Community Health Nursing Questions II

Situation 7: COPAR (Community Organizing Participatory Action Research) recognizes people's participation as a tool for community development.

31. The following statements pertain to Community Organizing, except:

a. Its goal is community development

b. A never-ending process once started

c. Can apply for increasing awareness

d. A process for increasing organization and initiating responsible action

32. Arrange the activities of community organizing as a continuous sustained process for community development.

a. Organization, Education, Mobilization

b. Education, Organization, Mobilization

c. Organization, Mobilization, Education

d. Education, Mobilization, Organization

33. Which among the following does not pertain to participatory action research?

a. Problem identification involves the community or group experiencing the problem

b. Method of data gathering is determined by local culture and innovativeness

c. Use of research results is within the full control of the people

d. It is done by an outsider utilizing technical quantitative techniques for publication use

34. Manageable units of the community to facilitate service delivery and people's participation is called the:

a. Spot map c. Core group

b. Small group d. Organizing group

35. The basic reasons why community organizers need to phase out from the community is to enable the:

a. Nurse to open community organization work in other depressed communities

b. People to exercise self-reliance

c. People's organization to expand their coverage

d. People to test their unity and strength

Situation 8: Community Organization is a process wherein people in the community, health care providers and agencies in the community are brought together.

36. Which one of the following is NOT an objective of community organization?

a. Learn about common problems

b. Plan the kind of action needed to solve problems

c. Never to act on issues presented

d. Identify problems as their own

37. Which of the following is the primary principle involved in community organization

a. Planning group needs

b. Assembly of community leaders

c. Technique in asking questions

d. Defined functions in each group

38. Which basic method can determine the extent to which the basic needs are met for the health workers to bring about the adjustment between need and resources?

a. Education and Interpretation

b. Determination of needs

c. Program formation

d. Fact finding

39. As a nurse, you have gained entry in the community. Which initial step is done?

a. List names of persons to contact

b. Gather information from persons and records

c. Arrange the first meeting

d. Prepare the agenda

40. Which of the following should Nurse Dexter do if the purpose in community organizing is to integrate with the people?

a. Be punctual in reporting at the Rural Health Unit (RHU)

b. Live with the people

c. Assign community officers

d. Reside in the home of the Municipal Health Officer

Situation 9: Community Assessment through Epidemiology and Vital Statistics

41. The following are steps in data processing. As a nurse, you should know its proper sequencing:

1. Data analysis 3. Data presentation

2. Data collection 4. Data collation

a. 2, 4, 1 and 3 c. 2, 4, 3, and 1

b. 2, 3, 4 and 1 d. 2, 3, 1, and 4

42. Major factors affecting population include the following, except:

a. Births c. Migration

b. Mortality d. Morbidity

43. Which of the following patterns is intermittent and confined to a certain geographical area or locality?

a. Sporadic c. Epidemic

b. Endemic d. Pandemic

44. The town of Templar has a population of 70,000 as of July 1, 2008 (midyear) as per calendar year 2008 (January to December) 500 died. Which formula below should be used to compute the crude death rate?

a. 70,000 / 70,000 x 1,000

b. 500 / 70,000 x 100

c. 70,000 / 500 x 1,000

d. 500 / 70,000 x 1,000

45. Incidence rate means new cases as percent of population and prevalence rate means cases in a given period of time as percent of population. Which formula below is a prevalence rate?

a. Number of cases of a specific disease / 1,000 estimated population x 100

b. Total number of cases of a disease (old + new) / 1,000 estimated population at the time x 100

c. Number of cases of a specific disease during a specific time / Estimated population exposed to that disease during that time x 10

d. Total number of cases of a disease (old + new) at a given time / Estimated population at the time x 100

Situation 10: The Department of Health (DOH) is the lead administrative agency governing the health sector in the Philippines.

