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An Introduction to Community and Primary Health Care

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Edited by
Diana Guzys
, University of Tasmania,
Elizabeth Halcomb
, University of Wollongong
Published 2025

Description

An Introduction to Community and Primary Health Care provides a comprehensive and practical explanation of the fundamentals of the social model of health care approach, preparing learners for professional practice in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The fourth edition has been restructured into four parts covering theory, key skills for practice, working with diverse communities and the professional roles that nurses can enter as they transition to primary care and community health practice. Each chapter has been thoroughly revised to…

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Key features

  • Introduces readers to a wide range of community and primary health care roles and career and practice possibilities
  • Explicitly addresses diversity within communities
  • Case studies in each chapter demonstrate theory in practice and encourage critical thinking

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