Quality in preventive and health-promoting services: Constructing an understanding through process

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 472-482

  Hanafin, Sinéad ^a   Cowley, Sarah ^b  

^a Office of the Minister for Children   (Ireland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community nursing; Prevention; Process; Public health; Service quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; IRELAND; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33747057974     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2934.2006.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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