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Public and Community Health Nursing

Welcome!  This is my collection of public and community health nursing resources.  Scroll down and you will find the resources organized by topics in alphabetical order of subheadings.  Enjoy!  Happy Learning, Nancyruth


Advocacy

Public Health Policy and Advocacy, University of Minnesota online free course

http://www.sph.umn.edu/ce/trainings/coursepage.asp?activityId=8607



Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Vital Signs

Vital Signs is a great public health information resource managed by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention.  The location is:  http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/

The A-Z index at the top of the page has a wealth of information about public health topics.  This resource could be very valuable to you as you prepare your course assignments.

Pertussis, CDC:  http://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/clinical/index.html

Data and Statistics by Topic:  http://www.cdc.gov/DataStatistics/

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, CDC:  http://www.cdc.gov/BRFSS/

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS), CDC: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/

Gateway to Health Communication and Social Marketing:  http://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/

CDC Wonder:  http://wonder.cdc.gov/

Community Assessment

Leibold, N. (2017). The community assessment interview. [animated video]. Retrieved at https://wideo.co/view/9914661499100080658?utm_source=CopyPaste&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=editor

Conducting a Community Assessment

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/css/ppt/chap2.htm

 

Creating a Partnership:  Building Rapport with Your Patients

http://www.nursetogether.com/Career/Career-Article/itemid/2798.aspx

Community Health Interventions

Leibold, N.  (2018)  Introduction to comprehensive school health program.  (This resources introduces the Comprehensive School Health Program.  This lesson received a Lesson of the Week Award in May of 2018 from SoftChalk!)  Edition 1.0.  Retrieve at https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/lEi3TtfXNmwMh2/html

Leibold, N.  (2018).  The use of peer leaders in school health education.  Edition 1.0.  Retrieve at  https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/x9saEuKRJYLVHp/html

Leibold, N. (2017). Population health interventions: Health education and social marketing. Retrieved at https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/C3ePZu4cWLHRdI/html

 

Leibold, N. (2016). How to write community health education behavioral objectives. Retrieved at   https://storybird.com/books/how-to-write-community-health-education-behavioral/?token=ah8suhsyfb


Community Health Status Indicators  *****

http://communityhealth.hhs.gov/homepage.aspx?j=1


National Public Health Data Resources:  http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/national.htm

CONTACT TRACING COURSE AT JOHNS HOPKINS (FREE)

Contract Tracing Course:  https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/contact-tracing


Cultural Resources

 

Culture Cues

http://depts.washington.edu/pfes/CultureClues.htm

Epidemiology

Leibold, N. (2018).  Introduction to epidemiology.  Edition 1.0.  Retrieve at https://softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/tOx7sLWTfEQ5P3/html

Ethnomed—Patient Education in 24 Languages

http://ethnomed.org/about/related-programs/24-languages-project


Cultural Competence Health Practitioner Assessment (CCHPA) Online Tool

Nurses and Students can take this cultural competence assessment to find out their stengths and areas for improvement related to cultural competence. 

http://www11.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc/features/CCHPA.html


Transcultural Nursing Society    at http://www.tcns.org/


Transcultural Health Care

Free book chapters in PDF form of various cultures

http://davisplus.fadavis.com/purnell/bonus_chapters.cfm

 

 

Refugee Health Information Network

http://www.rhin.org/

 

 

The Office of Minority Health

http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/



Disaster Nursing

University of Minnesota, Franklin County Disaster Online Simulation

http://www.sph.umn.edu/ce/trainings/coursepage.asp?activityId=7594




Environmental Nursing

Environmental Public Health Nurse Resources

http://envirn.org/pg/groups/4091/resources/



Epidemiology

Introduction to Epidemiology, University of Minnesota online free course

http://www.sph.umn.edu/ce/trainings/coursepage.asp?activityId=8606


The Weekly Epidemiological Record  WHO

http://www.who.int/wer/en/

 

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/

History of Epidemics and Plagues:  http://uhavax.hartford.edu/bugl/histepi.htm#types

Understanding the Epidemiologic Triangle through Infectious Disease:  http://www.bam.gov/teachers/activities/epi_1_triangle.pdf

Who is John Snow?  http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow.html

