title: Using the vision of healthy people to build healthier communities.
abstract: The national vision of Healthy People 2000 provides the specifics for the public health vision of healthy people in healthy communities. An understanding of the role of public health as system builder, and the use of objectives and vision to work toward outcomes of improved health facilitate nurses' contribution to the health of the communities in which they practice. The advanced practice nurse has this opportunity, even when primarily engaged in the provision of care to individuals, or to individuals and families.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research, Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Gebbie
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011634:Public Health; D014481:United States