Family Nursing in Action emphasizes translational knowledge in family nursing within a variety of different fields of nursing practice, education, and research around the world. The book has three main core bases where:

(a) practice models in family nursing are displayed;

(b) results of family nursing research and intervention are presented; and

(c) innovations in programs of nursing research within a variety of health care settings and systems are introduced.

Health problems that families around the globe are now confronted with do not only have complex origins but can also have a huge impact on families’ lives. There is a great need to focus on family perspectives within today’s health care services. In this book, the cutting edge of knowledge in family nursing within an international context is described making it an invaluable source for practicing nurses as well as an important text to use in undergraduate and graduate nursing education.

Contributing authors include Paivi Astedt-Kurki, John L. Belew, Janice M. Bell, Elizabeth Kay-Raining, Joan L. Bottorff, Sharon Denham, Francine Ducharme, Fabie Duhamel, France Dupuis, Ann Garwick, Jean Hughes, Thorbjorg Soley Ingadottir, Helga Jonsdottir, Marja Kauonen, Judy Kendall, Catherine Laing, Merian Litchfield, Wendy Looman, Angela Morck, Nancy J. Moules, Carole A. Robinson, Ann Seppelt, Anna Olafia Sigurdardottir, Denise Sommerfeld, Erla Kolbrun Svavarsdottir, Aaron Tabacco, Nicole Toner, Iris Torchalla, Marcia Van Riper, and Lorraine M. Wright.

• Cover
• Title
• Dedication
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Section 1
  • Foreword
  • 1 The illness Beliefs Model
    • Creating Practice Knowledge in Family Systems Nursing for Families Experiencing illness
    • Janice M. Bell and Lorraine M. Wright
  • 2 Towards a Trilogy Model of Family Systems Nursing
    • Knowledge Utilization: Fostering Circularity Between Practice, Education and Research
    • Fabie Duhamel and France Dupuis
  • 3 Family Nursing and Genomics in the 21st Century
    • Marcia Van Riper
  • 4 Cross-Cultural Considerations for Measurement in Family Nursing
    • Wendy S. Looman
  • 5 Family Nursing interventions in Finland: Benefits for Families
    • Päivi Åstedt-Kurki and Marja Kaunonen
• Section 2
  • Foreword
  • 6 Exploring Family Relationships: Directions for Smoking Cessation
    • Carole A. Robinson, Joan L. Bottorff and Iris Torchalla
  • 7 Implementing Family Nursing in General Pediatric Nursing Practice
    • The Circularity Between Knowledge Translation and Clinical Practice
    • Erla Kolbrun Svavarsdottir and Anna Olafia Sigurdardottir
  • 8 Parents and Children Together:
    • In-Home intervention for Families with Children with attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
    • Judy Kendall and Aaron Tabacco
  • 9 A Research Program on Nursing interventions for Family Caregivers of Seniors
    • Development and Evaluation of Psycho- educational interventions
    • Francine Ducharme
  • 10 Addressing Family Health Literacy to Create a Family-Centered, Culturally Relevant Web- based asthma Education Project
    • Ann Garwick, Ann Seppelt and John L. Belew
• Section 3
  • Foreword
  • 11 Stepping into the Middle:
    • Family Research in Pediatric Oncology – Connecting Research and Practice
    • Nancy J. Moules, Catherine Laing, Angela Morck and Nicole Toner
  • 12 Family Nursing: a Practice and Systemic approach to innovation in Health Care
    • Merian C. Litchfield
  • 13 Diabetes: a Family Matter
    • Sharon Denham
  • 14 The Growing Together Study:
    • NCAST Training of Non Professionals Working with Families in Two High-Risk Communities
    • Jean Hughes, Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird and Denise Sommerfeld
  • 15 Nursing Practice Partnership with Families Living with advanced Lung Disease
    • Helga Jonsdottir and Thorbjorg Soley Ingadottir
• Biographies of Contributors
• Index