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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSECTION I Factors Influencing Nursing in Community and Population Health 1: Public Health Nursing and Population Health 2: The History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing 3: US and Global Health Care 4: Government, the Law, and Policy Activism 5: Economics of US Health Care Delivery SECTION 2 Forces Affecting Nurses in Community and Population Health Care Delivery 6: Ethics in Public and Community Health Nursing Practice 7: Culture of Populations in Communities 8: Environmental Health 9: Evidence-Based Practice SECTION 3 Conceptual Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice in the Community 10: Epidemiologic Applications 11: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control 12: Communicable and Infectious Disease Risks 13: Community Assessment and Evaluation 14: Health Education in the Community SECTION 4 Issues and Approaches in Health Care of Populations 15: Case Management 16: Disaster Management 17: Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation 18: Program Management 19: Health Care Improvement in the Community SECTION 5 Issues and Approaches in Family and Individual Health Care 20: Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment and Genomics 21: Family Health Risks 22: Health Risks Across the Life Span SECTION 6 Vulnerability: Predisposing Factors 23: Health Equity and Care of Vulnerable Populations 24: Rural Health and Migrant Health 25: Poverty, Homelessness, Teen Pregnancy, and Mental Illness 26: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Problems in the Community 27: Violence and Human Abuse SECTION 7 Nursing Practice in the Community: Roles and Functions 28: Nursing Practice at the Local, State, and National Levels in Public Health 29: The Faith Community Nurse 30: The Nurse in Public Health, Home Health, Palliative Care, and Hospice 31: The Nurse in the Schools 32: The Nurse in Occupational Health Appendices Appendix A: Guidelines for Practice Appendix B: Assessment Tools Appendix C: Essential Elements of Public Health Nursing Appendix D: Hepatitis Information
