Conceptual models for population-focused public health nursing interventions and outcomes: The state of the art

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 370-379

  Bigbee, Jeri L ^a   Issel, L Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing theory; Outcomes; Public health nursing practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

INTERVENTION STUDIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING;

EID: 84863784212     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.01006.x     Document Type: Article

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