Author Question: Threats to health from communicable diseases, the environment, chronic illness, and the aging ... (Read 1471 times)

dbose · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Threats to health from communicable diseases, the environment, chronic illness, and the aging process have changed over time. The newer threats to health in the United States that community health nurses are currently faced with include:

1. Diphtheria, cholera, and typhoid fever
2. HIV, AIDS, and bioterrorism
3. Avian flu, tuberculosis, and radiation
4. Polluted water and air

Question 2

Race is a classification that relies on physical markers. Which of the following is true?

1. In the United States, children of biracial parents are usually assigned the race of the father.
2. Ethnicity and race are synonymous terms.
3. Individuals may be of the same race but of different cultures.
4. No social significance is usually placed on race.

yotaSR5 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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The newer threats to health that public health nurses are involved in are HIV, AIDS, and bioter-rorism. Choice 1 lists threats of the past. Avian flu may be a threat, but radiation and tuberculo-sis are ongoing. Polluted water and air are generally not seen in the United States.

Answer to Question 2

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It is often a misconception that persons of the same race have the same culture. For example, African Americans may have been born in Africa, the Caribbean, North America or elsewhere and have very different cultures.