hli logo
Image from Coce

Public health and community nursing : frameworks for practice / edited by Dianne Watkins, Judy Cousins ; foreword by Dean Whitehead.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Elsevier Health Sciences, 2010.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 online resource (xiii, 318 pages) : illustrations, 1 mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • FOR
ISBN:
  • 9780702029479
  • 9780702042607
Uniform titles:
  • Community health nursing.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 610.7343 22
LOC classification:
  • RT98 .P83 2010eb
NLM classification:
  • WY 106
Contents:
Recent health and social policy developments / Stephen Peckham and Alison Hann -- Developments in primary care / Stephen Peckham -- Innovation and change in public health / David Fone, Shantini Paranjothy, and Rhianwen Elen Stiff -- Epidemiology and its application to practice / John Watkins -- Social capital and health / Sarah Cowley -- Needs assessment, public health, and commissioning of services / Nigel Monaghan -- Public health and health promotion : frameworks for practice / Dianne Watkins -- Developments in promoting workplace health / Denis D'Auria -- The family : a sociological perspective / Graham Allan and Graham Crow -- The family : a psychological perspective / Neil Frude -- Violence within the family / Neil Frude -- Safeguarding children from physical abuse / Dianne Watkins and Judy Cousins.
Practice nursing / Judith Carrier -- District nursing / Carol Alstrom and Pat McCamley -- Specialist community public health nurse : health visiting / Dianne Watkins and Lorraine Joomun -- Specialist community public health nurse : school nursing / Ros Godson -- Specialist community public health nurse : occupational health nursing / Bashyr Aziz -- Community mental health nursing / Ben Hannigan -- Community learning disability nursing / Ruth Wyn Williams and David Coyle -- Community children's nursing / Anna Sidey and David Widdas -- Partnership working in health and social care / Judy Cousins -- Alternative ways of working / Helen Beswick [and others] -- Advancing public health in nursing practice / Dianne Watkins and Judy Cousins.
Summary: The ever-changing political context continues to influence public & primary health care, hence the need for a revision of this text. Issues covered include health inequalities, increased emphasis on prevention, resource effectiveness, & efficient commissioning of services, & patient & public involvement.
Item type:
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
4 Week Loan Sligo University Hospital Sligo University Hospital Sligo University Hospital - Loan Stock 610.7343 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 05273
4 Week Loan St. Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny St. Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny Letterkenny University Hospital Library RT98.W27 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available B04958
Total holds: 0

Revised edition of: Community health nursing. 2003.

Previous ed.: published as Community health nursing. 2003.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Recent health and social policy developments / Stephen Peckham and Alison Hann -- Developments in primary care / Stephen Peckham -- Innovation and change in public health / David Fone, Shantini Paranjothy, and Rhianwen Elen Stiff -- Epidemiology and its application to practice / John Watkins -- Social capital and health / Sarah Cowley -- Needs assessment, public health, and commissioning of services / Nigel Monaghan -- Public health and health promotion : frameworks for practice / Dianne Watkins -- Developments in promoting workplace health / Denis D'Auria -- The family : a sociological perspective / Graham Allan and Graham Crow -- The family : a psychological perspective / Neil Frude -- Violence within the family / Neil Frude -- Safeguarding children from physical abuse / Dianne Watkins and Judy Cousins.

Practice nursing / Judith Carrier -- District nursing / Carol Alstrom and Pat McCamley -- Specialist community public health nurse : health visiting / Dianne Watkins and Lorraine Joomun -- Specialist community public health nurse : school nursing / Ros Godson -- Specialist community public health nurse : occupational health nursing / Bashyr Aziz -- Community mental health nursing / Ben Hannigan -- Community learning disability nursing / Ruth Wyn Williams and David Coyle -- Community children's nursing / Anna Sidey and David Widdas -- Partnership working in health and social care / Judy Cousins -- Alternative ways of working / Helen Beswick [and others] -- Advancing public health in nursing practice / Dianne Watkins and Judy Cousins.

The ever-changing political context continues to influence public & primary health care, hence the need for a revision of this text. Issues covered include health inequalities, increased emphasis on prevention, resource effectiveness, & efficient commissioning of services, & patient & public involvement.

Print version record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.