Editorial

Use of Health Fairs to Develop Public Health Nursing Competencies

“…Despite these recommendations for community partnerships and interdisciplinary education, Schmitt (2001a, 2001b) found that there is little attention paid to collaboration outside that of the physician–nurse dyad, and community‐based collaborative models and outcomes research has had little attention. The recommendations of the PEW Commission and the IOM, and the implementation of core competencies for public health nursing can be accomplished through specific clinical placement settings using interdisciplinary experiences for health professional students.…”