PART ONE: THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING: Community and public health nursing: present, past, and future -- Public health systems -- Health and global environment -- PART TWO: EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND POPULATION HEALTH: Frameworks for health promotion, disease prevention, and risk reduction -- Epidemiology: the science of prevention -- Describing health conditions: understanding and using rates -- Gathering evidence for practice -- PART THREE: IMPLEMENTING NURSING PRACTICE IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS: Planning for community change -- Cultural diversity and values -- Community assessment -- Care management, case management, and home heathcare -- Family assessment -- PART FOUR: CHALLENGES IN COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING: Risk of infectious and communicable diseases -- Emerging infectious diseases -- Violence and abuse -- Substance abuse -- Underserved populations -- Environmental health -- Community preparedness: disaster and terrorism -- PART FIVE: SPECIALTY PRACTICE: Community mental health -- School health -- Faith-oriented communities and health ministries in faith communities -- Palliative and end-of-life care -- Occupational health nursing

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