title: Primary care for women. Health assessment, health promotion, and disease prevention services.
abstract: This report describes the health assessment, health promotion, and disease prevention practices of certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) working in ambulatory care settings. Survey questionnaires were sent to a stratified systematic random sample of American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) members. Respondents were asked to identify the proportion of clients in their practices for whom certain health assessments and health promotion activities were routinely provided. Sixty-six percent of the targeted sample were eligible providers of ambulatory care and returned a completed questionnaire. Results indicate that CNMs meet or approach current national targeted goals for many health assessment and health promotion services. Areas for further improvement are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009721:Nurse Midwives; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011897:Random Allocation; D014481:United States