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Informationen zum Autor Karen A. Luker is QNI Professor of Community Nursing in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, The University of Manchester, UK. Gretl A. McHugh is Professor of Applied Health Research in the School of Healthcare, The University of Leeds, UK. Rosamund M. Bryar is Professor Emeritus Community and Primary Care Nursing, School of Health Sciences, City University London, UK. Klappentext The fourth edition of this seminal text retains its focus on placing the health visitor at the forefront of supporting and working with children, families, individuals and communities. Health Visiting: Preparation for Practice has been fully revised and updated to reflect the changes and developments in health policy, public health priorities, and health visiting. It considers the public health role of the health visitor, and the important role and responsibilities the health visitor has with safeguarding children to ensure the child has the best possible start in life.Key features:* Fully updated throughout, with new content on practice and policy developments* Takes into account the challenges and changing role of the health visitor, and the need to ensure that their practice is evidenced-based* Includes an additional chapter on working in a multicultural society with a discussion on some of the challenges faced by health visitors* Discusses and debates the practice of public health and working with communities* Examines the role of the health visitor with safeguarding and child protection, as well as working within a multi-professional team* Features case studies and learning activitiesHealth Visiting: Preparation for Practice is essential reading for student health visitors, public health nurses, and those on community placements, as well as other health practitioners working with and in the community. Zusammenfassung The fourth edition of this seminal text retains its focus on placing the health visitor at the forefront of supporting and working with children, families, individuals and communities. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors ix Introduction 1 Karen A. Luker, Gretl A. McHugh and Rosamund M. Bryar Prevention, public health, and health visiting 2 Health visiting: preparation for practice 4 1 Managing Knowledge in Health Visiting 8 Kate Robinson Introduction 8 Defining health visiting practice 10 What do health visitors do ± and where do they do it? 13 Evidence-based practice 16 The current landscape of EBP 21 Managing knowledge and evidence in practice 26 Case study 1.1: Introducing new technology 26 Case study 1.2: Creating guidelines in primary care 27 Case study 1.3: Protocol-based decision making in nursing 29 Case study 1.4: Knowledge management in primary care 30 Communities of practice 35 Reflective practice 37 Clients: what do they know and how do they know it? 40 Social networking and the media 41 The debate 44 Summary 45 References 46 Activities 50 2 Health Visiting: Context and Public Health Practice 53 Martin Smith Introduction 53 Public health 56 Defining 'public' 56 Defining 'health' 57 Defining 'public health' 59 Human rights and public health 60 The principles of health visiting 63 The search for health needs 65 The stimulation of an awareness of health needs 65 The influence on policies affecting health 66 The facilitation of health-enhancing activities 67 Summary 68 Health inequalities 69 Summary 76 References 77 Activities 82 3 The Community Dimension 85 Rosamund M. Bryar Introduction 85 Public health and communities 87 ...
