Health: A Community View

Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context Community Assessment and Population Health Problems

Read chapter 1, 2 & 6 of the class textbook and review the attached PowerPoint presentations once done answer the following questions.

1. Compare and contrast the definitions of health from a public health nursing perspective and list and explain the, three levels of prevention and give an example of each one.

2. Mention and discuss community/public health nursing interventions as explained by the intervention Wheel.

3. Describe and explain the process of conducting a community health assessment and identify and discuss the uses for epidemiological data at each step of

of the nursing process.

4. Compare the application of the public health principles to the nation’s major health problems at the turn of the twentieth century (i.e. acute disease) with the beginning of the twenty-first century (i.e. chronic disease) and mention and discuss the major contemporary issues facing community/public health nursing, and trace the historical roots to the present.

Please present your assignment in an APA format word document, Arial 12 font. A minimum of 2 evidence-based references is required (not counting the class textbook) no older than 5 years.

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Answer preview

The descriptions provided to explain the concept of health have several similarities and differences. Among the similarities is the health involves the wellbeing of the individual. It goes beyond health in their physical body into other aspects like psychological and social wellbeing. One of the differences of the definitions is that some recognize health as a state, a state of physical psychological and social wellbeing another regards health as an everyday resource and not a state of living.

There are several levels of prevention of diseases. The first is primary prevention which involves the deterrence of the occurrence of illness. Examples include vaccination of children…

 

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