Tools in community health Nursing practice
 Show Interventions are actions that public health nurses take on behalf of individuals/families, communities, and systems, to improve or protect health status. This framework, known as the Intervention Wheel, defines the scope of public health nursing practice by type of intervention and level of practice (individual/family, community, or systems), rather than by the site of service such as home, school, occupational health, clinic, and others. The Intervention Wheel describes the scope of practice by what is similar across settings and describes the practice of public health nursing at the individual/family, community, or systems level. The Intervention Wheel answers the question, “What do public health nurses do?” and delineates public health nursing as a specialty practice of nursing. These interventions are not exclusive to public health nursing, as they are also used by other public health disciplines, except for delegated functions. Get your copyDownload the full manual: Public health interventions: Applications for nursing practice (2nd ed.) (PDF) Download a handout on the interventions: Public health interventions, definitions, and practice levels (PDF) Order a copy of the full manual ($38/ea): Order form (PDF) Webinar: About this updateNovember
2020 Suggested citationMinnesota Department of Health. (2019). Public health interventions: Applications for public health nursing practice (2nd ed.). CitationsThe following publications address use of the Intervention Wheel or a specific wheel intervention to guide practice, research, or nursing education. Anderson, L. J. W., Schaffer, M. A., Hiltz, C., O’Leary, S. A., Luehr, R. E., & Yoney, E. L. (2018). Public health interventions: School nurse practice stories. The Journal of School Nursing, 34(3), 192-202. doi:10.1177/1059840517721951 Baisch, M. J. (2012). A systematic method to document population-level nursing interventions in an electronic health system. Public Health Nursing, 29(4), 352-360. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2012.01008.x Bigbee, J.L & Issel, L. M. (2012). Conceptual models for population-focused public health nursing interventions and outcomes: The state of the art. Public Health Nursing, 29(4), 370-379. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.01006.x Carlén, K. C. & Suominen, S. S. (2017). The Intervention Wheel - A tool for nursing students to understand public health in a Swedish context. European Journal of Public Health, 27(Issue suppl_3). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckx186.079 Depke, J. L. & Onitilo, A. A. (2011). Coalition building and the Intervention Wheel to address breast cancer screening in Hmong women. Clinical Medicine & Research, 9(1), 1-6. doi:10.3121/cmr.2011.964 Leahy-Warren, P., Day, M. R., Philpott, L., Glavin, K., Gjevjon, E. R., Steffenak, A. K. M., et al. (2018). A falls case summary: Application of the public health nursing intervention wheel. Public Health Nursing, 35(4):307-316. doi:10.1111/phn.12408 McDonald, A., Frazer, K., Duignan, C., Healy, M., Irving, A., Marteinsson, P., et al. (2015). Validating the ‘Intervention Wheel’ in the context of Irish public health nursing. British Journal of Community Nursing, 20(13), 140-145. doi:10.12968/bjcn.2015.20.3.140 Reilly, J. R., Collier, J., Edelstein, J., Vandenhouten, C., Hovarter, R., Hansen, J. M., et al. (2012). Collaborative design and use of an agency feedback form for student clinical practicum experience in community/public health nursing. Public Health Nursing, 29(2), 160-167. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00969.x Schaffer, M. A., Anderson, L. J., & Rising, S. (2016). Public health interventions for school nursing practice. Journal of School Nursing, 32(3), 195-208. doi:10.1177/1059840515605361 Schaffer, M. A., Jost, R., Pederson, B. J., & Lair, M. (2008). Pregnancy free club: A strategy to prevent repeat adolescent pregnancy. Public Health Nursing, 25(4), 304-311. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00710.x Schaffer, M. A., Kalfoss, & M., Glavin, K. (2017). Public health nursing interventions to promote quality of life in older adult populations: A systematic review. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 7(11), 92-106. https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v7n11p92 Schoon, P. M., Porta, C. M., & Schaffer, M. A. (2019). Population-based public health clinical manual: The Henry Street model for nurses, 3rd ed. Indianapolis: Sigma Theta Tau International Society of Nursing. Tembreull, C. L. & Schaffer, M. A. (2005).The intervention of outreach: Best practices. Public Health Nursing, 22(4), 347-53. doi:10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.220411.x Woods, M. A. (2010). Public health intervention model: Impact on Australian community and nursing students’ practice. International Journal of Nursing Education and Scholarship, 7(1), 1-19. doi:10.2202/1548-923X.1957 What are the tools in community health nursing?Much of the work of community health revolves around three basic tools: epidemiology, community organizing, and health education.
What are the 4 components of the community health nursing process?The four processes that form the core of advanced public/community health nursing practice are community assessment, program planning, program implementation, and program evaluation. These processes are the same as described in the practice models earlier.
What is a community health practice?Community health is a medical practice which focuses on people's well-being in a particular geographical area. This essential public health sector covers programs to help neighborhood members in protecting and improving their health, deter the transmission of infectious diseases, and plan for natural disasters.
What are the three major concepts of community health nursing?Community health nursing involves these basic concepts: Promote healthy lifestyle. Prevent disease and health problems. Provide direct care.
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