Community As Partner

by Anderson, Elizabeth T.; McFarlane, Judith M.

• ISBN13: 9780397550883
• ISBN10: 039755088X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Table of Contents

Theoretical Foundations
Primary Health Care	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
Globalization	p. 4
Primary Health Care	p. 12
Nurses for the 21st Century	p. 24
Epidemiology, Demography, and Community Health	p. 28
Introduction	p. 28
Demography	p. 30
Levels of Prevention in Community Health Practice	p. 30
Descriptive Measures of Health	p. 31
Analytic Measures of Health	p. 37
Criteria for Determining Causation	p. 42
Sources of Community Health Data	p. 43
Screening for Health Conditions	p. 46
Epidemiologic Approaches to Community Health Research	p. 49
Environment and the Health of Communities	p. 56
Introduction	p. 56
Pollution	p. 57
The Complex Human Environment	p. 71
Application: A Regional Case Study	p. 73
Model Application	p. 77
Policy Implication	p. 79
Ethical Quandaries in Community Health Nursing	p. 83
Introduction	p. 83
What Is Ethics?	p. 84
Seven Principles Essential in Health Care Ethics	p. 86
Ethical Quandaries in Community Health	p. 91
Community Empowerment and Healing	p. 97
Introduction	p. 97
Perspectives on Community Health Partnerships	p. 98
Community Participation and Healing	p. 100
Healing in the Community	p. 102
Developing Right-Relationships	p. 103
Transforming Communities Through Empowerment	p. 105
Empowering a Community Through Participatory Action Research	p. 107
Cultural Competence in Partnerships With Communities	p. 114
Introduction	p. 115
Diversity, Ethnicity, and Culture	p. 116
Culture, Health and Illness, and Nursing	p. 118
Cultural Health Care Systems	p. 119
Decision Making	p. 122
Conflict Among Sectors	p. 123
The Culturally Competent Provider	p. 125
Cultural Awareness Exercises	p. 126
Eliciting Health and Illness Beliefs	p. 127
Adapting Skills	p. 129
The Agency	p. 130
Health Policy for Healthy Communities and Cities	p. 136
Introduction	p. 136
World Conferences on Health Promotion and Healthy Public Policy	p. 137
Health Promotion	p. 138
Healthy Public Policy	p. 139
Health Policy Actions of Healthy Cities and Communities	p. 144
Opportunities for Community Health Nursing	p. 146
The Process
A Model to Guide Practice	p. 153
Introduction	p. 153
Models	p. 154
Assessment	p. 164
Diagnosis and Planning	p. 165
Intervention	p. 165
Evaluation	p. 166
Community Assessment	p. 169
Introduction	p. 169
Community Assessment	p. 171
Community Core	p. 174
Physical Environment	p. 180
Health and Social Services	p. 185
Economics	p. 196
Safety and Transportation	p. 200
Politics and Government	p. 208
Communication	p. 209
Education	p. 210
Recreation	p. 217
Community Analysis and Nursing Diagnosis	p. 222
Introduction	p. 222
Community Analysis	p. 222
Rosemont Sample Community Analysis	p. 225
Planning a Community Health Program	p. 251
Introduction	p. 251
Validating Community Nursing Diagnoses	p. 254
Planned Change	p. 254
Applying Change Theory to Community Health Planning	p. 256
Community Health Goal	p. 264
Program Activities	p. 266
Learning Objectives	p. 267
Collaboration	p. 268
Resources, Constraints, and Revised Plans	p. 268
Recording	p. 271
Implementing a Community Health Program	p. 274
Introduction	p. 275
Community Ownership	p. 275
Unified Program	p. 277
Healthy People	p. 279
Health Focus	p. 282
Evaluating a Community Health Program	p. 290
Introduction	p. 291
Evaluation Principles	p. 291
The Evaluation Process	p. 292
Components of Evaluation	p. 294
Evaluation Strategies	p. 296
Selected Methods of Data Collection	p. 296
Strategies for Health Promotion
Diversity in Practice	p. 317
Introduction	p. 317
Reflections on the Past	p. 318
Community Health in the United States: The Emerging Scene	p. 319
Outcomes Management in Community Health	p. 321
The Essence of Community Health Nursing Practice	p. 321
Factors Influencing Community Health Nursing in the 21st Century	p. 322
Promoting Healthy Partnerships With Refugees and Immigrants	p. 327
Introduction	p. 327
Strategies for Health Promotion: "Community Care"	p. 329
Individual- and Family-Oriented Services	p. 330
Community-Oriented Services	p. 333
Promoting Healthy Partnerships With Schools	p. 337
Introduction	p. 337
Delivering Health Services for Health Promotion	p. 338
Health Education for Health Promotion	p. 340
Health Promotion Programs for School-Age Children	p. 340
Health Promotion Strategies for the School	p. 349
Health Promotion Strategies for the Community	p. 350
Promoting Healthy Partnerships With Faith Communities	p. 355
Introduction	p. 355
Initiating Healthy Partnerships With Faith Communities	p. 356
Health Promotion Programs for Faith Communities	p. 358
Establishing a Lasting Partnership With Faith Communities	p. 362
Promoting Healthy Partnerships With Homeless Populations	p. 369
Introduction	p. 369
Who Are the Homeless?	p. 370
Health Promotion Strategies for Homeless People	p. 371
Promoting Healthy Partnerships Through Education	p. 374
Positive Parenting Sessions	p. 374
Organizing a Health Fair in a Homeless Shelter	p. 375
Overcoming Barriers Related to the Education of Homeless Youth	p. 375
Promoting the Sexual Health of Homeless Adolescents	p. 376
Promoting Healthy Partnerships With People Exiting Homelessness	p. 377
Promoting Healthy Partnerships in the Workplace	p. 381
Introduction	p. 381
Workplace Health Promotion	p. 382
Types of Health Promotion Activities	p. 382
Planning a Health Promotion Program	p. 383
Resources for Health Promotion Programs	p. 385
Using Stages of Change in Health Promotion Programs	p. 386
Program Implementation	p. 386
Program Evaluation	p. 387
Tips for Maintaining a Health Promotion Program	p. 388
Examples of Health Promotion Programs	p. 388
Promoting Healthy Partnerships With Community Elders	p. 394
Introduction	p. 394
Demographics of Aging in the United States	p. 395
Health Challenges, Risk Factors, and Concerns of Elders	p. 395
Healthy People 2010 and Older Adults	p. 400
Partnerships With Community Elders	p. 402
Significant Legislation and Older Americans	p. 405
Promoting Healthy Partnerships With Rural Populations	p. 409
Introduction	p. 409
Rural Nursing Theory	p. 410
Building a Partnership	p. 413
Promoting Healthy Partnerships With the Chronically III	p. 419
Introduction	p. 419
Characteristics of Chronic Health Conditions	p. 420
Health Perception and Chronic Illness and Health Promotion	p. 422
Implementation of Health Promotion Strategies	p. 423
Research Culture in Community Nursing	p. 425
A Model Assessment Guide for Nursing in Industry	p. 428
Assessment of an Industry	p. 434
Postscript	p. 441
Index	p. 445
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