After implementing health promotion policies and plans to ...

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After implementing health promotion policies and plans to prioritize health problems, the community must evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions. Which groups would be involved in this process?
 
  1. Health care providers at the community level
   2. Hospital and clinic personnel who administered health care needs
   3. Health care providers, consumers, community leaders, and politicians
   4. Consumers who were directly affected by the services provided

Question 2

The nurse is talking with a client who asks the nurse why the health care system has changed again. The best response by the nurse is:
 
  1. Many people are accessing routine health care in the emergency department..
   2. There is an increased use of alternative medicine..
   3. There is a decrease in chronic disease..
   4. There are not enough technological advances..

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Answer to Question 1

3. Health care providers, consumers, community leaders, and politicians

Rationale:
Because community health is usually a collaborative process involving health providers, community leaders, politicians, and consumers, all would be included in the evaluation process. Often, the community health nurse is the agent of evaluation, collecting and assessing data that determine the effectiveness of implemented programs. Since policy changes are made by the community, the hospital and clinic personnel, would not evaluate the effectiveness of policy without participation by the community. Consumers are part of the process, but would not be the only evaluation group.

Answer to Question 2

1. Many people are accessing routine health care in the emergency department..

Rationale:
Many people in the United States do not have health care insurance. As a result, they seek routine health care in the emergency department, contributing to the increase in the cost of health care. Use of alternative medicine does not require a change in policy at this time. Chronic disease is on the rise. There are many technological advances in medicine, and they have increased the cost of health care.