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Community health nurses in action: a case study from Jordan
Author(s) -
Shishani K.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international nursing review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1466-7657
pISSN - 0020-8132
DOI - 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00542.x
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , focus group , nursing , action (physics) , public health , community health , focus (optics) , population , community nursing , medicine , psychology , environmental health , political science , sociology , physics , optics , quantum mechanics , anthropology , law
Community health nurses can make a considerable difference in the lives of disadvantaged population groups. One of their major roles is to conduct studies that focus on at‐risk populations and to use the findings to implement nursing actions to promote the public’s health. This case study describes one such activity in Jordan.