Community Health Nursing Manual- TNAI
Community Health Nursing Manual
The long-awaited revised version of TNAI’s prestigious classic publication, ‘Community Health Nursing Manual’ was released during National Executive Committee meeting of TNAI on 4-5 September 2021 at a modest ceremony held at TNAI Headquarters New Delhi. It was presided over by TNAI National President Prof (Dr.) Roy K George.
Compared to past editions the 4th edition is multi-coloured, and in larger size with additional content. The popularity of this valuable manual can be adjudged by its running into 14th reprints after its first publication way back in 1959.
With inputs from such experts on the subject like Prof Rajeshwari Siva- Vice Chairperson CHN Project, former President TNAI South Region and former Head, CHN Department CMC Vellore (TN) and Dr Chellarani Vijayakumar- Consultant & Editor, the manual in its new version is more enriched with coverage of latest developments and practices in community health nursing.
Releasing the new edition of manual in his presidential address Prof (Dr) Roy K George said, “The preventive aspects followed to ward off an unbecoming health or other situation … the massive havoc created with large scale spread of pandemic Covid-19 in all parts of the world since March last year … was a case of weak community health system in place”.
He added, “Community Health is all about covering issues not strictly un-der the ambit of medical intervention, i.e. managing the patients in ways that exposure is minimised, immunity is enhanced, etc. It emphsises ways to adopt for steering clear of factors predisposing to illnesses and deformities”.
Pointing to the importance of the manual, the treasure house of community health nursing, Mrs Evelyn P Kannan, Secretary General TNAI said, “With lay people becoming more and more health conscious and adopting lifestyle to keep diseases at bay, Community Health (also called Preventive and Social Health) shall have greater role, so nursing and other community health personnel shall have more responsible roles to discharge particularly through care of people at their door step”.
Beginning with theory and practice of community health nursing, the 632-page manual divided into 27 chapters covers all major aspects of community health like health education, nutrition, family health, maintenance of health records, reproductive & child health, family welfare services, school health, communicable diseases, STDs, tuberculosis, leprosy, AIDS, occupational health nursing, public health – organisation, administration and programmes, alternative medicine systems.
Interspersed with relevant tables and pictures, the presentation of each topic is lucid and easy to understand, particularly for students.
Though highly useful for students of Nursing and other health education programmes for high scholastic score, it also serves as a reference book for all health care functionaries. After appointment of an exclusive distributor for all TNAI publications, the orders for copies can be placed directly with them. The book is priced at Rs. 850/- besides handling and dispatch charges.