Evidence-based public health (EBPH) is:
a. an integration of the best available nursing expertise.
b. derived from community principles to fit the area where it is practiced.
c. a health endeavor that makes informed use of evidence.
d. comprised of only public health records.
ANS: C
EBPH is a public health endeavor in which there is an informed, explicit, and judicious use of evidence that has been derived from any of a variety of science and social science research and evaluation methods. EBPH includes more than public health records. EBPH is not an integration of nursing expertise. EBPH is not derived from community principles.
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