Library Guides: Nursing & Health Sciences: Community Health

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Community Health Nursing in Canada

National community health nursing study: comparison of enablers and barriers for nurses working in the community
Nursing Health Services Research Unit, Hamilton, ON (2009)
Community Health Nursing Study: Organizational Structures of Community Health Care Systems in Canada: A Review of Provincial and Territorial Health Care Systems
Nursing Health Services Research Unit, Hamilton ON (2008)
Community Health Nurses of Canada
Public Health~Community Health Nursing in Canada: Preparation & Practice
Community Health Nurses' Initiatives Group (CHNIG)(RNAO)

Books

Below is only a selected list of books. The library holds many more print and online books on this topic. Search the Library Catalogue to find more titles.

Community-Based Collaborative Action Research by Margaret Dexheimer Pharris; Carol Pillsbury Pavlish
Call Number: RA440.85 .P39 2012
ISBN: 9780763771126
Publication Date: 2011-01-17
In print in stacks on 3rd floor.
Community-Based Programs and Policies by Howard A. Palley (Editor)
Call Number: RA 445 .C6463 2009
ISBN: 9780789038333
Publication Date: 2008-10-29
In print on 3rd floor.
Caring for the Vulnerable by Mary de Chesnay; Barbara A. Anderson
Call Number: RT 86.5 .C376 2012
ISBN: 9781449603984
Publication Date: 2011-07-19
In print on 3rd floor.
Community health nursing : a Canadian perspective by edited by Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler and Lucia Yiu.
Call Number: RT 98 .C644 2008
ISBN: 0132340666
Publication Date: 2008
In print on 3rd floor.
Community health nursing in Canada by Stanhope, Marcia.
Call Number: RT 98 .C654 2008
ISBN: 077969936X
Publication Date: 2008
In print on 3rd floor.
Community-Based Nursing by Melanie McEwen; Bridgette Pullis
Call Number: RT 98 .M3 2009
ISBN: 9781416057710
Publication Date: 2008-10-20
In print on 3rd floor.
Canadian Community as Partner by Ardene Robinson Vollman; Elizabeth T. Anderson; Judith M. McFarlane
Call Number: RT 98 .V64 2008
ISBN: 9780781784269
Publication Date: 2007-10-01
In print on 3rd floor.

Planning Tools & Resources

Best Practice Interventions
Professor recommended.
Public Agency of Canada - "On this page, you can search all of the community interventions that are contained in this Section. The interventions focus on chronic disease prevention and health promotion and can help you design, implement or assess your own intervention. Currently, the Portal contains over 340 interventions."
Evidence-Informed Decision-Making: Information and Tools
Public Health Agency of Canada
Evidence-Informed Public Health
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT), Canada
Learn about the process of "distilling and disseminating the best available evidence from research, practice and experience and using that evidence to inform and improve public health policy and practice."
Health Evidence (McMaster University)
Professor recommended
"Becoming a registered user of Health Evidence will give you access to search our registry of 3,439 quality-rated systematic reviews evaluating the effectiveness of public health interventions." On this website are also practice tools (e.g. checklists, guides, flowcharts). Access is free, but you need to register.
Planning Public Health Programs: Information and Tools
Public Health Agency of Canada
Public Health Grey Literature Database
Ontario Public Health Libraries Association - "This database of grey literature has been compiled to increase the accessibility of grey literature from Ontario's 36 public health units and other provincial knowledge-producing public health organizations"
Resources for Planning Health Programs
Professor recommended.
Public Health Ontario
"The new edition of the Planning Health Promotion Programs Introductory Workbook helps readers understand and navigate the six steps needed to plan an evidence-informed health promotion program. The workbook features interactive worksheets, additional examples, supplementary resources and tips. This is the first edition to contain health equity information."