met

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a good proposal does what?Definition
ties te evaluation to the program model design and assumptionsTerm
begin to define the evaluationa as you begin what?Definition
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what is the intervention wheel?Definition

formerly known as the public health intervention model (PHI) model

developed ad model for population based public health nursing practice

describe the full scope of PH practice

explain how their practice contributes to the improvement of population health

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the intervention wheel depicts what?Definition
how public health improves popultion health through interventions on a community, individual, and systems levelTerm
the intervention wheel utilizes ____ public health interventionsDefinition
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id attributes of a communityDefinition
  • population/people(size, density, composition, age/gender, family)

  • location,, physical environment(boundaries ocation of health services, geographic, housing, climate, flora/fauna, human-made environment

  • territorial bonds (whena nd where)-geopolitical, community of interest, community of solution

  • relational bond(phenomenological)-interest orientation, feeling

  • social system/psycosocial/function-family, economic, educational, religious, welfare, political, recreational, legal, communication

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purpose of the community assessmentDefinition
a process by which data are compiled regarding a community health status and from which a nursing dx is doneTerm
community oriented-population nursing careDefinition
is shaped by the characteristics and needs of a given community and employs population-based skills.  requires nursing to focus on population health rather than individual health resulting in an overall goal of a healthy communityTerm
characteristics of healthy communityDefinition

sense of community cohesion

  • collaborate effectively in IDing community needs and problems
  • achieve working consesnus on goals and objectives
  • agree on implementation of goals
  • collaborate on required action

crime, educational system, economy, environmental factors, housing, transportation, leisure activities, taxes

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define a needs assessmentDefinition
a planning tool that ID's subpopulations most in need of services, determines the most acceptable ways for services to be offeredTerm
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total community assessmentTerm
problem-oriented needs assessmentDefinition
assess in relation to specific health problemTerm
familiarization needs assessmentDefinition
studying data available within a community, may use a winshield surveyTerm
subsystem community assessmentDefinition
community subsystem assessment focuses on one specific community subsytem, how this subsystem is influenced by the whole communityTerm
phenomenological community asessmentDefinition
A phenomenological community is a group of people who have shared or like-minded relationships, values, interests, beliefs and goalsTerm
methods utilized in community assessmentsDefinition

direct observation

  1. community forums/focus groups

indirect observations

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the diagnostic reasoning process is used why?Definition

ID health risk

ID factors and health indicators associated with risk

validate existing health problems

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nsg dx for communities are based on:Definition

inaccessible and unavailable services

mortality and morbidity rates

communicable disease rates

specific populations at risk

health promotion needs for populations

community dysfunction

environmetal hazards (MUEKE)

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format for writing community level diagnosisDefinition
increased risk for disability/disease among community/agrigate related to etiology as evidence by health indicatorsTerm
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focuses on health promotion and disease prevention, educating and empowering people to avoid disease/make lifestyle changes/ improve health for themselvesTerm
define disease preventionDefinition
behavior modified to reduce threats of disease, detect early, maintain functioning within the illnessTerm
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behavior, achieving a greater level of health, self care

outcomes of health promotion, outcome is self responsibility for health, change patterns of behavior to promote health rather than to avoid illness, focus on persons and populations as a whole

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examples of effective community education programsDefinition

school based programs

worksite programs

church based programs

hospital based programs

neighborhood programs

community wide programs

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goals of community education programsDefinition
broad, but achievable statements of what needs to be  accomplishedTerm
setting community goals- ask what questionsDefinition

what do you expect to occur as a result of your program?

is it realistic?

attainable (literature to support?)

measurable?

set within a given time frame?
is it acceptable for the population?

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goals need to be what 2 things?Definition
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idividual focus interventionsDefinition

individual and families within a population

knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, practices, and behaviors

alone or part of a family , class or group

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system focus interventionsDefinition
changes in organizations, policies, laws, adn power structures that impact healthTerm
how many homeless on any given night in the US?Definition
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a homeless individual is defined as which of the following?Definition
an individual who spends most nights at public/private places not designated for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beingsTerm
children wholives in parks, abandoned buildings, or vehicles are classified as which of the following ?Definition
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which group of homeless individuals is known for their involvement in survival sex?Definition
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what model supports upstream thinking with the purpose to improve homelessness through reduction of structural conditions contributing to homelessness?Definition
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Mr. A has a dx of schizophrenia.  He has difficulty finding suitable housing due to his schizophrenia.   this is an example of ?Definition
Marginalizaion- the process of social and political peripheralization of individuals /groups based on real or perceived differences from the majority.  Marginalization makes access to the goods and services of a community more difficultTerm
you are working as a nurse in a mental health facility.  You are involved with pts. who have varied dx's One of your pts. family members asks what biological problem causes all of these people to have mental illness.  You respond that most experts believe which of the following?Definition
many factors cause the problem-no data for definitive biological cause for mental illness.  scholars have concluded that mental illness is multifactorial and complexTerm
community mental health emphasizes what?Definition
delivery of care for the mentally ill in community outpt. clinics, halfway houses, and group homesTerm
the most frequently diagnosed mental illness in the united states isDefinition
depression-  according to the NIMH the most frequently diagnosed mental illnesses are the "affective disorders"  depression is a affective disorderTerm
the initiative that sought to move health care of the mentally ill from long-term settings into the community, resulting in deinstitutionalization was what?Definition
community mental health centers act (1963 with amendments in 1964 and 1965)Term

all of the following are biological factors that have been hypothesized as contributing to the development of mental illness except

What is the form of thinking upstream in community health?

The upstream thinking perspective is applied to an examination of environmentally associated health problems and the opportunities that citizens have (or do not have) to access information and resources to make health-promoting choices in response to environmental health risks.

What is an example of upstream thinking?

Our current approach to healthcare is equivalent to jumping into a river to pull out drowning children, when instead we should head upstream to figure out why these children are falling in the river in the first place.

What is upstream and downstream thinking?

Downstream thinking. Downstream approach reacts to problems after they've occurred, while Upstream approach aims to prevent problems from happening in the first place! Upstream approach looks at systemic factors that influence the mushrooming of problems into even bigger problems.

Which of the following is an accurate description of upstream thinking?

“Thinking upstream” means focusing on modifying economic, political, and environmental factors that are the precursors of poor health throughout the world.