Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Influencing Factors in Public Health Nursing and Population Health -- 1. Public Health Foundations and Population Health  -- 2. History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing  -- 3. Public Health, Primary Care, and Primary Health -- 4. Perspectives in Global Health Care -- 5. Economics of Health Care Delivery --  Part 2: Forces Affecting Nurses in the Delivery of Public and Population Health Care Delivery  -- 6. Environmental Health  -- 7. Application of Ethics in the Community -- 8. Cultural Diversity in the Community -- 9. Public Health Policy -- 10. Evidence-Based Practice --  Part 3: Conceptual and Scientific Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice -- 11. Population-Based Public Health Nursing Practice: The Intervention Wheel -- 12. Genomics in Public Health Nursing -- 13. Epidemiology -- 14. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control -- 15. Communicable and Infectious Disease Risks --  Part 4: Community Level Interventions -- 16. Promoting Healthy Communities  -- 17. Community as Client: Assessment and Analysis -- 18. Building a Culture of Health to Influence Health Equity within Communities    -- 19.  Health Education Principles Applied in Communities, Groups, Families and Individuals for Healthy Change --  Part 5: Issues and Approaches in Population-Centered Nursing -- 20. The Nurse Managed Health Center: A Model for Public Health Nursing Practice -- 21. Public Health Nursing Practice and the Disaster Management Cycle -- 22. Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation -- 23. Program Management -- 24. Quality Management -- 25. Case Management --  Part 6: Promoting the Health of Target Populations Across the Life Span -- 26. Working with Families in the Community for Healthy Outcomes -- 27. Family Health Risks -- 28. Child and Adolescent Health -- 29. Major Health Issues and Chronic Disease Management of Adults Across the Life Span -- 30. Disability Health Care Across the Lifespan --  Part 7: Promoting and Protecting the Health of Vulnerable Populations -- 31. Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations -- 32. Rural Health Issues -- 33. Poverty and Homelessness -- 34. Migrant Health Issues -- 35. Teen Pregnancy -- 36. Mental Health Issues -- 37. Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Problems -- 38. Violence and Human Abuse --  Part 8: Nurses’ Roles and Functions in the Community -- 39. The Advanced Practice Nurse in the Community -- 40. The Nurse Leader in the Community -- 41. The Nurse in Public Health, Home Health, Hospice, and Palliative Care  -- 42. The Nurse in the Schools -- 43. The Nurse in Occupational Health -- 44. Forensic Nursing in the Community -- 45. The Nurse in the Faith Community -- 46. Public Health Nursing at Local, State, and National Levels