Public community health nursing practice: A population based approach
- London SAGE Publications 2004
- xix, 503p.
Focuses on the prevention of disease and disability as a means of promoting the health of individuals and their communities. Achieving this is dependent on nurses and public health practitioners implementing the core functions of practice-assessment, assurance, and policy development. Presents a summary of the core functions of population-based practice with the cornerstone of the Healthy People 2010 national objectives, and the foundation upon which the health of a given community may be ensured.
ISBN 0-7619-2483-3
Public Health Nursing|Population|Public healthy systems|Epidemiology|Community development