Returning to our roots: 25 years of maternal/child nursing in the community.
In many ways the past 25 years in maternal/child nursing have brought us back to community roots. Components of community care in maternal/child nursing include self-care; prevention; family, culture, and community; and collaboration. These components are reviewed through a retrospective look at community maternal/child nursing activities during the past 25 years. In addition, maternal/child nursing for the future is examined by thinking expansively in five areas: childbirth education, community-based interventions for better health behavior, community-based interventions to meet 2010 objectives, family forms, and definitions of women's health in the United States and beyond. We are birthing a new vision of maternal/child health and wellness. Central to that birthing is an awakening of the still, small, wise intuitive voice in all of us.
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Department of Epidemiology, School of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA. tiedje@pilot.msu.edu
D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000266:history*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014481:United States