Outbreak investigations: Community participation and role of community and public health nurses

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 256-263

  Sistrom, Maria Gilson ^a   Hale, Patty J ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LYNCHBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community participation; Outbreak investigations; Public health nurses; Public health workforce

Indexed keywords

CAMPING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MODEL; NOROVIRUS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WORK;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAMPING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MODELS, NURSING; NOROVIRUS; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING;

EID: 33745302465     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.230308.x     Document Type: Review

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