Public Health Skills

Nurses and other public health practitioners have a crucial role to play in helping to improve the collective well being of society and so developing skills in public health - preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health is key to this process. Public Health Skills: A practical guide for nurses and public health practitioners covers the complete spectrum of public health practice: the effective assessment and management of need, understanding policy and how to affect its implementation; before moving on to explore practical issues and themes surrounding the facilitation of public health. Within the four sections of the book, the text is organised around the ten core public health skills outlined in the National Occupational Standards for the practice of public health, covering skills including surveillance and assessment, collaborative working, working with communities, strategy development, risk management, leadership and ethics. Public Health Skills: A practical guide for nurses and public health practitioners provides the fundamental, essential knowledge and skills required to provide safe and effective practice and is an invaluable resource for all those connected to this vital, challenging and rapidly expanding aspect of health provision.

Nurses and other public health practitioners have a crucial role toplay in helping to improve the collective well being of society andso developing skills in public health - preventing diseaseprolonging life and promoting health - is key to thisprocess. Public Health Skills: A practical guide for nurses andpublic health practitioners covers the complete spectrum ofpublic health practice: the effective assessment and management ofneed, understanding policy and how to affect its implementation;before moving on to explore practical issues and themes surroundingthe facilitation of public health. Within the four sections of thebook, the text is organised around the ten core public healthskills outlined in the National Occupational Standards for thepractice of public health, covering skills including surveillanceand assessment, collaborative working, working with communitiesstrategy development, risk management, leadership and ethics.Public Health Skills: A practical guide for nurses and publichealth practitioners provides the fundamental, essentialknowledge and skills required to provide safe and effectivepractice and is an invaluable resource for all those connected tothis vital, challenging and rapidly expanding aspect of healthprovision.

Introduction.Tour Guide.Section 1: Assessment of public health needs.1. Assessing and Identifying Health Needs: theories andframeworks for practice.2. Health Needs Assessment :appraising and measuring need.3. Needs Assessment.Section 2: Management of public health needs.4. Collaborative Working: organisational development forcommunity participation.5. Partnerships for Public Health: user involvement to improvehealth and wellbeing.6. Partnerships for Pulic Health: professional involvement toimprove health and wellbeing.7. Communication and You.Section 3: Public Health Policies and their Impact onPractice.8. Appraising and Influencing Health Policy and Strategy.9. Strategic Leadership for Health and Wellbeing.10. Health Protection and the Role of the Public HealthNurse.11. Research and Development: analysis and interpretation ofevidence.12. Quality and Risk Management in Primary Care Settings.Section 4: Facilitation of Public Health Activities.13. Quality and Risk Management: safe guarding children andvulnerable groups.14. Developing Programmes, Services and ReducingInequalities.15. Programme Planning for Health Education.16. Ethically Managing Self, People and Resources to Improve theHealth and Wellbeing of Patients and Clients in the Community.Glossary of terms.Index