title: Principles of British health visiting.
abstract: In an international context, it is sometimes helpful to consider how concepts are understood in different countries, and to explore some different roles. Such knowledge rarely transfers directly from one country or place to another, but to hear about developments from elsewhere can spark ideas and thinking that may be helpful for local developments. This paper gives some brief background about how the health visiting profession developed in Great Britain, and then explains the values and principles that underpin its practice today. Some parallels are drawn with the health situation in modern Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Florence Nightingale School of Nursing at King's College of London, UK. sarah.cowley@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cowley
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards; D006293:Health Promotion; D006113:United Kingdom