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Community is living in relationship. The Health
Action Model for Partnership in Community is a collaborative
community nursing practice model originating in the
Department of Nursing at Augustana College in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota. This model addresses the connections
and disconnections existing in human relationship. The
Health Action Model is an Advanced Practice Nursing
model based on nurse theorist Rosemarie Rizzo Parse's
human becoming school of thought. The human becoming
school of thought focuses on the primacy of the nurse's
presence with others and conceptualizes health as human
becoming; the way one chooses to live their life. The
focus of the nurse-community process is quality of life
from the community's perspective.
Quality of life, the central concept in
the model, is elaborated upon in the conceptualizations
of health as human becoming, community interconnectedness,
and voices of the community. Advanced Practice Nurses,
a Steering Committee and "Site" communities
are moving together in seeking mutual understanding
while holding as important the unique perspectives presented
by individuals and groups living with diverse health
situations.
Objectives of The Health Action Model
include: (a) creating a nursing model to guide provision
of health services for individuals and families experiencing
disconnection from economic, social and interpersonal
resources; (b) utilizing The Health Action Model to
address health issues of "Site" communities;
(c) providing educational experiences for nursing and
other health professional students focusing on understanding
diversity and health care disparity; and (d) extending
The Health Action Model beyond the local area and sharing
it as a prototype for healthcare regionally, nationally,
and internationally.
The "Site" communities working
with Augustana's Department of Nursing include the Heartland
House, Sioux River Valley Community Health Center, The
Good Shepherd Family Center, The Banquet, the Center
for Active Generations, and the Union Gospel Mission.
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