Community/public health nursing practice : health for families and populations / [edited by] Frances A. Maurer, Claudia M. Smith.

Rev. ed. of: Community health nursing. c2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Responsibilities for care in community/public health nursing -- Origins and future of community/public health nursing -- The United States health care system -- Financing of health care: context for community/public health nursing -- International health -- Legal context for community/public health nursing -- Epidemiology: unraveling the mysteries of disease and health -- Communicable diseases -- Relevance of culture and value for community/public health nursing -- Home visit: opening the doors for family health -- A family perspective in community/public health nursing -- Nursing process and families -- Multiproblem families -- Community assessment -- Community diagnosis, planning, and intervention -- Evaluation of nursing care with communities -- Health promotion and risk reduction in the community -- Screening and referral -- Health teaching -- Vulnerable populations -- Nursing in a disaster -- Violence: a social and family problem - Adolescent sexual activity and teenage pregnancy -- Substance abuse and dependence -- Environmental health risks: at home, at work, and in the community -- Rehabilitation clients in the community -- Children in the community -- Elderly persons in the community -- State and local health departments -- School health -- Home health -- Rural health -- Community mental health.