1992/03/01 by Patricia E. Stevens, Joanne M. Hall · 1 citation
Nursing · Social Sciences · #Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership #Cultural Competency in Health Care #Service-Learning and Community Engagement
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.1992.tb00065.x
Public health realities in the United States indicate that unsafe physical surroundings, oppressive social arrangements, economic impoverishment, and political disenfranchisement threaten the safety and well-being of countless aggregates. To affect change in health-damaging conditions, nurses are urged to join with vulnerable groups, working together to expose oppressive situations and take action. As a guide for such emancipatory practice, the use of critical theories as the conceptual basis for community health nursing is advocated.