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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146122103321

Titolo

Public health skills : a practical guide for nurses and public health practitioners / / edited by Lesley Coles and Elizabeth Porter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2008

Oxford ; ; Malden, Mass. : , : Blackwell, , 2008

ISBN

1-282-00751-3

9786612007514

1-4443-0257-4

1-4443-0258-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 285 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

610.73/4

Soggetti

Public health nursing

Public health personnel

Public health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Assessing and identifying health needs : theories and frameworks for practice / Fiona Haughey -- Health needs assessment : appraising and measuring need / Cindy Carlson -- Needs assessment / John Acres -- Collaborative working : organisational development for community participation / Helen Elsey -- Partnerships for public health : user involvement to improve health and wellbeing / Steve Tee -- Partnerships for public health : professional involvement to improve health and wellbeing / Palo Almond and Sarah Cowley -- Communication and you / Jackie Yardley -- Appraising and influencing health policy and strategy / Sue Toward -- Strategic leadership for health and wellbeing / Yvette Cox and Mark Rawlinson -- Health protection and the role of the public health nurse / Janet McCulloch and Jacqui Prieto -- Research and development : analysis and interpretation of evidence / Sheila Reading -- Quality and risk management in primary care settings / Linda Childs -- Quality and risk management : safe guarding children and vulnerable groups / Wendy Wigley -- Developing programmes, services, and reducing inequalities



/ Xena Dion -- Programme planning for health education / Chris Griffiths -- Ethically managing self, people, and resources to improve the health and wellbeing of patients and clients in the community / Neil Jackson and Lynda Rogers.

Sommario/riassunto

Nurses and other public health practitioners have a crucial role to play in helping to improve the collective well being of society and so developing skills in public health - preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health - is key to this process. Public Health Skills: A practical guide for nurses and public health practitioners covers the complete spectrum of public health practice: the effective assessment and management of need, understanding policy and how to affect its implementation; before moving on to explore practical issues and themes surrounding the facilitation of public