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| Contributors | |
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| Forewords | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| What is Public Health? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The development of modern public health | |
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| Successes and challenges in public health | |
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| Implications for public health practitioners | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Public Health Nursing | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The definition of nursing and public health nursing | |
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| The role of the statutory bodies: the statutory and mandatory aspects of SCPHN registration | |
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| The role of professional bodies | |
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| The developing role of public health: prevention and health promotion | |
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| The challenges for public health nursing | |
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| Improving the role - what are the solutions? | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Theoretical Perspectives of Health Visiting | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Historical perspective | |
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| Health visiting in context: the current debate | |
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| Extending the boundaries | |
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| Community health visiting | |
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| Health visiting diaries: what health visitors need to know | |
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| Social capital: the myth of a collective and cohesive partnership | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Health Visiting in Practice | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Health inequalities | |
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| Motivation | |
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| Assessing need | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| The Development of School Nursing | |
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| Introduction | |
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| History of the school health service | |
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| School nursing in the twenty-first century | |
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| Accountability | |
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| Safeguarding children | |
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| Vulnerable groups | |
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| Accountability to the employer | |
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| Accountability to the profession | |
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| The development of the role of the SCPHN - school nurse | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| School Nursing and School Health Practice | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Structure of school health teams | |
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| Specialist community public health nursing and school nursing | |
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| Search for health needs | |
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| Health needs assessments and school health plans | |
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| Facilitating health-enhancing activities | |
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| Stimulating an awareness of health needs | |
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| Influencing policy development | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| What Is Occupational Health? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The history of OH services | |
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| Delivering OH services | |
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| Good health is good business: the legal aspects | |
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| Good health is good business: the financial aspects | |
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| Health promotion | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Occupational Health Nursing Practice | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The role of the OHN | |
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| Health surveillance | |
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| Other considerations for monitoring health at work | |
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| Managing absence, disability and rehabilitation | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Education and Continuing Professional Development of Public Health Nurses | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Education and CPD in relation to professional registration | |
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| Personal development | |
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| Pedagogy and andragogy | |
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| Personal learning styles | |
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| Academic levels of study | |
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| European quality framework | |
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| The need for evidence-based practice | |
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| Contributing to the CPD of self and others | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Index | |