Includes references.

Contents:History of community nursing -- Issues in public health practice -- Stigma and discrimination -- Community entry -- Community study and diagnosis -- Home visiting -- Ageing, gerontology and grief -- Nursing process applied in community health nursing -- Concept of needs -- Immunity, expanded programme on immunization (EPI) and vitamin supplementation -- Immunology -- Cold chain system -- Clinics -- Primary health care -- Community-based health planning and service -- Report writing, records keeping and referral -- Communication -- Principles of health education -- Disability, handicap and rehabilitation -- Infection prevention and control -- Menstrual hygiene & sexual abstinence -- Ophthalmic nursing -- Supportive supervision -- Food and personal hygiene -- Replacement feeding -- Health promotion -- Interpersonal communication and counseling -- Developmental milestones and emotional problems in children -- Occupational health and safety -- Millennium development goals (MDGS)