title: The interactive and organizational model of community as client: a model for public health nursing practice.
abstract: The Interactive and Organizational Model of Community as Client is presented as a conceptual framework for the specialty of public health nursing. A descriptive study was undertaken that explored a construct of the model, community-focused nursing. The study used a survey mailed to a stratified, random sample of directors of public health nursing (n = 145) in local health departments in an eight-state region of the midwestern United States. Seventy-nine percent (n = 115) of the directors responded. The vast majority reported performance of community-focused nursing functions. Implications for nursing-model development, education and practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: AIDS Foundation of Chicago, IL 60607.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Kuehnert
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires