Community Health and Wellness: Principles of primary health care, Edition 6

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· Elsevier Health Sciences
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440
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About this ebook

- Greater emphasis on nurses and other health practitioners working in partnership with people and communities - Updated local case studies to support the practical application of knowledge to practice - Additional signposted sources of knowledge online to promote engagement and further enquiry - Comprehensive coverage on community assessment including a new community assessment framework - Condensed and restructured table of contents - New information on the importance of the early years including preconception - New section on project planning to achieve community wellness - Now includes an eBook with all print purchases

About the author

Jill Clendon is a registered nurse, currently working as nursing policy adviser and researcher for the New Zealand Nurses Organisation. She is also Adjunct Professor at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. Jill spent the 12 years previous to her current position in nursing education, teaching at both undergraduate and post graduate levels with a specific interest in primary health care and child and family health. Jill's research has examined the efficacy of community-based nurse-led clinics, and the historical and contemporary context of community-based well child care in New Zealand. Her current work centres on nursing workforce issues and models of care. Jill holds a PhD in Nursing from Massey University, a Masters of Philosophy in Nursing from Massey University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies from Auckland University. She completed her Diploma of Comprehensive Nursing at Waikato Polytechnic in 1993. Jill is a member of the College of Nurses (Aotearoa). In her spare time, Jill runs a volunteer after-hours nurse-led clinic in Nelson, is Chairperson of the Victory Community Health Centre Board, a local community-led health initiative, and enjoys mountain biking, orienteering, tramping and skiing with her family.

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