Intervention Wheel

Question 1

Minnesota Public Health Interventions Wheel

Answer 1

• illustrates how public health nurses improve the health of individuals, families, communities, and systems
• evolved from the practice of public health nurses in Minnesota and consists of several components
• defines the scope of public health nursing practice by type of intervention and level of practice

Question 2

define “population”

Answer 2

• a collection of individuals who have one or more personal or environmental characteristics in common

Question 3

define “population of interest”

Answer 3

• a population that is essentially healthy, but who could improve factors that promote or protect health.

Question 4

define “population at risk”

Answer 4

• a population with a common identified risk factor or risk-exposure that poses a threat to health.

Question 5

public health interventions are population based if….

Answer 5

• They focus on entire populations possessing similar health concerns or characteristics
• Focusing on everyone actually or potentially impacted by the condition or who share a similar characteristic
• Population-based interventions are not limited to only those who seek service or who are poor or otherwise vulnerable
• Population-based planning always begins by identifying everyone who is in the population-of-interest or the population-at-risk.