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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2008; Oxford ; ; Malden, Mass. : , : Blackwell, , 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 285 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 610.73/4
• Soggetto topico: Public health nursing; Public health personnel; Public health
• Persona (resp. second.): ColesLesley; PorterElizabeth <1951->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Public health skills
• ISBN: 1-282-00751-3; 9786612007514; 1-4443-0257-4; 1-4443-0258-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910146122103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II