A nurse is involved in identifying individuals with unrecognized health risk factors or asympto-matic disease. Which of the following public health interventions is being applied?
a. Screening
b. Referral and follow-up
c. Surveillance
d. Health teaching
ANS: A
Screening involves identifying individuals with unrecognized health risk factors or asymptomatic disease. Referral and follow-up assists individuals, families, groups, organizations, and/or com-munities to identify and access necessary resources in order to prevent or resolve problems or concerns. Surveillance describes and monitors health events through ongoing and systematic col-lection, analysis, and interpretation of health data. Health teaching communicates facts, ideas, and skills that change knowledge, attitudes, values, beliefs, behaviors, and practices of individu-als, families, systems, and/or communities.
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