Community/public health nursing practice : health for families and populations /
Frances A. Maurer, Claudia M. Smith.
- 3rd edition.
- St. Louis, MO : Elsevier/Saunders, c2005.
- xxvi, 816 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Responsibilities for care in community/public health nursing 2. Origins and future of community/public health nursing 3. The United States health care system 4. Financing of health care: context for community/public health nursing 5. International health 6. Legal context for community/public health nursing 7. Epidemiology: unraveling the mysteries of disease and health 8. Communicable diseases 9. Relevance of culture and value for community/public health nursing 10. Home visit: opening the doors for family health 11. A family perspective in community/public health nursing 12. Nursing process and families 13. Multiproblem families 14. Community assessment 15. Community diagnosis, planning, and intervention 16. Evaluation of nursing care with communities 17. Health promotion and risk reduction in the community 18. Screening and referral 19. Health teaching 20. Vulnerable populations 21. Nursing in a disaster 22. Violence: a social and family problem 23. Adolescent sexual activity and teenage pregnancy 24. Substance abuse and dependence 25. Environmental health risks: at home, at work, and in the community 26. Rehabilitation clients in the community 27. Children in the community 28. Elderly persons in the community 29. State and local health departments 30. School health 31. Home health 32. Rural health 33. Community mental health.