Expanding Nursing and Health Care Practice: Public health approaches to practice

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Author:

Mitcheson, Jan.

ISBN:

9780748783977

Publication Information:

Cheltenham, U.K. : Nelson Thornes, 2008.

Physical Description:

vi, 185 pages : illustrations.

Series:

Expanding nursing and health care practice

Expanding nursing and health care practice.

Contents:

1. Public health policy / Ivy O'Neil -- 2. Principles and key concepts in public health practice / Ann Day -- 3. Public health approaches to practice / Susan M. Carr and Ann Day -- 4. Assessing health needs / Jan Mitcheson -- 5. Using evidence in public health practice / Ivy O'Neil -- 6. Public health interventions / Jane Goodman-Brown and Mary Gottwald -- 7. Working in partnership for public health / Patricia Bond -- 8. Evaluating public health approaches / Sue Rouse and Yvonne Wilkinson -- 9. Leading public health developments / Scott Harrison and Liz Berry -- Appendix. Rapid recap answers.

Abstract:

"'Public Health Approaches to Practice' provides you with the background, theoretical and practical knowldge of public health within professional health care practice. By doing so, it will increase your awareness of the need to build and strengthen public health knowledge and enable you to learn and apply the knowledge and skills of public health to your own area of practice." -- Back cover.

Subject Term:

Public health nursing.

Added Author:

Mitcheson, Jan.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0805/2008399805.html

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This enhances the knowledge and skills of health care students and registered practitioners in public health approaches to preventative health care. It embraces practices within both the hospital and community settings and examines the development of partnership working.