Free Concepts of Community Health MCQs with Answers
50 Concepts of Community Health MCQs from Community Health Nursing, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
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.
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- A. It enables people to increase control over factors affecting their health
- B. It provides treatment only after a disease has been diagnosed
- C. It measures deaths caused by a disease in a population
- D. It transfers all health decisions to medical specialists
Explanation: Health promotion helps individuals and communities gain control over the conditions that influence health.
Correct answer: It enables people to increase control over factors affecting their health- A. Primordial prevention
- B. Primary prevention
- C. Secondary prevention
- D. Tertiary prevention
Explanation: Primordial prevention prevents the development of risk factors in a population, such as preventing tobacco use before it becomes common.
Correct answer: Primordial prevention- A. Attack rate
- B. Case fatality rate
- C. Point prevalence
- D. Crude birth rate
Explanation: An attack rate is the proportion of an at-risk group that develops illness during a specific outbreak.
Correct answer: Attack rate- A. Epidemiological triad
- B. Chain of referral
- C. Levels of prevention
- D. Continuum of care
Explanation: The epidemiological triad consists of agent, host and environment, with the vector included in the environmental context.
Correct answer: Epidemiological triad- A. Case fatality rate
- B. Incidence rate
- C. Attack rate
- D. Infant mortality rate
Explanation: Case fatality rate reflects the severity of a disease by comparing deaths from the disease with the number of people who have it.
Correct answer: Case fatality rate- A. Active participation of learners
- B. One-way delivery of information
- C. Use of technical terminology
- D. Separation of teaching from practice
Explanation: Active participation improves understanding because learners practise the skill and receive immediate clarification.
Correct answer: Active participation of learners- A. Family-centred approach
- B. Disease-centred approach
- C. Institution-centred approach
- D. Procedure-centred approach
Explanation: A family-centred approach considers the family system, its relationships, strengths and caregiving capacity when planning care.
Correct answer: Family-centred approach- A. Outreach service
- B. Inpatient service
- C. Palliative service
- D. Quarantine service
Explanation: Outreach services extend preventive and promotive care to people who have difficulty reaching a health facility.
Correct answer: Outreach service- A. Adaptation to community characteristics
- B. Uniformity of communication
- C. Restriction of community feedback
- D. Separation from local culture
Explanation: Community programmes should be adapted to language, literacy, culture and local practices so that people can understand and use the…
Correct answer: Adaptation to community characteristics- A. It identifies assets that can support community action
- B. It replaces assessment of community health problems
- C. It determines the treatment dose for each patient
- D. It limits responsibility to the health department
Explanation: A resource inventory identifies local assets that can be coordinated to address health needs and strengthen self-reliance.
Correct answer: It identifies assets that can support community action