Edited by
Sarah Cowley, BA, PhD, PGDE, RGN, RHV, HVT, Professor of Community Practice Development, Public Health and Health Services Research Section, Florence
Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College, London, UK
Description
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Since the first edition of this book
was published, there has been considerable change across public health, health visiting and community nursing. The positive emphasis
on developing and describing all services in relation to their purpose and client/user group is reflected in this second, emphasizing
multi-disciplinarity and service focus rather than individual professions, whilst retaining the essential emphasis on policy and practice.
Familiar occupational titles, such as health visitor, community development worker, midwife or nurse are still used within the chapters,
recognizing the continued division of labour and major contributions to public health made by specific grass roots occupations. This
second edition has been completely reorganised, expanded and updated to keep up with the rapid progress across the field of community
public health.
