Question

which is an accurate statement about public health?
believes heath care is a human birthright
delivers health care to individual patients
focuses on protection of the whole population
utilizes knowledge from only the nursing sciences

Explanation:

• Option 1: The idea of healthcare as a human birthright is more related to health equity/ethics frameworks, not a core defining feature of public health.
• Option 2: Delivering care to individual patients is clinical medicine, not public health (which is population - focused).
• Option 3: Public health's primary goal is to protect and improve the health of entire populations (e.g., through disease prevention, health promotion, policy - making for communities).
• Option 4: Public health draws from multiple disciplines (epidemiology, sociology, biology, etc.), not just nursing sciences.

Answer:

C. Focuses on protection of the whole population