A Lady Health Worker visits households in a rural area and refers a child with danger signs to the nearest Basic Health Unit. Which community health principle is best shown?
Correct answer: A. Community-based referral and continuity of care
- A. Community-based referral and continuity of care
- B. Replacement of all hospital services
- C. Restriction of care to healthy children
- D. Separation of preventive and curative services
Explanation
Referral links household-level services with the formal health system and supports continuity of care. The Lady Health Worker does not replace the health facility, and community care commonly combines preventive, promotive and referral functions.
Report an error
The more specific you are, the faster it gets fixed. A source beats an opinion.
Prefer email? support@testustad.com
About Concepts of Community Health
Community health focuses on the health status and needs of populations rather than individual patients alone. It covers community assessment, social and environmental determinants, levels of prevention, health indicators, the community health nursing process, and the roles of families, groups and health services in improving well-being.
Practise Concepts of Community Health
50 free Concepts of Community Health MCQs from Community Health Nursing, each with the correct answer and an explanation. Unlimited attempts, no account needed.
Discussion
Stuck on an option, or know a faster way to get there? Ask or explain it here.
No comments yet. Be the first to explain this one.
Exams that ask Community Health Nursing questions like this
Community Health Nursing is on 9 papers prepared for on TestUstad, and all of them draw the same bank, so this question is worth knowing for every one of them.
More Concepts of Community Health questions
Which activity is an example of primary prevention?
A nurse identifies that a village has frequent diarrhoeal disease because many households use an unsafe water source. Which factor is the most direct determinant of health in this example?
A community health nurse collects information about housing, water supply, employment, education and common illnesses in a village. Which step of the nursing process is being performed?
Which measure describes the number of new cases of a disease occurring in a population during a specified period?
During a community meeting, residents help identify unsafe waste disposal as a major problem and choose the actions to address it. Which concept is demonstrated?
A community nurse finds that many older adults with diabetes have foot ulcers and reduced mobility. Which intervention is most appropriate as tertiary prevention?