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Nation building and nightingale era, first half of century characteristics

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poverty, poor health/self care, created by industrial capitalism, immigration, urbanizaiton

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Nation building and nightingale era, second half of century characteristics

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First nursing school
Health promotion
Creation of the VON

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Early 20th century nursing

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3 sectors emerge (hospital, private, public)

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Priorities for CHN in early 20th cent

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TB and school nursing, midwifery and health education, reducing infant mortality

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when was CHN pioneered

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early 20th cent

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Mid 20th century emphasis

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From child health/immunizations/communicable diseases to reducing morbidity/mortality from chronic disease

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what demand was placed on CHN in mid 20th century

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postpartum home visits

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what happened to CHN in 1980s (mid 20th cent)

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Recession l/t loss of nursing positions in healthcare, esp hospitals

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What pandemics occured in mid 20th cent

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HIV, AIDS

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late 20th cent

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WHO adopted primary health care as a vision for health acheivement
CHN provide leadership to enhance PHC

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Early 21st cent

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Romanow commission to inc emphasis on homecare
Chronic disease prevention
Global health equity

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Public health

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organized efforts of society to keep people healthy, prevent injury/illness/death in populations

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public health care

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focus on individuals to limit impacts of disease and disability

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primary prevention

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promotes health using upstream approach to identify potential risk factors, do not want injury to occur

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Secondary prevention

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promotes health through early disease identification

Focus is to halt an illness

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Tertiary prevention

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initiated when individual is symptomatic.

Focus is on prevention of further disability

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political advocacy

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advocation for political changei n regards to status of immigrants

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Health equity

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All people are able to reach their full potential and are not disadvantaged d/t any circumstance
Fair distribution of health resources

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emancipatory knowing

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capacity of CHN to recognize social/political problems and that things could be different, piece together experience to promote change. req understanding equity

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Sociopolitical Knowing

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asks nurses to find intersections between health related interests of nursing and the public
Multiple layers and influences on health include social context of individual + fam

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critical social theoery

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considers that multiple social and economic factors result in power differentials in societ

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Feminist theory

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Focus on role of sexism and oppression in creation of inequity

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Complexity Science Theory

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View that in any given situation a combination of diverse parts creates a new situation, no single appraoch

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core concepts of complexity science theory

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interconnectedness, non linearity, self organization, co evaluation

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Intersectionality theory
considers multiple oppressive forces at play
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Postcolonial theory
considers role of race and history in creation of equity
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Critical caring theory theory
Health promoting process reflect cores of PHN, while encompassing community and populations.
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Concepts in critical caring theory
teaching-learning, creation of supportive + sustainable environments, social justice, building capacity, honouring local beliefs
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Strengths based theory
Incorporates thinking about positives, what works well, what holds potential. finds balance between focusing on client strengths and dealing with problems
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5 prinicipals of PHC
``` accessibility Public participation HP Appropriate technology Intersectional collab ```
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Accessability
healthcare is universally accessible to all people regardless of geography
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What is important about accessability
healthcare that stigmatizes vulnerable groups is not deemed accessible
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Public participation
Population is encouraged to participate in
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Social justice
fair distribution of society's benefits, responsibilities and consequences
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Focus of social justice
relative position of one group in relationship to others in society
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Some of the ten defining attributes for social justice
``` equity human rights Democracy and civil rights capacity building just institution enabling environments ```
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professional power
influence stemming from professional position we hold | ABility to impact persons state of being
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Everyday ethics
how nurses attend to ethics in carrying out their daily interactions, including how they appraoch practice and reflect
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Empowerment
Process by which people gain control over the factors decisions that shape hteir lives
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Advocacy
Takes a standards for practice, aims and reforms that are in line with moral goals of public health
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Capacity building
Being where individuals and communities help identify relevant health issues and
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4 Ethical principals
Transparency Least restrictive or coercive means Reciprocity Harm principal
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Transparency
Refers to how decisions are made | Anybody relevant should participate in decision making in accountable and equal fashion PREVENTING political interface
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Least restrictive coercive means
stipulates that the full force of governmental authority and power should not be used if less coercion is possible
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reciprocity
if public action is warranted, social entities such as Ph, are obligated to assist individuals in meeting ethical responsibility
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Harm principal
Justification for restricting the liberty of people in a democratic society
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Mortality rate
deaths per 1000 people annually
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Crude mortality rate
Compare number of deaths from a specific cause within a population
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Specific mortality rate
Compares number of deaths from a specific cause in a particular subgroup within the whole group
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Proportional mortality
Number of deaths from a spec cause in a given population over a certain time period COMPARED against total # deaths in same tim period
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temporal relationship
person does not get the disease until aafter they have been exposed to the cause
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Strength of association
exposure to a specific stressor or cause that is most likely to bring on the disease
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Dose response
persons who are most exposed . are most ill
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Specificity
cause is linked to a specific disease
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Consistency
everyone who eats contaminated food gets the illness, and if another food is contaminated with the same bacteria, they get the illness too
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Biologic plausibility
consistent with current biomed knowledge
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Experimental replication
Several studies done by different people in different places that produce the same results
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Casual relationship
Occur where there is a definite, statistical cause and effect relationsihp between a particular stimulus/occurnece
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odds ratio
measure of association between an exposure and an outcome. represents the odds that an outcome will occur given a particular exposure, compared to the odds of the outcome occurring in the absence of that exposure.
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what does odds ratio represent
represents the odds that an outcome will occur given a particular exposure, compared to the odds of the outcome occurring in the absence of that exposure.
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Target population
population for whom nursing intervention is intended for
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Surveillance
constant watching or monitoring of disease to assess patterns quickly + identify events that do not fit in pattern
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Prevalane
spec disease process in population at a point in time
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Relative risk
Calculated by incidence rate of disease in exposed popluation / incidence of disease in unexposed population
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fx of relative risk
determine if certain populations are at inc risk compared to others

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