Health Visiting, 3rd Edition

The profession of health visiting in the 21^st century;
Public health and health visiting;
Models for Health visiting in specialist public community health nursing;
Skills in specialist community public health nursing - health visiting;
working with individuals and families;
Skills in specialist community public health nursing - health visiting; working with social groups and communities;
Working with socially excluded groups;
Quality improvement through leading and managing change;
Contemporary influences in safeguarding children;
Safeguarding children: issues and dilemmas;
Violence - debating the issues;
Reflective practice;
Ethical issues in ill health and health promotion;
Nurse prescribing;
Complementary therapies and health visiting;
The use of health informatics in practice;
Health economics of public health practice;
Specialist community public health nursing: opportunities and challenges for the heath visiting

Patricia Burrows, MSc, PGDIP, BSc (Hons), RGN, RM, HV, FiHV, Senior Lecturer Public Health, Programme Director Public Health Nursing (District Nursing, Health Visiting & School Nursing), School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, London, United Kingdom and Jean Cowie, PhD, MSc, BA, Dip Nursing (London), Dip HV, PGCE - Tertiary Level Teaching, RHV, RM, RGN, Principal Educator, Women, Children, Young People and Families Programme, Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Directorate, NHS Education for Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom