title: Development of a public health nursing data infrastructure.
abstract: An invited group of national public health nursing (PHN) scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and other stakeholders met in October 2010 identifying a critical need for a national PHN data infrastructure to support PHN research. This article summarizes the strengths, limitations, and gaps specific to PHN data and proposes a research agenda for development of a PHN data infrastructure. Future implications are suggested, such as issues related to the development of the proposed PHN data infrastructure and future research possibilities enabled by the infrastructure. Such a data infrastructure has potential to improve accountability and measurement, to demonstrate the value of PHN services, and to improve population health.
authors: School of Nursing, University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. mons0122@umn.edu
authors: Karen A
authors: KA
authors: Monsen
authors: Betty
authors: B
authors: Bekemeier
authors: Robin
authors: R
authors: P Newhouse
authors: F Douglas
authors: FD
authors: Scutchfield
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends