Health Needs Assessment
Theory and Practice
Published on 22. July 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-0-443-05233-0 (ISBN)
Description
This text aims to assist nurses grasping the complex context of current issues surrounding the process of needs assessment so that they could contribute to the debates and develop their practice appropriately.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Post-reg nursing students, community nurses
Illustrations
10 ills.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-05233-0 (9780443052330)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Who assesses health needs?; key perspectives on the assessment of health needs; defining and measuring health; health needs assessment - the approach of central government; inequalities in health and health care; epidemiological approaches to health needs assessment; economics, utilitarianism and health needs assessment; screening - health needs assessment and the evaluation of services; a framework for local health needs assessment; local health needs assessment - reports of the Director of Public Health; health profiling by nurses; conclusions and implications for nurses.