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Elderly Clients' Perceptions of Public Health Nursing Care
Author(s) -
Laffrey Shirley Cloutier,
RenwanzBoyle Andrea,
Slagle Rhoda,
Guthmiller Alene,
Carter Barbara
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1990.tb00620.x
Subject(s) - nursing , public health , health promotion , health care , public health nursing , perception , medicine , family medicine , psychology , political science , neuroscience , law
Although the health benefits of illness prevention and health promotion are accepted, little is known about the reasons for which elderly clients attend public health programs or the benefits they perceive from public health nursing care. This study reports the major reasons for which men and women age 60 and over sought care in a public health nursing program and the major benefits they perceived. The sample included 137 new and 360 returning clients. Responses to open‐ended questions were content analyzed into categories of like statements, which in turn were placed into overall groups. The results suggest that most clients realized significant benefits from receiving public health care and were able to articulate these benefits. Eliciting clients' perceptions can assist public health nurses to implement and market programs in a way that is acceptable and accessible to the recipients.