Health visitors are a person engaged or qualified in a profession. individuals engaged in public health hold within the home setting, predominantly found in countries with state-funded health systems. They are distinct from district nurses, who manage clinical healthcare, domestically.
The Journal of Health Visiting, launched in January 2013, is a monthly peer-reviewed journal for health visitors.
Researchers interested in the history of health visitors may be interested in consulting the Welcome Trust's London's Pulse collection, which helps a digital archive of London's Medical Officer of Health reports, for the period 1848-1972. These reports often talked to the activities of health visitors.