Public/community health and nursing practice : caring for populations

Summary: Problem-based learning approach features exercises, such as critical-thinking and end-of-chapter questions, to enhance your skills and apply what you're learning. Three case studies for every chapter provide you with a step-by-step process that enables you to apply public health principles in the real world.

Record details

ISBN: 9780803677111 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xvii, 624 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

General Note:	Preceded by: Public health science and nursing practice / Christine L. Savage, Joan E. Kub, Sara L. Groves, 2016.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Unit 1: Basis for public health nursing knowledge and skills. Public health and nursing practice -- Optimizing population health -- Epidemiology and nursing practice -- Introduction to community assessment -- Health program planning -- Environmental health -- Unit II: Community health across populations: public health issues. Health disparities and vulnerable populations -- Communicable diseases -- Noncommunicable diseases -- Mental health -- Substance use and the health of communities -- Injury and violence -- Unit III: Public health planning. Health planning for local public health departments -- Health planning for acute care settings -- Health planning for primary care settings -- Health planning with rural and urban communities -- Health planning for maternal-infant and child health settings -- Health planning for school settings -- Health planning for older adults -- Health planning for occupational and environmental health -- Health planning, public health policy, and finance -- Health planning for emergency preparedness and disaster management.