Community Health and Wellness - E-book

Community Health & Wellness: Primary health care in practice, 5th Edition represents contemporary thinking and research in community health and wellness from Australia, New Zealand and the global community.

It challenges students and health professionals to become more aware of the primary health care (PHC) environments in which they work in order to gain an understanding of what is socially determining the health of the individuals, families and communities within their care.

• Provides a focus on primary health care practice in Australia and New Zealand
• Research and evidence-based practice throughout each chapter
• Group exercises that can be used in practice or tutorial groups
• Reflective questions to challenge the understanding of key principles and practice
• Additional resources for lecturers via Evolve.

• Two new chapters:

• Chapter 3 Assessing the Community
• Chapter 6 Working in groups

• The SDH Assessment Circle - a new model for community assessment
• Stronger emphasis on working with migrant and refugee families
• A new continuous case study - The Mason and Smith families

Anne McMurray is a registered nurse, a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and Member, Order of Australia (AM). She is Emeritus Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Queensland, Emeritus Professor, School of Nursing, Murdoch University, Perth and Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the Sunshine Coast. Anne has practised in a range of nursing and community health settings in Canada and Australia, and is actively involved in research and research supervision, publishing and mentoring. She is an Expert Advisor on Primary Health Care to the International Council of Nurses. Anne was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2006 Queen's Birthday honours list for services to nursing, particularly in the development of nurse education and community health practices, and as a contributor to professional publications.