Community health nursing
Subtitle: advocacy for population health
By: Mary Jo Clark.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1064
ISBN-13: 9780131709829
Subjects: Community health nursing; Community Health Nursing; Nursing Process
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The context for community health nursing. Community health nursing as advocacy ; The population context ; The historical context ; Theoretical foundations for community health nursing ; The U.S. health system context ; The global context ; The policy context ; The economic context ; The cultural context ; The environmental context; title: Approaches to community health nursing. Health promotion ; Case management ; Community empowerment; title: Care of special populations. Care of families ; Care of populations ; Meeting the health needs of child and adolescent populations ; Meeting the health needs of women ; Meeting the health needs of men ; Meeting the health needs of older clients ; Meeting the needs of poor and homeless populations; title: Care of clients in specialized settings. Care of clients in the home setting ; Care of clients in official and voluntary health agencies ; Care of clients in the school setting ; Care of clients in work settings ; Care of clients in urban and rural settings ; Care of clients in correctional settings ; Care of clients in disaster settings; title: Population health issues. Communicable diseases ; Chronic physical health problems ; Community mental health problems ; Substance abuse ; Societal violence.