Public Health and Health Promotion for Nurses at a Glance (eBook)

Karen Wild is Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at the University of Salford. Maureen McGrath worked as a Lecturer in Adult Nursing at the University of Salford.

Preface ix

Acknowledgements x

Authors' biographies xi

Glossary of terms xii

Unit I What has public health to do with nursing? 1

1 What is public health and why is it relevant to nursing? 2

2 Some historical points of public health 4

3 Determinants of health 6

4 Health improvement and the role of the nurse 8

5 What people think about public health 10

6 How public health is measured: epidemiology 12

7 Public health outcomes and the role of the nurse 14

8 The prevention of premature mortality: screening 16

9 Health surveillance 18

10 Inequalities in health 20

11 Investigations into inequalities in health: reports and reviews 22

12 The relationship between public health and competency standards for registered nurses 24

Unit II What has health promotion to do with nursing? 27

1 Health promotion 28

2 Aspects of health promotion 30

3 Primary and secondary prevention of ill health and health education 1. Cardiovascular disease in men 32

4 Primary and secondary prevention of ill health and health education 2. Children's dental health 34

5 Primary and secondary prevention of ill health and health education 3. Self-harm 36

6 Primary and secondary prevention of ill health and health education 4. Obesity and people with a learning disability 38

7 Tertiary prevention of ill health and health education: cardiovascular disease in men and dental health in children 40

8 Tertiary prevention of ill health and health education: self-harm; obesity in people with a learning disability 42

Unit III Causes of mortality and morbidity 45

1 Different experiences of health through the life course 46

2 Long-term conditions: all ages 48

3 Cardiovascular diseases 50

4 Respiratory diseases 52

5 Cancers 54

6 Child and adolescent mental health 56

7 Depression 58

8 Dementia 60

Unit IV How nurses can work with individual patients to promote health 63

1 Why is behaviour change difficult? 64

2 Models of health behaviour 66

3 Models and theories of behaviour change 68

4 Readiness to change 70

5 Self-efficacy and resilience 72

6 Skills to support behaviour change 74

7 Skills supporting behaviour change. Example 1: Jenna 76

8 Skills supporting behaviour change. Example 2: Rachel 78

9 Further examples of supporting behaviour change: Jenny, Shaheed and Deena 80

Unit V Strategies for working with communities to improve health 83

1 Community health and public health 84

2 Factors that influence the health of communities 86

3 Barriers to the success of community health improvement programmes 88

4 Factors that may promote the success of community health improvement programmes 90

5 Health profiles 92

Unit VI Ethics of public health and health promotion 95

1 Ethical principles 96

2 Nursing and ethics 98

3 Application of ethical principles to public health issues 100

4 The stewardship model 102

5 Acceptable health goals 104

6 Opportunity and choice versus coercion 106

7 Individual versus collective interests in public health strategies 108

8 Individual versus collective interests in public health. Example 1 - Alcohol 110

9 Individual versus collective interests in public health. Example 2 - People with learning disabilities 112

10 Ethical issues in engaging people in conversations about health: an overview 114

Appendix 116

Reference 117

Index 124