title: Implementing groupwork in primary care to meet client need.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hertsmere Primary Care Trust.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Newcombe
authors.forename: Pam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gledstone
mesh_terms: 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