Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:History of public health and public health nursing -- Core function of public health nursing -- Practice settings in public health nursing -- Epidemiology and public health nursing -- Law,health policy,and public health nursing -- Health care organization and financing -- Economic of public health nursing -- Challenges of global health -- Environmental health risk -- Community and population assessment -- Health risk appraisal -- Principles of health promotion -- Principles of education -- Program development and evaluation -- Community development for health promotion -- Health care management -- Ethics and human rights -- Public health nursing research -- Population with infectious and communicable diseases -- Population with chronic diseases -- Maternal and child populations -- The elder population -- Rural and migrant populations -- Racial and ethical disparities -- Immigrant and refugee populations -- The homeless population -- Population with substance abuse -- Diseases preparedness and public health nursing -- The future of public health nursing -- Appendices -- A.core competencies for public health nursing practice -- B Scope and standards of public health -- C American public health association principles on public health and human rights -- D Determinants of health -- E Healthy people 2010 goals -- F Professional association,organizations,and institution -- G Abbreviation