An Introduction to Community and Primary Health Care

Diana Guzys RN, MN, Grad Dip Ed, Grad Dip Adolescent Health & Welfare, B Pub Hlth is Lecturer in Nursing in the School of Nursing, College of Health and Medicine at the University of Tasmania. After relocating to a rural environment and taking up a community health nursing role, Diana embraced a change in her professional practice and career direction. Health education and health promotion was the mainstay of her practice for over two decades, first as a generalist community health nurse and later as a secondary school nurse. Her current research demonstrates a return to seeking ways to improve and optimise the health of rural communities, and professionalism and practice of student nurses in rural and regional Australia. Elizabeth Halcomb RN, BN (Hons), Grad Cert IC Nurs, Grad Cert Higher Ed, FACN, Ph.D. is Professor of Primary Health Care Nursing and Head of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Wollongong. She leads a strong research program in primary care nursing, with an emphasis on nursing in general practice, chronic conditions, preventive health and nursing workforce issues. In 2018, she was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame for her work in primary care nursing. In 2019, she was the first nurse to be awarded the Bridges-Webb Medal by the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care for her significant contribution to academic primary care teaching and research. Professor Halcomb has published over 235 peer-reviewed papers and has been a chief investigator of grants funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Medical Research Futures Fund and the Australian Research Council (ARC). She is the Editor of Nurse Researcher (RCNi).

• Part I. Theory: 1. Community and primary health care Diana Guzys and Melanie Eslick; 2. Empowering individuals, groups and communities Diana Guzys and Melanie Eslick; 3. Developing a career in primary health care Kaara Ray B. Calma, Anna Williams and Elizabeth Halcomb; Part II. Diverse Communities: 4. Disability: issues for primary care nurses Nathan J. Wilson, Natasha Jojo and Henrietta Trip; 5. First Nations health and well-being: culturally response practice in primary health care Susan Mlcek, Jessica Biles and Rhonda Wilson; 6. Intersectional and gendered approaches to health and wellbeing Kath Peters, Lauretta Luck and Ruth Mursa; 7. A lifespan and settings-based approach to mental health promotion Dean Whitehead; 8. Rural health nursing Melissa Hanson, Maryanne Podham and Judith Anderson; Part III. Skills for Practice: 9. Interprofessional practice Kath Peters and Elizabeth Halcomb; 10. Cultural competence and cultural safety Diana Guzys and Melanie Eslick; 11. Community health needs assessment Diana Guzys and Melanie Eslick; 12. Health-related program planning and evaluation Dean Whitehead; 13. Digital health Isabelle Skinner; 14. Managing chronic health conditions Catherine Stephen, Wa'ed Shiyab and Elizabeth Halcomb; Part IV. Community and Primary Health Care Roles: 15. Community health nursing Amanda Moses, Judith Anderson and Melissa Hanson; 16. Home-based care Amanda Moses, Maryanne Podham and Judith Anderson; 17. Community mental health nursing Caroline Picton and Christopher Patterson; 18. Maternal, child and family health nursing Catina Adams and Leesa Hooker; 19. School and youth health nursing Elizabeth Halcomb and Lisa Chalmers; 20. Sexual health nursing Leah East, Sharon James and Ruth Mursa; 21. Drug and alcohol nursing Ravina Raidu and Rebecca Bosworth; 22. Refugee health nursing Bronwen Blake and Sandy Eagar; 23. Occupational health nursing Donna Burt, Fiona Groome, Sally Kane, Fiona Landgren and Michelle Stirrup; 24. Nursing in general practice Elizabeth Halcomb and Cristina Thompson; 25. Correctional nursing Grant Kinghorn, Rebecca Bosworth and Elizabeth Halcomb; 26. Nurse practitioners Kathleen Tori.