TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining health problems and intensity of need for care in family-focused community and public health nursing
AU - Kaiser, Katherine Laux
AU - Hays, Beverly J.
AU - Cho, Won Jung
AU - Agrawal, Sangeeta
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The purpose of this study was to advance evidence-based family-focused community and public health nursing (C/PHN) practice by examining 2 important indicators of health need, family health problem labels, and intensity of need for care, and their relationship to each other. The Omaha System (OS; Martin & Scheet, 1992) was the framework used to classify the most common family health problems. Intensity of need for care was determined using the Community Health Intensity Rating Scale (CHIRS; Hays, Sather, & Peters, 1998). Secondary analysis of C/PHN clinical data was done using a descriptive correlational design (n = 205). An investigator scored the CHIRS and assigned OS family problems based on clinical record data. The mean number of family health problems per person was 4.40 (±2.06). The mean CHIRS total score was 33.9 (±6.34). The total number of OS problems was significantly correlated with CHIRS total scores (r =.586, p<.001). Family problem labels and intensity of need for care both provide essential information for health need determination in C/PHN practice.
AB - The purpose of this study was to advance evidence-based family-focused community and public health nursing (C/PHN) practice by examining 2 important indicators of health need, family health problem labels, and intensity of need for care, and their relationship to each other. The Omaha System (OS; Martin & Scheet, 1992) was the framework used to classify the most common family health problems. Intensity of need for care was determined using the Community Health Intensity Rating Scale (CHIRS; Hays, Sather, & Peters, 1998). Secondary analysis of C/PHN clinical data was done using a descriptive correlational design (n = 205). An investigator scored the CHIRS and assigned OS family problems based on clinical record data. The mean number of family health problems per person was 4.40 (±2.06). The mean CHIRS total score was 33.9 (±6.34). The total number of OS problems was significantly correlated with CHIRS total scores (r =.586, p<.001). Family problem labels and intensity of need for care both provide essential information for health need determination in C/PHN practice.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15327655JCHN1901_03
DO - 10.1207/S15327655JCHN1901_03
M3 - Article
C2 - 11985209
AN - SCOPUS:0036224789
SN - 0737-0016
VL - 19
SP - 17
EP - 32
JO - Journal of Community Health Nursing
JF - Journal of Community Health Nursing
IS - 1
ER -