Health Visiting : A Rediscovery

, by Luker, Karen; Orr, Jean; McHugh, Gretl A.

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ISBN: 9781444335811 | 1444335812
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New and updated edition of a successful text Edited by national and international key names in the field Provides a comprehensive review of all areas of health visiting practiceNow with a new chapter on Safeguarding Children

List of Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Managing Knowledge in Health Visiting	p. 9
Introduction	p. 9
Defining health visiting practice	p. 11
What do health visitors do - and where do they do it?	p. 12
Evidence-based medicine	p. 16
The current landscape of evidence-based practice	p. 22
Refuting evidence-based practice	p. 22
So does it work - and if not, why not?	p. 24
Redefining evidence-based practice	p. 25
Managing knowledge and evidence in practice	p. 27
Case study 1.1: National policy-making in relation to inequalities in health	p. 27
Case study 1.2: Introducing new technology	p. 28
Case study 1.3: Creating guidelines in primary care	p. 30
Case study 1.4: Protocol-based decision-making in nursing	p. 31
Case study 1.5: Knowledge management in primary care	p. 32
Lessons from the case studies	p. 33
Communities of practice	p. 35
Reflective practice	p. 37
Clients: what do they know and how do they know it?	p. 40
Social networking sites	p. 41
The debate	p. 44
Summary	p. 46
References	p. 46
Appendix 1: Activities for Chapter 1	p. 49
Health Visiting: Context and Public Health Practice	p. 52
Introduction	p. 52
Public health	p. 55
Defining public	p. 55
Defining health	p. 56
Defining public health	p. 58
Human rights and public health	p. 62
The principles of health visiting	p. 66
The search for health needs	p. 66
The stimulation of an awareness of health needs	p. 67
The influence on policies affecting health	p. 68
The facilitation of health enhancing activities	p. 69
Health inequalities	p. 71
Summary	p. 78
References	p. 79
Appendix 2: Activities for Chapter 2	p. 83
The Community Dimension	p. 85
Introduction	p. 85
Defining community	p. 86
Impact of communities on health	p. 89
The role of health visitors with communities	p. 94
Gaining an understanding of the health of your local community	p. 101
Windshield survey	p. 102
Public health walk	p. 102
Health needs assessment	p. 103
Using health promotion models to support community working	p. 110
Summary	p. 113
References	p. 113
Appendix 3: Activities for Chapter 3	p. 117
Approaches to Supporting Families	p. 120
Introduction	p. 120
Models of intervention in family life	p. 121
Three models relevant to health visiting practice in families with young children	p. 122
Application of models in practice	p. 125
Policies	p. 126
Evidence for interventions to support families	p. 128
Characteristics of programmes to support families with young children	p. 129
Early home visiting programmes	p. 130
Current home visiting programmes	p. 132
Family Nurse Partnership Programme	p. 132
Flying Start - Wales	p. 136
Starting Well-Scotland	p. 137
The Triple - P Programme - Positive Parenting Programme	p. 139
Sure Start Programmes	p. 140
Working with families	p. 145
Empirical evidence on relationship development	p. 147
Challenges	p. 149
Public health agenda	p. 149
Level of evidence	p. 150
Adhering to the programme criteria	p. 150
High needs families	p. 151
Practice specialisation	p. 151
Concerns about child safety	p. 152
Adequate resources	p. 152
Summary	p. 153
References	p. 153
Appendix 4: Activities for Chapter 4	p. 160
Safeguarding Children: Debates and Dilemmas for Health Visitors	p. 163
Introduction	p. 163
The key concepts	p. 165
Defining child	p. 165
Defining childhood	p. 167
Defining safeguarding	p. 168
Defining child abuse	p. 173
Defining significant harm	p. 179
Incidence and prevalence of child abuse	p. 182
Assessment of vulnerable children	p. 186
The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families	p. 186
Common Assessment Framework (CAF)	p. 188
Graded Care Profile	p. 190
Working together	p. 190
Confidentiality and information sharing	p. 192
Supervision	p. 193
Summary	p. 197
References	p. 198
Appendix 5: Activities for Chapter 5	p. 202
Evaluating Practice	p. 205
Introduction	p. 205
Sources of evidence	p. 206
Evaluation - the problem of definition	p. 209
Conceptualising evaluation	p. 210
The care planning process	p. 214
Actual and potential problems	p. 215
Evaluation and evaluative research	p. 217
Evaluation of healthcare	p. 218
Structure, process and outcome evaluation	p. 219
Additional issues in evaluating the practice of health visiting	p. 227
Record-keeping	p. 231
Problem-orientated recording	p. 232
Summary	p. 235
References	p. 236
Appendix 6: Activities for Chapter 6	p. 239
Bibliography	p. 243
Index	p. 266
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