title: [Historical changes in community concepts and the effect of such on community health nursing praxis].
abstract: In the 21st century, many healthcare programs are delivered in community settings. As such, successfully recruiting target members of the community to participate in programs represents a key challenge for the nursing profession. Although the "community" is not a new concept, its meaning has changed over the past century or more of public healthcare, which has had a profound effect on community health nursing praxis. This article describes changes in community concepts through history in order to define the significance of community participation in today's community health nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: Changhua Wanggoug Elementary School, ROC. lilyyeh@mail.ncku.edu.tw
authors.forename: Lily
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Yi-Hsing
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000266:history*