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Descriptor English: Public Health Nursing
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermería en Salud Pública
Descriptor enfermería de salud pública
Entry term(s) enfermería en salud pública
Scope note: Especialidad de enfermería que se ocupa de la promoción y protección de la salud de las poblaciones, con empleo del conocimiento de las ciencias de enfermería, sociales y de salud pública para desarrollar una política e investigación local, regional y estatal. Está enfocada en la población y orientada a la comunidad, dirigida a la promoción de salud y a la prevención de enfermedades a través de programas educativos, de diagnóstico y prevención.
Descriptor Portuguese: Enfermagem em Saúde Pública
Descriptor French: Soins infirmiers en santé publique
Entry term(s): Nursing, Public Health
Tree number(s): H02.478.676.755
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011637
Scope note: A nursing specialty concerned with promoting and protecting the health of populations, using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences to develop local, regional, state, and national health policy and research. It is population-focused and community-oriented, aimed at health promotion and disease prevention through educational, diagnostic, and preventive programs.
Annotation: do not confuse with COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Entry Version: PUBLIC HEALTH NURS
DeCS ID: 12072
Unique ID: D011637
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/06/16
Public Health Nursing - Preferred
Concept UI M0018093
Scope note A nursing specialty concerned with promoting and protecting the health of populations, using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences to develop local, regional, state, and national health policy and research. It is population-focused and community-oriented, aimed at health promotion and disease prevention through educational, diagnostic, and preventive programs.
Preferred term Public Health Nursing
Entry term(s) Nursing, Public Health



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