title: A proposed conceptual model of nursing and population health.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a Conceptual Model of Nursing and Population Health about the intersection of nursing and population health.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review of literature and derivation of a new conceptual model.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The conceptual model concepts are upstream factors, population factors, health care system factors, nursing activities, and population health outcomes. Nursing activities mediate the indirect relations of upstream, population, and health care system factors with population health outcomes; in addition, health care system factors and nursing activities are directly related to population health outcomes. Implications for research methods, revisions in all levels of nursing education, and population-focused advances in nursing practice are identified.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The strength of the model is its emphasis on attainment of the highest possible quality of life for populations, by means of nursing activities directed to promote or restore and maintain wellness across the life course and to prevent disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA. Electronic address: jacqueline.fawcett@umb.edu.
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fawcett
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Carol Hall
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ellenbecker
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011634:Public Health; D014481:United States
keywords: Conceptual model; Nursing; Population health