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COMMUNITY NURSING
Community Nursing
Promoting Canadians' Health
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Second Edition

By
Miriam Stewart, BScN, MN, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Nursing and Department of Health Sciences, University of Alberta; Director and Chair of the Centre for Health Promotion Studies

Description
Community Nursing: Promoting Canadian's Health provides a comprehensive overview of community nursing in Canada. With contributions from 44 experts in the field, this book provides comprehensive coverage of the history, theoretical premises, public policy, current practice, research, and administrative issues related to community nursing in Canada.

Contents


Part 1: HISTORICAL EVOLUTION


1. Development of Community Health Nursing in Canada

2. The Move Toward Primary Health Care in Canada: Community Health Nursing From 1985 to 2000



Part 2: THEORETICAL PREMISES AND CORE PRINCIPLES


3. Framework based on Primary Health Care Principles

4. Social Support, Coping, and Self-Care as Public Participation Mechanisms

5. Health Promotion For Communities and Aggregates: An Integrated Model



Part 3: HEALTH CARE REFORM AND HEALTHY PUBLIC POLICY


6. Continuing to Build on Our Legacy: National Forum on Health, 1994-1997

7. Home Care: National Perspectives and Policies

8. Healthy Public Policy in Health System Reform



Part 4: NURSING PRACTICE IN THE COMMUNITY


9. Socioeconomic Determinants of Health

10. Culturally Diverse Communities: The Impact on the Role of Community Health Nurses

11. Children With Chronic Conditions and Their Families in the Community

12. Adolescent Health Promotion: An Evolving Opportunity For Community Health Nurses

13. Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy

14. Health Promotion With Older Adults

15. Prevention of Falls Among Seniors in the Community

16. Linking Health Promotion and Community Health Nursing: Conceptual and Practical Issues

17. Role In Injury Prevention

18. Primary Health Care Practice

19. Nursing Diagnosis for Aggregates and Groups

20. A Pragmatic Approach to Community Health Promotion

21. Community Development

22. Community Needs and Capacity Assessment: Critical Component of Program Planning

23. Nursing Practice in Outreach Clinics for the Homeless in Montreal

24. Effects of Health System Reform on Helping Relationships



Part 5: COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING RESEARCH


25. Research-Based Practice In Community Health Nursing

26. Community Health Nursing Research: Looking Toward the Future

27. Nursing Intervention Studies: Issues Related to Change and Timing

28. Participatory Action Research: Theory and Practice

29. Epidemiology In Community Health Nursing: Principles and Applications for Primary Health Care



Part 6: ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING


30. Administration in Community Health Nursing



Part 7: VISION FOR THE FUTURE


31. Community Health Nursing in the Future


Bibliographic details
Paperback, 670 pages, publication date: NOV-1999
ISBN-13: 978-0-920513-38-5
ISBN-10: 0-920513-38-7
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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