Community participation in rural health care

Shortage of health professionals in rural health is a reality with which health care providers in Cameroon are battling and will continue for some time to come. In the meantime, while attempts are being made to solve the problem by increase in the training of health personnel there are alternative approaches which offer some solutions. One of these approaches is community participation. This can take several forms, some of which we shall describe in this paper. In the context of this paper we consider community health in its wide sense of disease prevention and disease treatment.     

Community mental health nurses, primary care and the National Service Framework for Mental Health

The National Service Framework for Mental Health focuses on the mental health needs of adults up to the age of 65. Susan Plummer and Richard Gray discuss standard two by focusing on depression.     

社区护理服务与居民的健康素养

健康素养是与社区护理服务密切相关的一个较新的概念,在社区护理服务领域有广泛的应用前景.健康素养的水平对社区居民健康促进有重要影响.对社区护理服务模式有重要意义.社区护理人员应参与到健康素养研究中来,以健康素养为切入点,搞好社区护理服务,促进个人、家庭、社区的全面健康.     

District Health Authority policy and the ''extended clinical role of the nurse'' in primary health care

Historical trends encouraging the extended role of the nurse in general practice are described, and Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) policy regarding this and the legal position of the nurse, discussed. The results of a postal questionnaire to all 192 Directors of Nursing Services (DNSs) (Community) in England are presented. The study aimed to document the extent to which nursing policies at district level had been developed to meet DHSS recommendations. Although 71% of the DNSs questioned said a policy on the extended role of the nurse had been drawn up in their districts, few met all three criteria recommended by the DHSS: specific task definition, training requirements and legal safeguards.