title: Impacts on Global Health from Nursing Research.
abstract: AbstractInfectious disease continues to adversely affect populations in low- and middle-income countries. Investments in solutions often focus on technology, yet health-care workers remain in short supply. Nurses are the largest cadre of health-care workers and are largely responsible for patient care around the world. In fact, it is estimated that nurses care for nine out of every 10 patients seen. Importantly, sound nursing science contributes to solutions that directly impact patient care, especially those that pertain to infectious disease. Here we share several examples of nursing science that are improving care delivery in three global health areas: human immunodeficiency virus testing and prevention strategies in Malawi, family planning in Kenya, and response to Ebola virus disease.
authors.affiliation: Center for Global Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.|Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baltzell
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McLemore
authors.affiliation: Department of Community, Systems, and Mental Health Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shattell
authors.affiliation: Center for Global Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.|Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rankin
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D005193:Family Planning Services; D014943:Global Health / Q000592:standards*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D008295:Malawi / Q000453:epidemiology; D009729:Nursing; D005791:Patient Care / Q000592:standards; D011203:Poverty