Open AccessApplying a health equity tool to assess a public health nursing guideline for practice in sexually transmitted infection assessment in British Columbia
Author(s) -
Cheryl Prescott,
Sana Shahram,
Gina Ogilvie,
Noorjean Hassam,
Alison Swalwell Franks,
Bernie Pauly
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1920-7476
pISSN - 0008-4263
DOI - 10.17269/s41997-019-00285-2
Subject(s) - guideline , medicine , public health , nursing , health equity , health care , equity (law) , family medicine , political science , pathology , law
There is a multitude of health equity tools but little guidance on how to effectively use these tools in public health nursing practice. In BC, public health nurses who are certified in sexually transmitted infection care utilize guidelines authorized by the nursing regulatory body.