Community and public health nursing : evidence for practice / Rosanna F. DeMarco and Judith Healey-Walsh.

Includes index.

Part One. The context of community and public health nursing -- Foundations of public health nursing -- Public health systems -- Health policy, politics, and reform -- Global health -- 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 public health practice -- Part Three. Implementing nursing practice in community settings -- Planning for community change -- Cultural awareness, sensitivity, and respect -- Community assessment -- Care management, case management, and home healthcare -- Family assessment -- Part Four. Challenges in community and public health nursing -- Risk of infections and communicable diseases -- Emerging infectious diseases -- Violence and abuse -- Substance use disorder -- Health inequalities in population -- Environmental health -- Community preparedness: disaster and terrorism -- Part Five. Specialty practice -- Community mental health -- School health -- Innovative community engagement practice to advance population health -- Palliative and end-of-life care -- Occupational health nursing.

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