Implementing groupwork in primary care to meet client need.
Hertsmere health visitors are successfully using groupwork to target patient groups who may not traditionally access services. This includes working with clients in environments such as a homeless family hostel and an English as a second language group. The health visitors have incorporated national service framework targets and important health promotion advice into sessions, and work with a range of other professionals. The result is a modernised, family-centred public health role.
Newcombe
Teresa
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Hertsmere Primary Care Trust.
Gledstone
Pam
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D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004739:England; D006293:Health Promotion; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D011181:Postnatal Care; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014886:Weaning