chapter 18

Question 1

ASsessment Protocol for Excellence in Public HEalth

Answer 1

assesses the organization , provides a framework for working with community members, and establishes a leadership role

Question 2

change agent

Answer 2

nursing role that facilitates change in client or agency behavior to more readily achieve goals. stresses gathering and analyzing facts and implementing programs

Question 3

change partner

Answer 3

nurse that acts as an enabler-catylst, teacher or problem solving skills, creates a positive outcome on the clients behalf

Question 4

community-as-partner model

Answer 4

developed by Anderson and McFarlane in 1995 that illustrates how communities change and grow best by full self-empowerment. it presents an assessment wheel with people in the center and eight subsystems that affects and are affected by people surrounding them

Question 5

community assessment

Answer 5

views communities as the client. identify strengths and stressors

Question 6

community competence

Answer 6

parts of a community collaborate to identify all the problems and work out a solution

Question 7

community health

Answer 7

goal of population-centerd practice

Question 8

community partnership

Answer 8

health care workers work with the people of the community

Question 9

community reconnassance

Answer 9

web based assessment of related data on community

Question 10

confidentiality

Answer 10

controlling the disclosure of personal info

Question 11

early adopters

Answer 11

groups that adopt new ideas from mass media rather than face to face information. specialized rather than global interests

Question 12

empowerment

Answer 12

help people aquire skills and information necessary for decision making

Question 13

informant interviews

Answer 13

directed conversation with selected members of the community about community members . direct method of assessment

Question 14

interacting groups

Answer 14

cluster of individuals who are linked by personal relationships

Question 15

late adopters

Answer 15

individuals who are last to embrace change

Question 16

lay advisors

Answer 16

people who are influential in approving or vetoing new ideas and from whom others seek advice about new ideas

Question 17

mediating structures

Answer 17

act both to support and prevent change efforts at the community level

Question 18

Mobilizing for action through planning and partnership

Answer 18

helps communities apply strategic thinking to prioritize public health issues and identify resources to address them

Question 19

nominal groups

Answer 19

groups in which individuals work in the presence of one another but do not interact

Question 20

participant observation

Answer 20

direct method of data collection

Question 21

partnership

Answer 21

work together to achieve a joint goal. flexible and negotiative

Question 22

Planned approach to community health

Answer 22

a process that involves and enables members of a community implement disease prevention.

Question 23

problem correlates

Answer 23

contributing factors to a problem

Question 24

problem prioritizing

Answer 24

evaluation of problems and establishment of priorities according to predetermined criteria

Question 25

program planning model

Answer 25

planning technique that uses normal groups to assess client problems and find ways to solve them

Question 26

role negotiation

Answer 26

two or more persons deciding which taks each with accept in a defined situation

Question 27

secondary analysis

Answer 27

method of assessment where existing data is used

Question 28

typologies

Answer 28

study of classification of communities by types

Question 29

windshield surveys

Answer 29

look thru windshield an survey the surrounding community