Fundamentals of Community Nutrition

Public Health Nutrition (PHN) strives to improve the health and well-being of individuals and groups within the community through leadership at the macro level. It involves assessments, advocacy, and environmental change. PHN builds on Community Nutrition (CN) which focuses on nutrition education, counseling, prevention, and referrals to solve community problems.

The three arenas of Public Health Nutrition are people, policy, and programs.

The top three leading causes of death in the United States are heart disease, cancer, and stroke.

<p>Primary Prevention refers to measures taken to prevent the onset of illness or injury before the disease process begins. An example of primary prevention is vaccinations and promoting healthy lifestyles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Secondary Prevention refers to actions aimed at early detection and intervention, thereby halting the progression of an illness or injury at an early stage. An example of secondary prevention is regular health check-ups and screenings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Health is defined as the absence of disease and the state of physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual well-being.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ten leading causes of death in the United States are heart disease, cancer, stroke, lung diseases, accidents, diabetes, pneumonia/influenza, Alzheimer’s disease, kidney disease, and septicemia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The three levels of prevention in healthcare are primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Examples of tertiary prevention include managing and mitigating complications of chronic diseases, rehabilitating those affected by disease or injury, and preventing further deterioration or complications.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some trends in the healthcare system include an increase in managed care (such as HMOs, PPOs, and POS plans), increased costs due to technology, aging population, consumer demands, unhealthy lifestyles, practice of defensive medicine, and professional liability costs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The benefits of interprofessional collaboration include empowering team members, closing communication gaps, enabling comprehensive patient care, reducing readmission rates, promoting a team mentality, and promoting patient-centered care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The triple aim framework developed by the Institute of Health Care Improvement aims to optimize and measure health systems performance through improved patient experience (satisfaction), better population health, and lower per capita cost.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The fourth key added to the triple aim framework to create the Quadruple Aim is improving work life or preventing burnout of healthcare providers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The different types of health insurance include fee for service (private), managed care (private), and public (Medicare and Medicaid).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The beneficiaries of public health insurance programs like Medicare and Medicaid include low socioeconomic status individuals, the aged, blind, and disabled.</p> Signup and view all the answers