Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Journey Begins: Introduction to Community Health Nursing -- History & Evolution of Community Health Nursing -- Setting the Stage for Community Health Nursing -- Evidence-Based Practice and Ethics in Community Health Nursing -- Transcultural Nursing in the Community -- Structure & Economics of Community Health Services -- Epidemiology in Community Health Care -- Communicable Disease Control -- Environmental Health and Safety -- Communication, Collaboration, and Contracting -- Health Promotion: Achieving Change Through Education -- Planning and Developing Community Programs and Services -- Policy Making and Community Health Advocacy -- Theoretical Basis for Community Health Nursing -- Community as Client: Applying the Nursing Process -- Global Health & International Community Health Nursing -- Being Prepared: Disasters and Terrorism -- Theoretical Basis for Promoting Family Health -- Working with Families: Applying the Nursing Process -- Violence Affecting Families -- Maternal-Child Health: Working with Perinatal, Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Clients -- School-Aged Children and Adolescents -- Adult Women and Men -- Older Adults: Aging in Place -- Working with Vulnerable People -- Clients with Disabilities and Chronic Illness (+ injury prevention) -- Behavioral Health in the Community -- Working With the Homeless -- Issues with Rural, Migrant, and Urban Health Care -- Public Settings for Community Health Nursing -- Private Settings for Community Health Nursing -- Clients Receiving Home Health and Hospice Care.