"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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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.478.676.755
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Public Health Nursing" by people in Profiles.
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Szanton SL, Bonner A. Public Health Nursing and Older Adults: The CAPABLE Model. Am J Public Health. 2022 Jun; 112(S3):S265-S267.
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Moxley E, Webber-Ritchey KJ, Hayman LL. Global impact of physical inactivity and implications for public health nursing. Public Health Nurs. 2022 01; 39(1):180-188.
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LeBlanc RG. Digital story telling in social justice nursing education. Public Health Nurs. 2017 07; 34(4):395-400.
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Jayatilleke AC, Yoshikawa K, Yasuoka J, Poudel KC, Fernando N, Jayatilleke AU, Jimba M. Training Sri Lankan public health midwives on intimate partner violence: a pre- and post-intervention study. BMC Public Health. 2015 Apr 07; 15:331.
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Zucker DM, Choi J, Gallagher ER. Mobile outreach strategies for screening hepatitis and HIV in high-risk populations. Public Health Nurs. 2012 Jan-Feb; 29(1):27-35.
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Theroux R, Hawkins JW. If Margaret Sanger could see us now. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2008 May-Jun; 37(3):353.
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Bernal H, Shellman J, Reid K. Essential concepts in developing community-university partnerships. CareLink: the Partners in Caring Model. Public Health Nurs. 2004 Jan-Feb; 21(1):32-40.
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Cashman SB, Bushnell FK, Fulmer HS. Community-oriented primary care: a model for public health nursing. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2001 Jun; 26(3):617-34.
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Cashman SB, Fulmer HS, Aaberg AA, Staples L. Public health nursing: a model for the 21st century. Am J Public Health. 1994 Oct; 84(10):1694-5.