Evolving public health nursing roles: focus on community participatory health promotion and prevention

Public health nursing (PHN) practice is population-focused and requires unique knowledge, competencies, and skills. Early public health nursing roles extended beyond sick care to encompass advocacy, community organizing, health education, and political and social reform. Likewise, contemporary publi...

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Published in:Online journal of issues in nursing 2012-05, Vol.17 (2), p.1-1
Main Authors: Kulbok, Pamela A, Thatcher, Esther, Park, Eunhee, Meszaros, Peggy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology, Cultural
Citizen participation
Collaboration
Community
Community Networks - trends
Disease prevention
Drug use
Health care
Health education
Health promotion
Health Promotion - trends
Humans
Leadership
Maternal & child health
Models, Nursing
Nurse's Role
Nurses
Nursing
Participatory research
Preventive Health Services - trends
Preventive medicine
Public health
Public Health Nursing - trends
Rural Health Services - trends
Sanitation
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Summary:Public health nursing (PHN) practice is population-focused and requires unique knowledge, competencies, and skills. Early public health nursing roles extended beyond sick care to encompass advocacy, community organizing, health education, and political and social reform. Likewise, contemporary public health nurses practice in collaboration with agencies and community members. The purpose of this article is to examine evolving PHN roles that address complex, multi-causal, community problems. A brief background and history of this role introduces an explanation of the community participation health promotion model. A community-based participatory research project, Youth Substance Use Prevention in a Rural County provides an exemplar for description of evolving PHN roles focused on community health promotion and prevention. Also included is discussion about specific competencies for PHNs in community participatory health promoting roles and the contemporary PHN role.
ISSN:1091-3734
1091-3734
DOI:10.3912/OJIN.Vol17No02Man01