Includes bibliographical references and index

CONTENTS



pt. 1. Perspectives in health care and community oriented nursing
1. Community oriented population focused practice: the foundation of specialization in public health nursing
2. History of public health and public and community health nursing
3. Public health and primary health care systems and health care transformation
4. Perspectives on International health car
pt. 2. Influences on health care delivery and community oriented nursing
5. Economics of health care delivery
6. Ethics in community oriented nursing practice
7. Cultural diversity and community oriented nursing practice
8. Government, the law, and policy activism
pt. 3. Conceptual and scientific frameworks applied to community oriented nursing practice
9. Organizing frameworks applied to community oriented nursing
10. Environmental health
11. Epidemiology
12. Evidence
based practice
13. Community health education : theories, models, and principles
14. Integrating multilevel approaches to promote community health
pt. 4. Issues and approaches in community oriented health care
15. Community as client : assessment and analysis
16. Community and public health nursing in rural and urban environments
17. Health promotion through healthy communities and cities
18. The nursing center : a model for community oriented nursing practice
19. Case management
20. Disaster management
21. Program management
22. Quality management
23. Group approaches to practice
pt. 5. Health promotion with target populations across the life span
24. Family development and family nursing assessment
25. Family health risks
26. Child and adolescent health
27. Women's health
28. Men's health
29. Health of older adults
30. The physically compromised

pt. 6. Vulnerability : community oriented nursing issues for the twenty-first century
31. Vulnerability and vulnerable populations : an overview
32. Poverty and homelessness
33. Migrant health issues
34. Teen pregnancy
35. Mental health issues
36. Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug problems in the community
37. Violence and human abuse
38. Infectious disease prevention and control
39. Communicable and infectious disease risks
pt. 7. Community oriented nurses : roles and functions
40. Community oriented nurse in home health and hospice
41. The advanced practice nurse in the community
42. Community oriented nurse leader and consultant
43. Community oriented nurse in the schools
44. Community oriented nurse in occupational health
45. Community oriented nurse as parish nurse
46. Public health nursing at the local, state, and national levels