The nurse has been monitoring the community's rates of cardiac disease and sees that they are increasing. The nurse holds a community forum to address the impact of cardiac disease on the community's health
Those attending are given information about cardiac disease including interventions related to diet and exercise to decrease risk. Several church groups who attend the forum offer to host health fairs to provide additional information to the community as well as transportation to physician visits for older community members. Public health services exemplified in this situation include: (Select all that apply.)
1. Monitoring health status to identify health problems.
2. Diagnosing and investigating health problems and hazards.
3. Informing, educating, and empowering people regarding health issues.
4. Mobilizing community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.
5. Engaging physicians to see older community members.
Answer: 1, 3, 4
Explanation: 1. While monitoring the community's health, the nurse has identified cardiac disease as a health problem in the community. Convening a community forum is informing, educating, and empowering the community. Community partnerships are mobilized and the church groups are offering to host health fairs and linking people to health services by providing transportation. Diagnosis and investigating health problems and hazards are not services utilized in this forum. Engaging physicians to see older community members is not a public health service.
3. While monitoring the community's health, the nurse has identified cardiac disease as a health problem in the community. Convening a community forum is informing, educating, and empowering the community. Community partnerships are mobilized and the church groups are offering to host health fairs and linking people to health services by providing transportation. Diagnosis and investigating health problems and hazards are not services utilized in this forum. Engaging physicians to see older community members is not a public health service.
4. While monitoring the community's health, the nurse has identified cardiac disease as a health problem in the community. Convening a community forum is informing, educating, and empowering the community. Community partnerships are mobilized and the church groups are offering to host health fairs and linking people to health services by providing transportation. Diagnosis and investigating health problems and hazards are not services utilized in this forum. Engaging physicians to see older community members is not a public health service.
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