Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit 1. Foundations of Community Health Nursing -- Ch. 1. The Journey Begins: Introduction to Community Health Nursing / Cherie Rector -- Ch. 2. History and Evolution of Community Health Nursing / Kristine D. Warner -- Ch. 3. Setting the Stage for Community Health Nursing / Kristine D. Warner -- Ch. 4. Evidence-based Practice and Ethics in Community Health Nursing / Cherie Rector -- Ch. 5. Transcultural Nursing in the Community / Cherie Rector -- Unit 2. Public Health Essentials for Community Health Nursing -- Ch. 6. Structure and Economics of Community Health Services / Cherie Rector -- Ch. 7. Epidemiology in Community Health Care / Kristine D. Warner -- Ch. 8. Communicable Disease Control / Karen Smith-Sayer -- Ch. 9. Environmental Health and Safety / Kristine D. Warner -- Unit 3. Community Health Nursing Toolbox -- Ch. 10. Communication, Collaboration, and Contracting / Cherie Rector -- Ch. 11. Health Promotion: Achieving Change Through Education / Kristine D. Warner and Debra Millar -- Ch. 12. Planning and Developing Community Programs and Services / Mary E. Summers and Kristine D. Warner -- Ch. 13. Policy Making and Community Health Advocacy / Lydia C. Bourne -- Unit 4. The Community as Client -- Ch. 14. Theoretical Basis of Community Health Nursing / Kristine D. Warner and Karin Lightfoot -- Ch. 15. Community as Client: Applying the Nursing Process / Filomela A. Marshall -- Ch. 16. Global Health and International Community Health Nursing / Marie P. Farrell -- Ch. 17. Being Prepared: Disasters and Terrorism / Kristine D. Warner and Sheila Hoban -- Unit 5. The Family as Client -- Ch. 18. Theoretical Bases for Promoting Family Health / Kathleen Riley-Lawless -- Ch. 19. Working with Families: Applying the Nursing Process / Phyllis G. Salopek -- Ch. 20. Violence Affecting Families / Sheila M. Holcomb -- Unit 6. Promoting and Protecting the Health of Aggregates with Developmental Needs -- Ch. 21. Maternal-Child Health: Working with Perinatal, Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Clients / Cherie Rector -- Ch. 22. School-age Children and Adolescents / Cherie Rector -- Ch. 23. Adult Women and Men / Barbara J. Blake and Gloria Ann Jones Taylor -- Ch. 24. Older Adults: Aging in Place / Frances Wilson and Cherie Rector -- Unit 7. Promoting and Protecting the Health of Vulnerable Populations -- Ch. 25. Working with Vulnerable People / Cherie Rector -- Ch. 26. Clients with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses / Kristine D. Warner -- Ch. 27. Behavioral Health in the Community / Elizabeth M. Andal and Christine L. Savage -- Ch. 28. Working with the Homeless / Mary Lashley -- Ch. 29. Issues with Rural, Migrant, and Urban Health Care / Margaret Avila and Cherie Rector -- Unit 8. Settings for Community Health Nursing -- Ch. 30. Public Settings for Community Health Nursing / Erin D. Maughan -- Ch.31. Private Settings for Community Health Nursing / Mary Ellen Miller and Rose Utley -- Ch. 32. Clients Receiving Home Health and Hospice Care / Joyce Zerwekh.