A PHN is implementing the public health intervention of health teaching at the systems level of practice. Which of the following interventions is most likely being implemented by the nurse?
a. Participating in the "Great American Smokeout"
b. Working with a local employer to provide smoking cessation education
c. Providing one-on-one counseling to smokers
d. Advocating for increased taxes on tobacco products
ANS: B
Working with a local employer to provide smoking cessation education is the only example of health teaching at the systems level of practice. Participating in the "Great American Smokeout" occurs at the community level and is not health teaching. Providing one-on-one counseling to smokers is health teaching at the individual level of practice. Advocating for increased taxes on tobacco products occurs at the systems level of practice, but it is not health teaching.
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