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Public Health Nursing MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Public Health Nursing
Tree Number(s)
H02.478.676.755
Unique ID
D011637
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011637
Annotation
do not confuse with COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Scope Note
A nursing specialty concerned with promoting and protecting the health of populations, using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences to develop local, regional, state, and national health policy and research. It is population-focused and community-oriented, aimed at health promotion and disease prevention through educational, diagnostic, and preventive programs.
Entry Version
PUBLIC HEALTH NURS
Entry Term(s)
Nursing, Public Health
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2014/06/16
Public Health Nursing Preferred
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