The population health nurse lives in an area that is at great risk for hurricanes. The nurse is advocating for stricter building codes and for barriers such as seawalls or dams. What type of planning is this nurse advocating?

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1. Health promotion activities include engaging the whole community in policy making and planning, linking public and private performance and interests to resilience goals, improving public and private infrastructure and essential services, and promoting a culture of resilience. The actual emergency response would be injury and illness prevention. Advocacy is not a term used to describe a type of prevention.

The Population Health Nurse Lives in an Area That Is