title: Family health nurse project--an education program of the World Health Organization: the University of Stirling experience.
abstract: This article outlines the delivery of the Family Health Nurse Education Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the University of Stirling, Scotland, from 2001 to 2005. The program was part of the WHO European Family Health Nurse pilot project. The curriculum outlined by the WHO Curriculum Planning Group detailed the broad thrust of the Family Health Nurse Education Programme and was modified to be responsive to the context in which it was delivered, while staying faithful to general principles and precepts. The Family Health Nurse Education Programme is described in its evolving format over the two phases of the project; the remote and rural context occurred from 2001 to 2003, and the modification of the program for the urban phase of the project occurred during 2004 and 2005. The conceptual framework that was foundational to the development of the curriculum to prepare family health nurses will be described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK. ian.murray@stir.ac.uk
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D022143:Family Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012423:Rural Health; D012606:Scotland; D014504:Urban Health; D014944:World Health Organization / Q000458:organization & administration