The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Home Health and Public Health Converge
4228.0: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Home Health and Public Health Converge
This session will address the interests and challenges of home health agencies in addressing public health needs. Presenters will discuss population-focused versus patient-focused practice, the nursing shortage, and organizational issues. They will also provide innovative approaches to improving both patient care and public health outcomes.
Learning Objectives: 1. Discuss the roles of public health and home health nurses in achieving community health outcomes; 2. Articulate home care organizational attributes which support staff and facilitate health care in today's environment; and 3. Discuss home care programs, services and issues which address public health needs
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Kathleen Jaskowiak, MSN, RN
2:30 PMProviding community care through home health
Margaret A. Kroposki, RN, PhD, Judith W. Alexander, RN, PhD
2:45 PMAn innovative approach to addressing mental health issues in a nurse home visiting program
Neil Boris, MD, Geoffrey Nagle, PhD, LCSW, MPH, Julie Larrieu, PhD, Paula Zeanah, PhD, RN, Charles Zeanah, MD
3:00 PM'No-shows' and home visiting: Insights from women who did not keep home visiting appointments
Diane B. McNaughton, PhD, RN, Julia Muennich Cowell, PhD, RNC, FAAN, Deborah A. Gross, DNSc, RN, Sarah H. Ailey, MS, RN
3:15 PMMagnet home care: Descriptions from the field
Linda Flynn, PhD, RN
3:30 PMTobacco prevention and cessation with home health patients
Margaret J. Wimmer, RN, DNS, Ellen J. Hahn, DNS
3:45 PMEvidence that universally-offered home visiting finds families at-risk
Junie Svenson, BA, MPH, Betty E. Kaplan, MPH, RN, Penny A. Hatcher, MSN, DrPH
Organized by:Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Maternal and Child Health; School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA