GENERAL INFORMATION
A WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Clinical Training
in Home Care Nursing is an institution designated by the Director-General
of the World Health Organization to form part of an international
collaborative network carrying out activities in support of
the WHO's program at all levels. The global network is geared
to nursing development (education, practice, research and leadership)
for primary health care.
The WHO's primary functions are as follows:
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to act as directing and coordinating authority
on international health work |
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to ensure valid and productive technical cooperation,
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to promote research. |
An important aspect of the WHO's function is the generation
and international transfer of valid information relating to
health matters. The WHO serves as a clearinghouse, in which it absorbs, distills, synthesizes, and disseminates health information
of many kinds. In addition to providing technical assistance
to individual Member States (both developing and developed), the WHO
also facilitates technical cooperation among them.
As a collaborating center, the Bolton School works with the WHO
and the Pan American Health Organization to develop and disseminate
research and training programs for home health care nurses.
It also provides support to nurse researchers and others who
conduct research on community-based and home-care programs.
Since becoming a collaborating center, the Bolton School has
brought nurses from various countries to Cleveland for intensive
training and study in home health care, and it has sent its students
overseas.
The school is one of only 37 collaborating centers for nursing
worldwide, including twelve (12) in the United States. Each
collaborating center focuses on a different area of health care. The WHO uses collaborating
centers as a way to extend its global reach in health care and
build on existing strengths among member nations.
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Promotion of WHO policies, particularly "health
for all" |
2. |
Collection, collation, and dissemination of information |
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The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing was designated as
a WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Clinical Training
in Home Care Nursing on August 10, 1993.
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The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing was re-designated
as a WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Clinical Training
in Home Care Nursing in 1997. Each designation is for a four-year
period. The Center was re-designated for a second time in 2001 and again most recently in February 2006.
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Educational programs. |
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Collaborative research in primary health care and home
care. |
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Dissemination of research findings. |
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Seeking of funding for innovative program development in primary
care and home care. |
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Participation in international symposia for primary and
home-based nursing care through cooperation in health
care policy reform. |
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