Public Health Nursing in Canada

Erin Courtney, RN, EdD, is a professor in the BScN program at Lambton College and an Assistant Professor at Western University in the Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership program. As a nurse, she spent most of her career at Lambton Public Health as a staff nurse and then as the Supervisor of the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control program. Since leaving Lambton Public Health in 2020, she continues to keep her hands in the private and public health sector consulting and developing education resources and courses related to infectious and communicable diseases, vaccines, and effective health communication. Ruth Schofield, RN, MSc(T), is an experienced nursing professor in public/community health nursing who has taught and been in curriculum lead roles at McMaster University and Western University and currently teaches in the Mohawk College Continuing Education program. Her research focuses on community health nursing, nursing education, and mental health and housing. She has over 23 years of public health nursing experience in various positions and programs. She is the founder of the new online national PHN postgraduate program. She has been a chair or member on several national and provincial boards and co-chair of the CASN accreditation bureau and has led several national projects in the development of the standards, competencies, educational guidelines, and virtual simulation.

Foreword by Dr. Cheryl Cusack Preface Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Section I: Public Health and Public Health Nursing Practice in Canada Chapter 1: Function, Structure, and Process of Public Health in Canada Chapter 2: Indigenous Public Health Transformation Chapter 3: History and Future of Public Health Nursing in Canada Chapter 4: Foundations of Public Health Nursing Chapter 5: Theoretical and Conceptual Approaches to Public Health Nursing Practice Chapter 6: Ethical Foundations of Public Health Nursing Chapter 7: Evidence-Informed Public Health Nursing Practice Chapter 8: Leadership in Public Health Nursing Section II: Public Health Sciences in Nursing Practice Chapter 9: Public Health Sciences Chapter 10: Planetary Health Chapter 11: Epidemiology for Public Health Nurses Section III: Public Health Approaches Chapter 12: A Public Health Nursing Approach to Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Chapter 13: Culture, Diversity, and Inclusionary Practices in Public Health Nursing Chapter 14: Trauma- and Violence-Informed Approaches to Public Health Nursing Care Section IV: Community/Population Health and Decision-Making Chapter 15: Working with the Community as a Client Chapter 16: Community and Population Health Assessment Chapter 17: Policy and Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation Section V: Communication in Public Health Nursing Chapter 18: Communication Within a Population Health Framework Chapter 19: Communicating with Purpose Section VI: Public Health Nursing Roles in Public Health Programs and Services Chapter 20: Child and Family Health Nursing Chapter 21: School Health Chapter 22: Healthy Communities Chapter 23: Environmental Health from a Planetary Health Perspective Chapter 24: Infectious and Communicable Diseases Chapter 25: Mental Health and Substance Use Chapter 26: Emergency Management Appendix A: Canadian Community Health Nursing Professional Practice Model and Standards of Practice) Appendix B: Core Public Health Competencies Appendix C: Public Health Nursing Discipline Specific Competencies Appendix D: Entry-to-Practice Public Health Nursing Competencies for Undergraduate Nursing Education Appendix E: Select Infectious and Communicable Diseases in Canada Glossary Contributor Biographies Index