Citation

Mann L. Aust. Nurs. J. 1997; 4(7): 20-24.

Affiliation

University of Technology, Sydney.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Australian Nursing Federation)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9069801

Abstract

Despite these recognized constraints, increased knowledge of individual and family health problems in Australia will enable nurses to make a valuable contribution to this important Australian public health issue. However, the use of primary care or public health approach alone cannot ensure patient or community involvement in changing the various social structures that cause certain groups to be at high risk for a particular health problem. The world today needs nurses who can diagnose community health problems and institute measures to protect, advance, and monitor the health of populations as a whole, nurses who can care for the sick or the disabled, nurses who can teach people to care for themselves. By understanding and integrating these concepts with the illness prevention/ health promotional tenets of primary health care. Australian nurses will become the future leaders in individual, family, and community health and also have a substantial impact on the problem of adolescent suicide in Australia.

Language: en