Vulnerable populations may face additional individual and/or societal barriers to being healthy. What are those barriers?
Vulnerable populations may face additional individual and/or societal barriers to being healthy. What are those barriers?
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
As nurses, we all know what we should do to maintain a healthy lifestyle, but often knowledge does not translate into actual behavior. Vulnerable populations may face additional individual and/or societal barriers to being healthy. What are those barriers? What can nurses do to overcome some of the barriers that you identified?
Reading
Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2011). Community/public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier. City, State: Publisher.
•Chapter 20: Family Health
•Chapter 22: Homeless Populations
•Chapter 24: Populations Affected by Mental Illness
Optional Readings:
The following optional readings expand upon other vulnerable populations.
Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2011). Community/public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier.
•Chapter 21: Populations Affected by Disabilities
•Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
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