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Title: Community Health Nursing

Description: Chapter TWO

Total Flash Cards: 11

Created: 09/27/2009 18:06:03

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AGGREGATES
 Definition
SUBPOPULATIONS WITHIN THE LARGER POPULATION WHO POSSESS SOME COMMON CHARACTERISTICS, OFTEN RELATED TO HIGH RISK FOR SPECIFIC HEALTH PROBLEMS.
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COMMUNITY
 Definition
A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SHARE COMMON INTERESTS, WHO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER, AND WHO FUNCTION COLLECTIVELY WITHIN A DEFINED SOCIAL STRUCTURE TO ADDRESS COMMON CONCERNS.
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COMMUNITIES OF IDENTITY
 Definition
COMMUNITIES WITH A COMMON IDENTITY AND INTERESTS
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GEOPOLITICAL COMMUNITY
 Definition
A COMMUNITY CHARACTERIZED BY GEOGRAPHIC AND JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES, SUCH AS A CITY.
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NEIGHBORHOOD
 Definition
A SMALLER, MORE HOMOGENEOUS GROUP THAN A COMMUNITY AND INVOLVES AN INTERFACE WITH OTHERS LIVING NEARBY AND A LEVEL OF IDENTIFICATION WITH THOSE OTHERS. THEY ARE SELF DEFINED.
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POPULATION
 Definition
GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. RESIDENTS OF A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL AREA.
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POPULATION-BASED PRACTICE
 Definition
PRACTICE THAT FOCUSES ON ENTIRE POPULATIONS, IS GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT, CONSIDERS ALL HEALTH DETERMINANTS, EMPHASIZES PREVENTION, AND INTERVENES AT MULTIPLE LEVELS.
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POPULATION HEALTH
 Definition
THE ATTAINMENT OF THE GREATEST POSSIBLE BIOLOGIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF THE POPULATION AS AN ENTITY AND OF ITS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS.
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PRIMARY PREVENTION
 Definition
MEASURES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE GENERAL OPTIMUM HEALTH OR...THE SPECIFIC PROTECTION OF MAN AGAINST DISEASE AGENTS.
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SECONDARY PREVENTION
 Definition
THE EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF EXISTING HEALTH PROBLEMS AND TAKES PLACE AFTER THE HEALTH PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED.
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TERTIARY PREVENTION
 Definition
ACTIVITY AIMED AT RETURNING THE CLIENT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF FUNCTION AND PREVENTION FURTHER DETERIORATION IN HEALTH.