Kuss T, Proulx-Girouard L, Lovitt S, Katz C B, Kennelly P
University of Washington School of Nursing, Community Health Care Systems, Seattle, USA.
Public Health Nurs. 1997 Apr;14(2):81-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1997.tb00276.x.
Public health nurses are in a strategic position to maintain, promote, and protect the health of populations both now and in the future. In the changing health care environment of the 1990s, defining the expanding and evolving role of public health nursing assists in the effective utilization of public health nurses. During a time when the health care environment is emphasizing the protection and promotion of health, access to health services, and prevention of illness, it is necessary for public health nurses to be in the forefront in the changing focus to primary prevention. Therefore, a model for public health nursing is proposed to provide a framework for defining public health nursing roles and practice. A flowering tree is one symbol of public health nursing. The tree consists of seven parts symbolizing nine public health nursing concepts. This model is proposed to articulate clearly the capacity of public health nursing within today's ever-changing environment and to provide a framework for public health nursing theory, public health nursing practice, policy development, and public health research.
公共卫生护士处于一个战略位置，能够维护、促进并保护现在及未来人群的健康。在20世纪90年代不断变化的医疗环境中，明确公共卫生护理不断扩展和演变的角色有助于有效利用公共卫生护士。在医疗环境强调健康保护与促进、获得医疗服务及疾病预防的时期，公共卫生护士有必要处于向初级预防转变重点的前沿。因此，提出了一个公共卫生护理模型，以提供一个界定公共卫生护理角色和实践的框架。一棵繁花盛开的树是公共卫生护理的一个象征。这棵树由七个部分组成，象征着九个公共卫生护理概念。提出这个模型是为了在当今不断变化的环境中清晰地阐明公共卫生护理的能力，并为公共卫生护理理论、公共卫生护理实践、政策制定和公共卫生研究提供一个框架。
