Author Question: Which of the following best describes why infant mortality rate is used as an international ... (Read 53 times)

yoroshambo · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Which of the following best describes why infant mortality rate is used as an international comparison of a country's health status?

a. Every country, regardless of other priorities, focuses on care of infants and their mothers.
b. It is easy to obtain and compare such data. c.
It reflects medical care quality and access and public health practice.
d. The World Health Organization requires these data be reported to them each year.

Question 2

Which of the following nursing actions would be the most helpful to the community's long-term health?

a. Careful assessment, diagnosis, planning, and giving care to individual patients and their families
b. Dialogue with community members concerning what health issues are of importance in that community
c. Focusing on family health through school-based neighborhood clinics
d. Helping the community create political change through organization, use of media, legislative lobbying, and mass demonstrations

macmac · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
It is an important marker because it is related to several factors, including maternal health, medical care quality and access, socioeconomic conditions, and public health practices. Infant mortality reflects the health and welfare of an entire community and is used as a broad indicator of health care and health status.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The ultimate goal is liberating people from health-damaging environmental conditions by using collective actions. Mechanisms have included strategic organization, litigation, public hearing testimony, letter-writing campaigns, legislative lobbying, and mass demonstrations. Helping the community create political change through organization, use of media, legislative lobbying, and mass demonstrations shows how collective action can be applied. The other interventions do not demonstrate the use of collective action.