46. The vision of the Department of Health is:

a. Health for all Filipinos

b. Health in the hands of the people by the year 2020

c. The leader, staunch advocate and model in promoting Health for All in the Philippines

d. Guarantee equitable, sustainable and quality health for all Filipinos, especially the poor and shall lead the quest for excellence in health

47. The goal of the DOH is Health Sector Reform Agenda (HSRA), with the National Objectives for Health (NOH) serving as the road map for all stakeholders in health. All of the following are reasons for health sector reform, except:

a. Slowing down in the reduction of both Infant and Maternal Mortality Rates

b. Rising and high burden from chronic, degenerative diseases and infectious diseases, respectively

c. Unattended emerging health risks from environmental and work related factors

d. Burden of disease is heaviest on the affluent

48. Which among the following is not considered as a specific role of the DOH based on Executive Order 102?

a. Leader in health

b. Reformist for health development

c. Enabler and capacity builder

d. Administrator of specific services

49. The Health Sector Reform Agenda (HSRA) utilizes FOURmula ONE for Health as its framework having four components such as health financing, health regulation, health service delivery and good governance. Which of the following is not included in the goals of this framework?

a. Better health outcomes

b. More responsive health systems

c. Streamlining health system bureaucracy

d. Equitable health care financing

50. The following are included in the 8 Millennium Development Goals that are based on the fundamental values of freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance, health, respect for nature, and shared responsibility. Which is not health related?

a. Eradicate extreme poverty

b. Promote gender equality and empower women

c. Improve maternal health

d. Ensure environmental sustainability

Situation 11: For over forty years after post war independence, the Philippine health care system was administered by a central agency based in Manila. This control agency provided the singular sources of resources, policy direction, technical and administrative supervision to all health facilities nationwide. However, a major shift took place in 1991 with the passage of the Local Government Code.

51. The passage of the Local Government Code of 1991 devolved all structures, personnel, budgetary allocations from national government to local government units. This devolution law is:

a. R.A. 7160 c. LOI 949

b. R.A. 7610 d. EO 102

52. Devolution made local government executives responsible to operate local health services. The legitimate body in the LGU which is in-charge for the operations of health services is known as:

a. Center for Community Health Development

b. The Philippine Department of Health

c. Local Health Board

d. Bantay Kalusugan

53. In the local health system, clustering of municipalities through complementation of stakeholders is done to reintegrate hospital and public health service for a holistic delivery of health services resulted in the creation of:

a. Community Health Watch

b. Inter Local Health Zone

c. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation

d. Non-Government Organization

54. The four components of ILHZ include people, boundaries, health facilities, and health workers. In terms of population, how many people should ideally represent a health district/

a. less than 5,000 c. 50,000 to 100,000

b. 5,000 to 50,000 d. 100,000 to 500,000

55. Each center controls a portion of health care system as part of its political and administrative mandate. Which one operates the Rural Health Unit?

a. National Government

b. Provincial Government

c. Municipal government

d. Barangay Government

Situation 12: Environmental health is a branch of public health that deals with the study of preventing illnesses by managing the environment and changing people's behavior to reduce exposure to biological and non-biological agents of disease and injury.

56. Which of the following is responsible for the promotion of health environmental conditions and prevention of environmental related diseases?

a. Environmental and Occupational Health Office (EOHO)

b. Environmental Sanitation Code of the Philippines

c. Center for Health and Development

d. Rural Health and Sanitary Office

57. A protected well or a developed spring with an outlet but without a distribution system is known as:

a. Point Source

b. Communal Faucet

c. Stand Post

d. Waterworks System

58. Pour flush toilet and aqua privies are classified under which level of approved toilet facilities?

a. Level I c. Level III

b. Level II d. Level IV

59. The four rights in food safety include the following, except:

a. Right source c. Right preparation

b. Right handling d. Right cooking

60. Which among the following is an important requirement for registration and renewal of licenses of newly constructed and existing hospitals?

a. Hospital waste management program

b. Municipal refuse disposal system

c. Incineration system of hazardous hospital wastes

d. Disinfection treatment to prevent transmission of diseases