"Public Health Nursing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A nursing specialty concerned with promoting and protecting the health of populations, using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences to develop local, regional, state, and national health policy and research. It is population-focused and community-oriented, aimed at health promotion and disease prevention through educational, diagnostic, and preventive programs.
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D011637
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H02.478.676.755
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2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Public Health Nursing" by people in Profiles.
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Joyce BL, Harmon M, Johnson RGH, Hicks V, Brown-Schott N, Pilling L, Brownrigg V. Community/public health nursing faculty's knowledge, skills and attitudes of the Quad Council Competencies for Public Health Nurses. Public Health Nurs. 2018 09; 35(5):427-439.
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Okatch H, Sowicz TJ, Teng H, Ramogola-Masire D, Buttenheim AM. Achieving public and global health competencies: A teaching case study of Botswana's cervical cancer screening program. Public Health Nurs. 2018 05; 35(3):238-245.
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Joyce B, Brown-Schott N, Hicks V, Johnson RG, Harmon M, Pilling L. The Global Health Nursing Imperative: Using Competency-Based Analysis to Strengthen Accountability for Population Focused Practice, Education, and Research. Ann Glob Health. 2017 May - Aug; 83(3-4):641-653.
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Kelly PJ. Mass incarceration. Public Health Nurs. 2015 Jan-Feb; 32(1):1-2.
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Kelly PJ. Unintended pregnancy and the social determinants of health. Public Health Nurs. 2014 Sep-Oct; 31(5):385-6.
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Kelly PJ. An historic time. Public Health Nurs. 2014 Jan-Feb; 31(1):1-2.
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Kelly PJ, Cheng AL, Spencer-Carver E, Ramaswamy M. A syndemic model of women incarcerated in community jails. Public Health Nurs. 2014 Mar-Apr; 31(2):118-25.
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Wade GH, Hayes E. Challenges and opportunities associated with preceptored community health clinical experiences. Public Health Nurs. 2010 Sep-Oct; 27(5):459-67.
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Kelly PJ. Practical suggestions for community interventions using participatory action research. Public Health Nurs. 2005 Jan-Feb; 22(1):65-73.