Concept analysis of community health outreach.

ABSTRACT: Background:The definition of community health outreach to promote the health of vulnerable populations depends heavily on the particulars of the given health project and community. There is no consistency in the definitions attached to the concept itself. Our study aimed to clarify the general definition of community health outreach to facilitate its understanding and use.

Methods:Walker and Avant's (2010) method of concept analysis was used to understand community health outreach. A total of 45 articles were included in the analysis after having searched for text on database portals like PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL complete and EMBASE published between 2010 and 2018.

Results:The defining attributes of the concept of community health outreach were purposive, t

SUBMITTER: Shin HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7222455 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature