Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction to community health nursing: Health: a community view -- Historical factors: community health nursing in context -- Thinking upstream: conceptualizing health from a population perspective -- The art and science of community health nursing: Epidemiology -- Community assessment -- Community health planning, implementation and evaluation -- Community health education -- Case management -- Factors that influence the health of the community: The health care system -- Economics of health care -- Policy, politics, legislation and community health nursing -- Cultural diversity and community health nursing -- Environmental health -- Populations in the community: Child and adolescent health -- Women health -- Men's health -- Family health -- Senior health -- Populations affected by disabilities -- Homeless populations -- Rural and migrant health -- Special needs in community mental health: Mental health -- Violence in the community -- Substance abuse -- Special service needs: Communicable disease and public health -- School health -- Occupational health -- Correctional health -- Parish health -- Home health -- The future of community health nursing: Health in the global community -- Community health nursing: making a difference --