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The Importance of Home Visits: Traditional Review

Ev Ziyaretlerinin Önemi: Geleneksel Derleme

Yeşim Ceylantekin(Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi)0000-0003-3410-9496
Dilek Dayanır(NECMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0001-8098-4190
Pages
114–123
Publication Date
2025-08-22
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It is recommended to increase the effectiveness of public health nurses and to develop innovative, solution-generating and effective nursing process management aspects of public health nurses.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Home visits are a healthcare service delivered by trained health professionals who visit individuals in their own homes to address their specific health needs and provide appropriate social support services.
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Key Findings & Data:It is recommended to increase the effectiveness of public health nurses and to develop innovative, solution-generating and effective nursing process management aspects of public health nurses.
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Conclusion & Impact:The aim of this study is to highlight the role and implementation possibilities of home visits within public health practices by emphasizing global examples, and to raise awareness on the subject.
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⚙️Variables:ev ziyaretleri · halk sağlığı hemşireliği · toplum sağlığı

Abstract

Home visits are a healthcare service delivered by trained health professionals who visit individuals in their own homes to address their specific health needs and provide appropriate social support services. It has been proven through evidence-based practices that home visits provide numerous benefits in an international context. They are effective in reducing the burden on hospitals, promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors at all stages of life, increasing the healthy population by taking preventive measures before individuals become ill or fall into high-risk categories, and ensuring proper medication management in case of illness. The importance of home visits, which are considered beneficial in preventing today’s common diseases, should continue to be emphasized. In this context, encouraging evidence-based practices on different issues in home visits in Turkey, considering the population and place of residence, updating programs that include not only risky groups but also the healthy population, providing adequate infrastructure and funding for this, and conducting home visits with scientific cooperation. It is recommended to increase the effectiveness of public health nurses and to develop innovative, solution-generating and effective nursing process management aspects of public health nurses. Making home visits, determining needs and improving emotional health, especially in high-risk groups, will protect the health of women and children, who constitute the majority of the population, and will pave the way for the development of healthy individuals. The development of technology, patient care including telehealth applications and artificial intelligence applications have caused home visits to lose their importance. However, the population is ageing rapidly, home visits are needed, especially in old age. The aim of this study is to highlight the role and implementation possibilities of home visits within public health practices by emphasizing global examples, and to raise awareness on the subject.

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Ev ziyaretleri, eğitimli sağlık personeli tarafından bireyi kendi evinde ziyaret ederek uygun sağlık hizmeti ihtiyaçlarını karşılayan ve sosyal destek hizmetlerini sağlayan bir sağlık hizmetidir. Ev ziyaretlerinin kanıt temelli uygulamalar sonucunda uluslararası bağlamda birçok yararları olduğu kanıtlanmıştır. Hastane yükünün azaltılması, bireylere yaşamın her döneminde sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarının kazandırılması, hasta olmadan ya da riskli konuma düşmeden önlemlerin alınarak sağlıklı popülasyonun artırılması, hastalık durumunda doğru ilaç yönetiminin oluşturulmasında etkilidir. Günümüzün yaygın olan hastalıklarının önüne geçilebilmesi için yararları olacağı düşünülen ev ziyaretlerinin günümüzde de önemi vurgulanmalıdır. Bu bağlamda, Türkiye’de ev ziyaretlerinde nüfus ve yaşanılan yer dikkate alınarak farklı konularda da kanıt temelli uygulamalara teşvik edilmesi, sadece riskli gruplar değil sağlıklı popülasyonu da içine alan programların güncellenmesi, bunun için de yeterli altyapı ve fon sağlanması ve bilimsel iş birliği ile ev ziyaretlerinin etkinliğinin arttırılması, toplum sağlığı hemşirelerinin yenilikçi, çözüm üretici ve etkin hemşirelik süreci yönetimi yönleri de geliştirilmesi önerilmektedir. Özellikle yüksek riski gruplarda ev ziyaretlerinin yapılması, ihtiyaçların belirlenmesi ve duygusal sağlığın da geliştirilmesi nüfusun büyük kısmını oluşturan kadın ve çocuk sağlığını koruyarak sağlıklı bireylerin gelişmesine zemin hazırlayacaktır. Teknolojinin gelişmesi, tele sağlık uygulamaları ve yapay zekâ uygulamalarını da içine alan hasta bakımları ev ziyaretlerinin önemini yitirmesine neden olmuştur. Oysa nüfus hızlı bir şekilde yaşlanmakta özellikle yaşlılık sürecinde ev ziyaretlerine ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı, ev ziyaretlerinin halk sağlığı uygulamalarında yerini ve uygulama olanaklarını Dünya’daki örnekleri ile vurgulamak farkındalık oluşturmak amaçlanmıştır.

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Ceylantekin, Y., Dayanır, D. (2025). The Importance of Home Visits: Traditional Review. Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği Dergisi, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2, 114–123. https://doi.org/10.54061/jphn.1602502

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