Pamela A. Kulbok|Esther Thatcher|Eun?Hee Park|Peggy S. Meszaros
Evolving Public Health Nursing Roles: Focus on Community Participatory Health Promotion and Prevention
University of Virginia
public health nursing phn practice populationfocused requires unique knowledge competencies skills early public health nursing roles extended beyond sick care encompass advocacy community organizing health education political social reform likewise contemporary public health nurses practice collaboration agencies community members purpose article examine evolving phn roles address complex multicausal community problems brief background history role introduces explanation community participation health promotion model communitybased participatory research project youth substance use prevention rural county provides exemplar description evolving phn roles focused community health promotion prevention also included discussion specific competencies phns community participatory health promoting roles contemporary phn role