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An introduction to community and primary health care / edited by Diana Guzys, Rhonda Brown, Elizabeth Halcomb, Dean Whitehead. - 2nd ed. - United Kingdom; University press; 2017 - xviii, 360 p. : col, ill ; 26 cm

Revision of: An introduction to community and primary health care / edited by Diana Guzys and Eileen Petrie. 2014.

includes index

CONTENTS


Community and primary health care
Empowering individuals and communities
Exploring disability from a social model of health perspective
A lifespan and settings-based approach to mental health promotion
Indigenous health and well-being
Gendered health
Inter-professional practice
Cultural competence
Community health needs assessment
Health-related program planning and evaluation
Managing chronic health conditions
Case management
Home visiting, risk assessment and safety
Community health nursing
Community mental health nursing
Maternal, child and family health nursing
School nursing
Youth health nursing
sexual health nursing
Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs nursing
Rural health nursing
Occupational health nursing
Nursing in general practice
Home base nursing
Correctional nursing
nurse practitioners

Community nursing is the fastest growing area of nursing practice in Australia. This book offers an engaging introduction to the theory, skills and application of community and primary health care. Eileen Petrie is at the University of Canberra; Diana Guzys is Lecturer in the Faculty of Health Sciences at La Trobe University. --

ISBN: 9781316618127 1316618129

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Community health nursing.
Primary health care.

LC Class. No.: RA427.9 / .I575 2017