District nurses' involvement and attitudes to mental health problems: A three-area cross-sectional study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 8 A, 2005, Pages 976-985

  Haddad, Mark ^a   Plummer, Susan ^a   Taverner, Ann ^a   Gray, Richard ^a   Lee, Soo ^b   Payne, Fiona ^c   Knight, Denise ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Lewisham Primary Care Research Consortium   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes to mental illness; District nursing; Education and practice development; Mental health; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHANNEL ISLANDS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 23944505536     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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