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Community Health and Wellness - E-book, 5th Edition

Primary Health Care in Practice
Authors :
Jill Clendon & Ailsa Munns
Date of Publication: 02/2015
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 prof ...view more

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.

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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.


New to this edition
  • • 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; both fly-in fly-out (FIFO) families.

Key Features
  • 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.

Author Information
By Jill Clendon, RN, PHD, MPHIL, DIP CAREER GUID, BA, MCNA, Adjunct Professor of Nursing, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and Ailsa Munns, RN, RM, CHN, PHD, BACHAPPSC, MASTER NURSING, Lecturer | Course Coordinator Child and Adolescent Health Programs, Coordinator Community Mothers Program (WA), School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Curtin University, WA, Australia