Shinga Feresu
The Feresu Research and Training Institute, Zimbabwe
Title: Public health and nursing in the 21st century
Biography
Biography: Shinga Feresu
Abstract
It will define of Public Health and its subsets, that is Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Promotion, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health Policy and Management will be discussed. The links between Public Health and Community Nursing Health Science will be explored. The role, the uses, of Public Health for Nursing, particularly for research, the effects in Southern Africa, will be explored, and comparisons with the USA will be made. The importance of the interconnection between Public Health and Community Nursing with regards MPH curricula, and dual concentration, and for Transformation of the Health systems will be articulated. It will examine how Community Health Nursing Science can have a larger share in Public health. Some emphasis will be placed on the curriculum and research using Epidemiologic and Biostatistical methods. The aim of the presentation is to put the conference in context, and to set the pace.