This timely and relevant new edition of an established and well regarded text is essential reading for those training to become health visitors and those who are practitioners working with and in the community. As we celebrate the 150 year anniversary of the profession in 2012, Health Visiting: A Rediscovery has been thoroughly revised and updated since the last edition to reflect the many developments in health policy, public health priorities and health visiting practice. The focus of the book, however, remains the same: placing the health visitor at the forefront of supporting and working with children and families, ensuring the child has the best possible start in life. The increasing importance of working with communities and reaffirming the public health role of the health visitor are discussed and debated. The new edition takes into account the challenges and increasing need for health visitors to engage with research evidence and to evaluate their practice.
Key features:
* A definitive, comprehensive, updated textbook on the role of the Health Visitor
* Incorporates the practice of public health and working with communities
* Includes brand new chapter on the importance of safeguarding children and the enhanced child protection role of the Health Visitor
* Timely and topical
* Essential reading for all nurses working in the community, those training as Specialist Community Public Health Nurses and undergraduate students undertaking public health, primary and community care course units.
* Features case studies and learning activities
Rezensionen / Stimmen
However, for the time being, it remains a valuable resource for health visiting students across the country. (Journal of Health Visiting, 1 February 2014) Overall, however, this is a welcome updating of a classic publication. (Nursing Children and Young People, 1 March 2013) I would expect this book to be a port of call for many students health visitors and I think readers will find it covers a wide range of interesting, relevant subjects However, this shouldn t deter them from reading this instructive, concisely edited book. (Community Practitioner, 1 July 2012)
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Höhe: 24.4 cm
Breite: 17.2 cm
Dicke: 1.2 cm
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978-1-4443-3581-1 (9781444335811)
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Herausgeber*in
University of Manchester
Queens University Belfast
University of Manchester
List of Contributors ix
Introduction 1
1 Managing Knowledge in Health Visiting 9
Kate Robinson
Introduction 9
Defining health visiting practice 11
What do health visitors do - and where do they do it? 12
Evidence-based medicine 16
The current landscape of evidence-based practice 22
Refuting evidence-based practice 22
So does it work - and if not, why not? 24
Redefining evidence-based practice 25
Managing knowledge and evidence in practice 27
Case study 1.1: National policy-making in relation to inequalities in health 27
Case study 1.2: Introducing new technology 28
Case study 1.3: Creating guidelines in primary care 30
Case study 1.4: Protocol-based decision-making in nursing 31
Case study 1.5: Knowledge management in primary care 32
Lessons from the case studies 33
Communities of practice 35
Reflective practice 37
Clients: what do they know and how do they know it? 40
Social networking sites 41
The debate 44
Summary 46
References 46
Appendix 1: Activities for Chapter 1 49
2 Health Visiting: Context and Public Health Practice 52
Martin Smith and Maria Horne
Introduction 52
Public health 55
Defining public 55
Defining health 56
Defining public health 58
Human rights and public health 62
The principles of health visiting 66
The search for health needs 66
The stimulation of an awareness of health needs 67
The influence on policies affecting health 68
The facilitation of health enhancing activities 69
Health inequalities 71
Summary 78
References 79
Appendix 2: Activities for Chapter 2 83
3 The Community Dimension 85
Rosamund Bryar and Jean Orr
Introduction 85
Defining community 86
Impact of communities on health 89
The role of health visitors with communities 94
Gaining an understanding of the health of your local community 101
Windshield survey 102
Public health walk 102
Health needs assessment 103
Using health promotion models to support community working 110
Summary 113
References 113
Appendix 3: Activities for Chapter 3 117
4 Approaches to Supporting Families 120
Karen I. Chalmers
Introduction 120
Models of intervention in family life 121
Three models relevant to health visiting practice in families with young children 122
Application of models in practice 125
Policies 126
Evidence for interventions to support families 128
Characteristics of programmes to support families with young children 129
Early home visiting programmes 130
Current home visiting programmes 132
Family Nurse Partnership Programme 132
Flying Start - Wales 136
Starting Well - Scotland 137
The Triple - P Programme - Positive Parenting Programme 139
Sure Start Programmes 140
Working with families 145
Empirical evidence on relationship development 147
Challenges 149
Public health agenda 149
Level of evidence 150
Adhering to the programme criteria 150
High needs families 151
Practice specialisation 151
Concerns about child safety 152
Adequate resources 152
Summary 153
References 153
Appendix 4: Activities for Chapter 4 160
5 Safeguarding Children: Debates and Dilemmas for Health Visitors 163
Julianne Harlow and Martin Smith
Introduction 163
The key concepts 165
Defining child 165
Defining childhood 167
Defining safeguarding 168
Defining child abuse 173
Defining significant harm 179
Incidence and prevalence of child abuse 182
Assessment of vulnerable children 186
The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families 186
Common Assessment Framework (CAF) 188
Graded Care Profile 190
Working together 190
Confidentiality and information sharing 192
Supervision 193
Summary 197
References 198
Appendix 5: Activities for Chapter 5 202
6 Evaluating Practice 205
Karen A. Luker and Gretl A. McHugh
Introduction 205
Sources of evidence 206
Evaluation - the problem of definition 209
Conceptualising evaluation 210
The care planning process 214
Actual and potential problems 215
Evaluation and evaluative research 217
Evaluation of healthcare 218
Structure, process and outcome evaluation 219
Additional issues in evaluating the practice of health visiting 227
Record-keeping 231
Problem-orientated recording 232
Summary 235
References 236
Appendix 6: Activities for Chapter 6 239
Bibliography 243
Index 266
