Health visiting : a rediscovery /
edited by Karen A. Luker, Jean Orr, Gretl A. McHugh
- Third edition.
- Chichester, England : Wiley Blackwell, c2012
- x, 269 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Managing knowledge in health visiting / Kate Robinson -- Health visiting : context and public health practice / Martin Smith, Maria Horne -- The community dimension / Rosamund Bryar, Jean Orr -- Approaches to supporting families / Karen I. Chalmers -- Safeguarding children : debates and dilemmas for health visitors / Julianne Harlow, Martin Smith -- Evaluating practice / Karen A. Luker, Gretl A. McHugh.
This timely and relevant new edition of an established and well-regarded text is essential reading for those training to become health visitors and those who are practitioners working with and in the community. Health Visiting: A Rediscovery has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the many new developments in health policy, public health priorities and health visiting practice. The focus of the book, however, remains the same: placing the health visitor at the forefront of supporting and working with children and families, ensuring the child has the best possible start in.