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rachel9 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The population health nurse lives in an area that is at great risk for hurricanes. The nurse is advocating for stricter building codes and for barriers such as seawalls or dams. What type of planning is this nurse advocating?

1. Health promotion.
2. Injury prevention.
3. Illness prevention.
4. Advocacy.

Question 2

A group of community leaders is meeting to plan for the upcoming hurricane season. The leader reminds the group that the general intent of disaster preparedness is to:

1. Limit the morbidity and mortality that results from a disaster.
2. Decrease the cost of the disaster to the community.
3. Prepare the community for the impending effects.
4. Increase public awareness of the potential for the disaster.

IAPPLET · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 1
Explanation: 1. Health promotion activities include engaging the whole community in policy making and planning, linking public and private performance and interests to resilience goals, improving public and private infrastructure and essential services, and promoting a culture of resilience. The actual emergency response would be injury and illness prevention. Advocacy is not a term used to describe a type of prevention.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 1
Explanation: 1. The general intent of disaster preparedness is to limit the morbidity and mortality that results from a disaster. Decreasing the cost, preparing the community, and increasing public awareness are not the best descriptions of the general intent of disaster preparedness.