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
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
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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
Family Nursing
Genomics and the connection to Public Health, University of Minnesota online course
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
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
US Public Health Nursing Services
National Institute of Health
Association of Schools of Public Health
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
