Family Health Education: The Impact of Nursing, Psychology, Medical Secretary, Public Health, Health Administration, and Family Medicine on Public Health Awareness

Abstract

Public health nursing (PHN) practice is centered on populations and necessitates specialized knowledge, abilities, and skills. Initial public health nursing roles beyond mere illness management to include lobbying, community organization, health education, and political and social reform. Similarly, modern public health nurses engage in collaboration with agencies and community stakeholders. This essay aims to analyze the growing roles of public health nurses in addressing complex, multifaceted community issues. An overview of the background and history of this position precedes an elucidation of the community involvement health promotion concept. The community-based participatory research initiative, Youth Substance Use Prevention in a Rural County, serves as a model for illustrating the developing roles of public health nurses centered on community health promotion and prevention. The debate encompasses specialized competences for Public Health Nurses (PHNs) in community participatory health promotion roles and the contemporary role of PHNs.