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Preferred term

Public Health Nursing  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Nursing, Public Health

Note

  • do not confuse with COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Scope note

  • A nursing specialty concerned with promoting and protecting the health of populations, using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences to develop local, regional, state, and national health policy and research. It is population-focused and community-oriented, aimed at health promotion and disease prevention through educational, diagnostic, and preventive programs.

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011637

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