The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

Abstract #53579

Kathleen N. Smith, APRN, BC, MPH, Public Health Nursing Administration, Los Angeles County, 241 N. Figueroa St. Room 347, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 213-240-8089, kasmith@dhs.co.la.ca.us

This presentation will provide participants with information about the recently developed PHN Assessment Tool which is an integral part of documenting PHN practice in Los Angeles County. The tool development will be described. The use of the tool in the generalist PHN practice in Los Angeles County will be discussed. The relationship of the tool content to assessment of the Healthy People 2010 leading health indicators will be explained and demonstrated. Data for Los Angeles County for 2002 gathered through the use of this tool will be presented and the data will be discussed in the context of its contribution to an overall population based assessment of community health needs. In Los Angeles County this data has become an important part of public health surveillance and informs decisions about the directing of scarce public health nursing resources to particular community health needs.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the 10 leading health indicators of Healthy People 2010.
• Describe how PHN practice can incorporate an assessment of the 10 leading health indicators of Healthy People 2010.
• Learn how such PHN generated data can be used as in the assessment step of the nursing process as applied to population-based practice.

Keywords: Public Health Nursing, Healthy People 2000/2010

Related Web page: www.lapublichealth.org/phn

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.