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Public health nursing, also known as community health nursing is a nursing specialty focused on public health.The term was coined by Lillian Wald of the Henry Street Settlement, or, Public health nurses (PHNs) or community health nurses "integrate community involvement and knowledge about the entire population with personal, clinical understandings of the health and illness experiences of ...
t. e. Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". [1][2] Analyzing the determinants of health of a population and the threats it faces is the basis for public ...
Public Health Training and awareness campaign. Community health refers to non-treatment based health services that are delivered outside hospitals and clinics. Community health is a subset of public health that is taught to and practiced by clinicians as part of their normal duties. Community health volunteers and community health workers work ...
Primary health care. Primary health care (PHC) is a whole-of-society approach to effectively organise and strengthen national health systems to bring services for health and wellbeing closer to communities. [1] Primary health care enables health systems to support a person’s health needs – from health promotion to disease prevention ...
Founding the Henry Street Settlement; nursing pioneer, advocacy for the poor. Lillian D. Wald (March 10, 1867 – September 1, 1940 [ 1 ]) was an American nurse, humanitarian and author. She strove for human rights and started American community nursing. [ 2 ] She founded the Henry Street Settlement in New York City and was an early advocate ...
Improving pay for health department nurses. Erie County Council recently approved a raise, from $20.41 an hour to $25 an hour, for starting nurses at the County Health Department. Five open ...
Medicine portal. Society portal. v. t. e. Health education is a profession of educating people about health. [1] Areas within this profession encompass environmental health, physical health, social health, emotional health, intellectual health, and spiritual health, as well as sexual and reproductive health education. [2][3] It can also be ...
Immunization against diseases is a key preventive healthcare measure. Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases. [ 1 ] Disease and disability are affected by environmental factors, genetic predisposition, disease agents, and lifestyle choices, and are dynamic processes that begin before ...