Public health and community nursing: frameworks for practice

The third edition of this popular and useful text has been thoroughly updatedto reflect the many major changes that have taken place in community nursing,making it an invaluable and up-to-date reference for all community nursing courses. INDICE: Section 1 The changing landscape of public health1. Recent health and social policy developments2. Developments in primary care3. Innovation andchange in public healthSection 2 Public health frameworks4. Epidemiology and its application to practice5. Social capital and health6. Needs assessment, public health and commissioning of services7. Promoting health: Frameworks for practice8. Developments in promoting workplace healthSection 3 The family as a framework for practice9. The family: a sociological perspective10. The family:a psychological perspective11. Violence within the family 12. Safeguarding children from physical abuseSection 4 Shifting the boundaries of public health and community practice13. Practice nursing14. District nursing15. Specialist Community Public Health Nurse: Health Visiting16. Specialist Community Public Health Nurse: School Nursing17. Specialist Community Public Health Nurse: Occupational Health Nursing18. Community mental health nursing19. Community learningdisability nursing20. Community children's nursingSection 5 Challenges for the future21. Partnership working in health and social care22. Alternative ways of working23. Advancing public health in nursing practiceIndex

• ISBN: 978-0-7020-2947-9
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 23/10/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés