A global approach to promoting research and evidence-based practice for community nurses.

Community health nurses world-wide provide health promotion and preventative care, support and guidance as well as clinical care for people with long-term conditions or needing acute care at home and end-of-life care, across all age groups. The importance of health care in the community has been growing globally as health systems recognise both the economic and human need for people to remain in their communities rather than in hospital. Research in community nursing provides evidence to support policy, practice and education.

Women's views on contact with a health visitor during pregnancy: an interview study.

Aim: To explore recent mothers' views of the health visiting antenatal contact in England.

Background: English health visitors are mandated to be in contact with all women in the third trimester of pregnancy. The aim of this antenatal contact is to assess the needs of the family before the birth and support preparation for parenthood.

Three perspectives on the co-location of maternity services: qualitative interviews with mothers, midwives and health visitors.

Maternity policy in England has recommended the establishment of Community Hubs, where health-care professionals who care for women during and after pregnancy are co-located and can provide care collaboratively. The aim this paper is to explore midwives,' health visitors' and postnatal women's experiences and views of co-location of midwifery and health visiting services and collaborative practice. In total 15 midwives, 17 health visitors, and 29 mothers participated in a semi-structured interview, either via phone or face-to-face.

Midwifery students in health visitor placements: the importance of student-mentor relationships.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore midwifery students and health visitor practice mentors experiences of a health visiting placement for midwifery students, focusing on the student-mentor relationship.

Design: Interview study SETTING: East London, United Kingdom PARTICIPANTS: Eighteen students and eighteen mentors were invited to take part in an interview. Ten midwifery students (55.

Development of a self-management package for people with diabetes at risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Kidney disease progression in diabetes can be slowed by strict blood pressure and blood sugar control, prescription of medicines that modify the renin-angiotensin system and lifestyle changes, such as smoking cessation. This paper describes the development of a self-management package for people with diabetes at risk of kidney damage. This multi-method study entailed a literature review, case-finding of all patients with diabetes and microalbuminuria in six family practitioner (FP) surgeries and interviews with 15 patients at high-risk of progressive kidney disease.