Let’s start with a broad overview of public health nursing. The three core functions of public health are assessment assurance and policy development (Nies & McEwen 2015 p. 6).Describe one of these core public health functions.Discuss how this core function relates to one intervention from the Public Health Intervention Wheel (Nies & McEwen 2015 pp. 14–15).Nies M. A. & McEwen M. (2015).Community/public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations(6th ed.). St. Louis MO: Saunders/Elsevier.What makes some healthy and others ill? Healthy People 2020 identifies fivedeterminants of healththat influence the health of individuals and populations.Healthy People 2020 describes them as “A range of personal social economic and environmental factors that influence health status are known as determinants of health” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2014 About Determinants of Health para. 1). Determinants fall into five categories including: (a) policy making (b) social factors (c) health services (d) individual behavior and (e) biology and genetics.Go to the “Determinants of Health” link.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Determinants-of-Health”>http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Determinants-of-Healthand click on each determinant to read about all of the determinants.Choose one of the five determinants. In your posting describe this determinant and its importance.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2014)HealthyPeople2020: About Determinants of Health. Retrieved from.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Determinants-of-Health”>http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Determinants-of-Health
