public health nursing and population health

assessment

◦systematically collecting data on the population to monitor the health of a population, and making information available about the health of the community

policy development

providing leadership in developing laws & policies that support the health of the population based on scientific evidence

assurance

role of public health in ensuring that adequate health care personnel and services are accessible, especially to those who might not normally have them

what are the 3 core functions of public health

assessment, policy development, and assurance

public health initiative

◦new era of enhanced and broadened public health practice that goes beyond traditional public health department functions and programs

-emerged after recognition that life expectancy was beginning to decline

public health 3.0 initiative

◦Focus on prevention at the total population level or community-wide prevention

◦To improve social determinants of health (housing, transportation, safe environments, access to health foods, economic development, and social support)

◦To engage multiple sectors and community partners to generate collective impact

public health nursing

Defined as “the practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences”

◦Focuses on improving population health by emphasizing prevention and attending to multiple determinants of health.

subpopulations

◦high risk group withing the larger population

population focused nursing practice

◦The community or a population (an aggregate who shares one or more personal or environmental characteristics in common) within the community is the “client” in community

◦i.e. geography or special interest or circumstance

community oriented nursing

focuses on aggregates, communities, populations and can include at risk underserved individuals and families

community based nursing

focused on individuals and families

community oriented nursing

primary goal of this community nursing is health promotion and disease prevention

community based nursing

community nursing thats primary goal is management of acute and chronic conditions

community nursing that is normally indirect

-program management

community nursing that is direct one on one

-management of acute and chronic conditions in settings where individuals, families and groups live and work( schools camps and prisons)