Because of the higher-than-average risk of hypertension, obesity, and diabetes among Hispanics, researchers selected these three health problems as the focus of a "radio novela" intended to increase the health knowledge and awareness of a Hispanic target audience and to stimulate their response to the problems. The replicable health…

The study reported here describes the development and testing of a curriculum model to extend the role of public health nurses into community nurse practitioners (CNP). The content is presented in six chapters. The first chapter overviews the conceptual framework for the CNP role and then describes the three-course sequence comprising the CNP…