Lady Montagu:  http://www.montaguemillennium.com/familyresearch/h_1762_mary.htm

National List of Reportable Diseases   http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphsi/phs/infdis.htm

Steps of an Outbreak Investigation:  http://www.cdc.gov/excite/classroom/outbreak/steps.htm



Evidence-Based Public Health Nursing

Evidence-Based Public Health Nursing

Includes an online tutorial with 6 modules for EBP in public health nursing

http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/projects/ebphn/


Faith Nursing

Faith Community Nurse Network

http://www.fcnntc.org/



Family Nursing

Genomics and the connection to Public Health, University of Minnesota online course

http://sph.umn.edu/ce/online/


Family Assessment in Community Health Nursing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p77hAbldXvU



Home Visiting

Home Visiting in Community Health Nursing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxmiPo9IoOE&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL


Bag Technique Video 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWJIeIG2BOw&feature=related

 

Bag Technique Video 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1OmXufIf0U&feature=related




International Nursing

Global Nursing Caucus:  http://www.globalnursingcaucus.org/

A Global Profession:  http://magazine.nursing.jhu.edu/2010/08/a-global-profession/


Lead Screening



Occupational Health Nursing

University of Minnesota, Occupation Health and Safety Online Module

http://sph.umn.edu/ce/online/

CDC Workplace Safety and Health Topics:  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/surveillance/




Oral Health

How much do you know about oral health?  Self Assessment for Schools Nurses

http://oralhealthconnections.org/Home/SelfAssessment


Application of Fluoride Varish Video—http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A5jrVuxSHc


Populations, Aggregates

Community and Aggregate Assessment   Good Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWdM9tM1LDU&feature=related


Various online learning modules (great ones!) in Population Health:  These are outstanding virtual modules for Population Health!  Many great ones here and are up to date!  Association for Prevention Teaching and Research:  http://www.aptrweb.org/?PH_LearningModules

Prevention

Models of Prevention

http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/models_prevention.html

There are outstanding virtual modules for Population Health!  Many great ones here and are up to date!  Association for Prevention Teaching and Research:  http://www.aptrweb.org/?PH_LearningModules


How to write community health education behavioral objectives.    This virtual lesson activity focuses on how to write community health education behavioral objectives!  Retrieved at    https://storybird.com/books/how-to-write-community-health-education-behavioral/?token=ah8suhsyfb

Program Evaluation

CDC Program Evaluation Framework:  http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4811a1.htm



Public Health

New York Learns Public Health  https://www.nylearnsph.com/Public/default.aspx


Wheel of Public Health Interventions.  Minnesota Dept of Health.  Includes scenarios and discussion questions –

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/cfh/ophp/resources/docs/wheelbook2006.pdf


Harvard School of Public Health

This site has a free book online about health literacy

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/resources/doak-book/index.html


American Public Health Association

http://www.apha.org/membergroups/sections/aphasections/phn/


Public Health Institute:  http://www.phi.org/

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

This is a long list of free video clips you can use—this series is related to viruses and public health

http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/video/index.html

See also the menu tabs of numerous videos, lesson plans, webquests, etc    http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/disease/dvd.html


Public Health Foundation—a frequent fav of students

http://www.phf.org/Pages/default.aspx

 

US Public Health Commissioned Corps

http://www.usphs.gov/

 

US Public Health Nursing Services

http://phs-nurse.org/

 

National Institute of Health

http://www.nih.gov/


Association of Schools of Public Health

http://www.asph.org/


HRSA:  http://www.hrsa.gov/publichealth/index.html


CDC Learning Resources:  http://www.cdc.gov/learning/resources/public_health_care.html


ACHNE Resources for Public Health Nurses  http://www.achne.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3348


Public Health Practice:  http://www.uic.edu/sph/prepare/courses/ph410/ph410documentcatalog.htm


Rural Nursing

Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care

http://rnojournal.binghamton.edu/index.php/RNO




School Nursing

New Mexico Online Tutorials for School Nurses

This free and excellent online resource contains 15 modules designed for school nurses with a variety of topics from emergency preparedness to Assessment and Triage to a variety of clinical scenarios.

http://hsc.unm.edu/emermed/PED/school_rn/course.shtml


World Health Organization

Pertussis http://www.who.int/immunization/topics/pertussis/en/




Nancyruth took this picture in Alaska 2016