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Applying Critical Theories to Nursing in Communities
Author(s) -
Stevens Patricia E.,
Hall Joanne M.
Publication year - 1992
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.1525-1446.1992.tb00065.x
Subject(s) - politics , action (physics) , political action , public health nursing , affect (linguistics) , public health , community health , sociology , nursing , critical theory , political science , public relations , medicine , law , physics , communication , quantum mechanics
Public health realities in the United States indicate that unsafe physical surroundings, oppressive social arrangements, economic impoverishment, and political disenfran chisement threaten the safety and well‐being of countless aggregates. To affect change in health‐damaging conditions, nurses are urged to join with vulnerable groups, working together to expose oppressive situations and take action. As a guide for such emancipatory practice, the use of critical the ories as the conceptual basis for community health nursing is advocated.