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ATI Community Health Nursing: Chapter 1 Questions and Answers Graded A

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Nursing theories provide ✔✔the basis for care of the community and family Nurses working in the community should have an understanding of ✔✔the foundations of community health nursing, the p ... rinciples of community health nursing, and health promotion and disease prevention Nightingale's Theory of Environment ✔✔Highlights the relationship b/w and individual's environment and health; depicts health as a continuum; emphasizes PREVENTIVE care. Health Belief Model -- Purpose ✔✔to predict or explain health behaviors; assumes that preventive health behaviors are taken primarily for the purpose of avoiding disease;emphasizes change at the INDIVIDUAL level Health Belief Model -- Describes the likelihood of taking an action to avoid disease based on: ✔✔perceived susceptibility, seriousness, and threat of a disease; modifying factors; cues to action; perceived benefits minus perceived barriers to taking actionMilio's Framework for Prevention ✔✔complements the health belief model; emphasizes change at the COMMUNITY level; ID's relationship b/w health deficits and availability of healthpromoting resources; theorizes that behavior changes within a large number of people can ultimately lead to social change Community ✔✔a group of people and institutions that share geographic, civiv, and/or social parameters A community's health is determined by ✔✔the degree to which the community's collective health needs are ID'd and met Health indicators ✔✔mortality rate, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity, obesity, tobacco use, and substance use [Show More]

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