Community and public health nursing

Community and Public Health Nursing; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1 The context of primary healthcare nursing; The changing context of service provision; The changing face of the community healthcare workforce; The primary care vision for the next decade; The impact of primary care policy changes on the role of the primary care nurse; The scope of primary care nursing practice within the context of a changing workforce; Conclusion; References; 2 Community Development and Building Capacity; Introduction; The current context for community development practice; Defining the terms; Defining community; Defining social capital; Defining empowerment; Defining capacity building; Defining community development; Defining community engagement; The role of community health professionals; Conclusion; References; 3 Multi-Sector Working and Self-Management, Community Health Care; Introduction; Context for multi-sector working in the United Kingdom; Key drivers for multi-agency working; Examples of multi-sector working and self-management initiatives; Dementia; Obesity; Asthma; Concluding reflections; References; 4 Moving Care Closer to Home; Hospital provision: A brief history of the last 50 yearsHealth care: What does it mean?; Selective definitions of health; Universal definitions of health; Caring and nursing: Where are we now?; Nursing at the interface between paid and unpaid care; Public health and care closer to home; Conclusion; References; 5 Evidence-Based Practice and Translational Research Applied to Primary Health Care; Introduction; Evidence-based practice; Designing the study; Translational research; Overview; Experiments, randomised controlled trials and quasi-experiments; Health impact assessments; Surveys; Case studies; Different methodologies and methods give you new insights; Participatory approaches for community research; Participatory appraisal; Data collection methods; Data management, analysis and interpretation; A multi-method evaluation of a clinical educational innovation; Example of PA; General research issues; Validity, reliability and generalisability; Presentation and dissemination; The internet or world wide web (www); Research proposals; Ethical issues; IRAS; The NHS research passport; Ethics committees; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Further reading; Journals; Ethics; Funding; Statutory body; References; 6 Integrating the Children's Public Health Workforce; Introduction; Health indicators; The policy context; The role of the specialist community public health nurse; The HCP; Delivering the HCP; Pregnancy and the first 5 years of life; The recommended schedule: pregnancy (Universal Services); The recommended schedule: pregnancy progressive services (Universal Plus and Universal Partnership Plus); The recommended schedule: birth to 6 months (Universal); The recommended schedule: birth to 6 months (progressive services) (Universal Plus and Universal Partnership Plus); Recommended schedule: 6 months to 1 year (Universal)

The fifth edition of Community and Public Health Nursing is an essential source of information for all those working in primary and community healthcare. Comprehensive and accessible, it draws on the knowledge of a wide range of experts and conveys all the information and skills nurses working in modern primary care settings require. It includes material on policy developments, research perspectives, health visiting, practice and district nursing, team working, advanced nursing practice, non-medical prescribing, inter-professional practice, and user involvement. New edition of the definitive textbook on community healthcare nursing Covers learning disability nursing, caring for patients with mental health conditions, and community children's nursing and school nursing Written by experts in the field - providing authority and insight Thorough, comprehensive, and up-to-date with the latest policy guidelines Community and Public Health Nursing is an invaluable resource for novice and experienced practitioners, and for all healthcare professionals who work in the primary care and community setting, including practice nurses, nurse practitioners, district nurses, community staff nurses, health visitors, school nurses, walk-in centre nurses and sexual health nurses.