Public health and health promotion
Chapter 9 Public health and health promotion Pauline Pearson Key issues • This chapter addresses notions of health, public health, health promotion and primary health care, and some of the…
NURSING
Understanding effectiveness for service planning
Chapter 8 Understanding effectiveness for service planning Peter Griffiths Key issues • The effectiveness of a service is its ability to achieve desired outcomes • Evidence for effectiveness should not…
Immunisation: ethics, effectiveness, organisation
Chapter 14 Immunisation: ethics, effectiveness, organisation Helen Bedford Key issues • Childhood immunisation is a highly successful public health intervention • The unique nature of immunisation means that it has…
Collaborating for health
Chapter 3 Collaborating for health Pauline Craig, Moira Fischbacher Key issues • The development of collaboration and integration in health and social care is the mainstay of ongoing public sector…
Community development as a public health function
Chapter 5 Community development as a public health function Yvonne Dalziel Key issues • The origins and influences on community development • Exploration of the key concepts of community development…
Abdominal pain
CHAPTER 2 Abdominal pain Abdominal pain is a subjective feeling of discomfort in the abdomen that can be caused by a variety of problems. The goal of initial clinical assessment…
Weight loss/gain (unintentional)
CHAPTER 36 Weight loss/gain (unintentional) Unintentional weight loss is a decrease in body weight that is not voluntary. Weight loss in the adult is clinically significant when it exceeds 5%…
Vaginal bleeding
CHAPTER 33 Vaginal bleeding The average menstrual cycle is 28 days. It is considered abnormal if the cycle occurs more often than every 21 days (polymenorrhea) or less often than…
