title: District nurses' perceptions of health education.
abstract: This paper presents a small qualitative study examining district nurses' perceptions of health education in one community trust. District nurses perceive health education to be an important part of the role. There are various factors that both facilitate and constrain the district nurses' health education role. District nurses feel that it is essential that their health education role is valued by other health care professionals; therefore evaluation of this function is seen as significant.
authors.affiliation: University of Dundee, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Kirkcaldy, Fife.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cantrell
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D017144:Focus Groups; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*