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Public Health Nursing Public Health Nursing A Textbook for Health Visitors, School Nurses and Occupational Health Nurses Edited by Greta Thornbory A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication Thiseditionfirstpublished2009 (cid:1)C 2009BlackwellPublishingLtd BlackwellPublishingwasacquiredbyJohnWiley&SonsinFebruary2007.Blackwell’s publishingprogrammehasbeenmergedwithWiley’sglobalScientific,Technical,and MedicalbusinesstoformWiley-Blackwell. Registeredoffice JohnWiley&SonsLtd,TheAtrium,SouthernGate,Chichester,WestSussex, PO198SQ,UnitedKingdom Editorialoffices 9600GarsingtonRoad,Oxford,OX42DQ,UnitedKingdom 2121StateAvenue,Ames,Iowa50014-8300,USA Fordetailsofourglobaleditorialoffices,forcustomerservicesandforinformation abouthowtoapplyforpermissiontoreusethecopyrightmaterialinthisbookplease seeourwebsiteatwww.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell. Therightoftheauthortobeidentifiedastheauthorofthisworkhasbeenassertedin accordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrieval system,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recordingorotherwise,exceptaspermittedbytheUKCopyright, DesignsandPatentsAct1988,withoutthepriorpermissionofthepublisher. Wileyalsopublishesitsbooksinavarietyofelectronicformats.Somecontentthat appearsinprintmaynotbeavailableinelectronicbooks. Designationsusedbycompaniestodistinguishtheirproductsareoftenclaimedas trademarks.Allbrandnamesandproductnamesusedinthisbookaretradenames, servicemarks,trademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.The publisherisnotassociatedwithanyproductorvendormentionedinthisbook.This publicationisdesignedtoprovideaccurateandauthoritativeinformationinregardto thesubjectmattercovered.Itissoldontheunderstandingthatthepublisherisnot engagedinrenderingprofessionalservices.Ifprofessionaladviceorotherexpert assistanceisrequired,theservicesofacompetentprofessionalshouldbesought. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Publichealthnursing:atextbookforhealthvisitors,schoolnurses,andoccupational healthnurses/editedbyGretaThornbory. p.;cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-4051-8007-8(pbk.:alk.paper) 1.Publichealthnursing—Textbooks. I.Thornbory,Greta. [DNLM: 1.PublicHealthNursing—GreatBritain.WY108P97622009] RT97.P8382009 610.73(cid:2)4—dc22 2009009963 AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. 1 2009 TheRoyalCollegeofNursingPublicHealthDepartment1952.(Reproducedby permissionofRCNArchives) Contents Contributors xi ForewordsbyIngridCallwood,WoodyCaanandAnneHarriss xiii Preface xvii Acknowledgements xix Abbreviations xxi 1 WhatIsPublicHealth? 1 Ce´cileKnai Introduction 1 Thedevelopmentofmodernpublichealth 2 Successesandchallengesinpublichealth 6 Implicationsforpublichealthpractitioners 10 Summary 15 References 16 2 PublicHealthNursing 21 GillCoverdale Introduction 21 Thedefinitionofnursingandpublichealthnursing 22 Theroleofthestatutorybodies:thestatutoryand mandatoryaspectsofSCPHNregistration 26 Theroleofprofessionalbodies 28 Thedevelopingroleofpublichealth:preventionand healthpromotion 32 Thechallengesforpublichealthnursing 36 Improvingtherole–whatarethesolutions? 39 Summary 41 References 42 3 TheoreticalPerspectivesofHealthVisiting 46 FaithMuirandPaulReynolds Introduction 46 Historicalperspective 46 Healthvisitingincontext:thecurrentdebate 49 Extendingtheboundaries 50 vii viii Contents Communityhealthvisiting 52 Healthvisitingdiaries:whathealthvisitorsneedtoknow 59 Socialcapital:themythofacollectiveandcohesivepartnership 64 Summary 68 References 69 4 HealthVisitinginPractice 74 FaithMuirandPaulReynolds Introduction 74 Healthinequalities 75 Motivation 91 Assessingneed 93 Summary 97 References 97 5 TheDevelopmentofSchoolNursing 100 MarySmithandSarahSherwin Introduction 100 Historyoftheschoolhealthservice 101 Schoolnursinginthetwenty-firstcentury 109 Accountability 110 Safeguardingchildren 115 Vulnerablegroups 116 Accountabilitytotheemployer 119 Accountabilitytotheprofession 120 ThedevelopmentoftheroleoftheSCPHN–schoolnurse 121 Summary 122 References 122 6 SchoolNursingandSchoolHealthPractice 126 SarahSherwinandMarySmith Introduction 126 Structureofschoolhealthteams 127 Specialistcommunitypublichealthnursingandschoolnursing 130 Searchforhealthneeds 130 Healthneedsassessmentsandschoolhealthplans 131 Facilitatinghealth-enhancingactivities 133 Stimulatinganawarenessofhealthneeds 142 Influencingpolicydevelopment 146 Summary 147 References 149
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