Development of a public health nursing data infrastructure

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 343-351

  Monsen, Karen A ^a   Bekemeier, Betty ^b   P Newhouse, Robin ^c   Scutchfield, F Douglas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d Peter P Bosomworth Professor of Health Services Research and Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Data infrastructure; Nursing workforce; Omaha System; Public health nursing standards; Public health systems; Quantitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

DATA COLLECTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; RESEARCH;

EID: 84863779540     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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