Public Health Nursing : Policy, Politics and Practice

by Ivanov, L. Louise; Blue, Carolyn L.

• ISBN13: 9781401839659
• ISBN10: 1401839657
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-18
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Public Health Nursing: Leadership, Policy, and Practice presents cutting edge public health nursing content that focuses on populations and aggregates, the political process, public health nursing activism, and leadership in health policy development. Coverage of high risk populations, health policy, and disaster preparedness makes this text a unique tool for the public health nurse and administrator. A focus on the Healthy People 2010 objectives underscores the core functions of population-based practice and prepares the public health nurse for the challenges of today's global health issues.Readers searching for an innovative and focused text will turn to Public Health Nursing: Leadership, Policy, and Practice for the answers.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xvii
About the editors	p. xxi
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Dedication	p. xxv
Public Health Basics	p. 1
History of Public Health and Public Health Nursing	p. 2
Core Functions of Public Health Nursing	p. 27
Practice Settings in Public Health Nursing	p. 57
Epidemiology and Public Health Nursing	p. 86
Healthy People 2010
Objectives	p. 104
Health Care Delivery and Financing	p. 117
Law, Health Policy, and Public Health Nursing	p. 118
Health Care Organization and Financing	p. 134
Economics of Public Health Nursing	p. 153
Challenges of Global Health	p. 172
Public Health Nursing Practice	p. 187
Environmental Health Risk	p. 188
Community and Population Assessment	p. 220
Health Risk Appraisal	p. 240
Principles of Health Promotion	p. 253
Principles of Health Education	p. 278
Program Development and Evaluation	p. 303
Community Development for Health Promotion	p. 324
Health Care Management	p. 342
Ethics and Human Rights	p. 359
Public Health Nursing Research	p. 390
Provision of Public Health Nursing to Vulnerable Populations	p. 405
Populations with Infectious and Communicable Diseases	p. 406
Populations with Chronic Diseases	p. 445
Maternal and Child Populations	p. 478
The Elder Population	p. 495
Rural and Migrant Populations	p. 511
Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities	p. 529
Immigrant and Refugee Populations	p. 553
The Homeless Population	p. 572
Populations with Substance Abuse	p. 591
Public Health Nursing in the Twenty-First Century	p. 609
Disaster Preparedness and Public Health Nursing	p. 610
The Future of Public Health Nursing	p. 638
Resources	p. 660
Glossary	p. 696
Appendices
Index
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