title: The growth of public health nursing.
abstract: This article is an edited version of a paper given at the launch of the RCN Public Health Special Interest Group in January this year. In it, the author argues that public health is a concern for nurses practising at all levels and in various settings, and discusses the possibility of developing a public health specialty in nursing.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Naish
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D011637:Public Health Nursing; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom