Function and practice of public health nursing in Japan: A trial to develop the Japanese Purpose-Focused Public Health Nursing Model

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 483-489

  Yoshioka Maeda, Kyoko ^a   Taguchi, Atsuko ^b   Murashima, Sachiyo ^b   Asahara, Kiyomi ^c   Anzai, Yukiko ^d   Arimoto, Azusa ^b   Miyazaki, Toshie ^e   Sato, Noriko ^d   Sakai, Taichi ^d   Oomori, Junko ^c   Magilvy, Joan Kathy ^f  

^a Suginami Public Health Center   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency; Model development; Public health nurses; Public health nursing; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LICENSING; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LICENSURE, NURSING; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33747077879     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2934.2006.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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