Table of Contents

 

 

 

PART ONE

THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING

1

Chapter 1

Community and Public Health Nursing: Present, Past and Future

3

 

Healthcare Changes in the Twenty-First Century

4

 

Community and Public Health Nursing Today

8

 

Roots of Public Health Nursing

11

 

Challenges for Community and Public Health Nursing in the Twenty-First Century

18

Chapter 2

Public Health Systems

25

 

Importance of Understanding How Public Health Systems are Organized

26

 

Structure of Public Healthcare in the United States

26

 

Functions of Public Health in the United States

29

 

Trends in Public Health in the United States

31

 

Healthcare Systems in Some Developed Nations

33

 

Public Health Commitments to the World: International Public Health and Developing Countries

39

Chapter 3

Health and the Global Environment

45

 

Definitions of Health

46

 

Critical Global Health Concepts

47

 

The Millennium Development Goals

54

 

Other Factors that Affect Global Health

57

 

Role of Nurses

59

PART TWO

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND POPULATION HEALTH

63

Chapter 4

Frameworks for Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Risk Reduction

65

 

Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Risk Reduction as Core Activities of Public Health

67

 

Healthy People Initiatives

68

 

Road Maps to Health Promotion

69

 

Behavior Models

75

 

Use of the Ecological Model: Evidence for Health Promotion Intervention

80

 

Health Promotion and Secondary/Tertiary Prevention for Women Living with Hiv/Aids

82

 

Role of Nurses

83

Chapter 5

Epidemiology: the Science of Prevention

88

 

Defining Epidemiology

89

 

Development of Epidemiology as a Science

91

 

Epidem1ologic Models

93

 

Applying Epidemiologic Principles in Practice

95

Chapter 6

Describing Health Conditions: Understanding and Using Rates

103

 

Understanding and Using Rates

105

 

Incidence Rates

106

 

Prevalence Rates

107

 

Specific Rates: Describing by Person, Place, and Time

109

 

Types of Incidence Rates

112

 

Sensitivity and Specificity

116

 

Use of Rates in Descriptive Research Studies

117

Chapter 7

Gathering Evidence for Practice

119

 

Observational Studies

120

 

Intervention (Experimental) Studies

126

PART THREE

IMPLEMENTING NURSING PRACTICE IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS

131

Chapter 8

Planning for Community Change

133

 

Health Planning

134

 

Community Assessment

136

 

Systems Theory

137

 

Community as Partner

137

 

Social Ecological Model

139

 

Health Impact Pyramid

140

 

Multilevel Interventions

141

 

Social Determinants of Health

141

 

Change Theory

143

 

Planning Community-Level Interventions

146

 

Collaboration and Teamwork

149

 

Evaluating Community-Level Interventions

151

 

Funding Community-Level Intervention Programs

151

 

Social Marketing

154

 

Community Nursing Centers

155

Chapter 9

Cultural Diversity and Values

160

 

Culture and Nursing

161

 

Western Biomedicine as “Cultured”

165

 

Aspects of Culture Directly Affecting Health and Healthcare

166

 

Cultural Health Assessment

172

Chapter 10

Community Assessment

175

 

Defining the Community and its Boundaries

177

 

Frameworks for Community Assessment

180

Chapter 11

Care Management, Case Management, and Home Healthcare

192

 

Care Management

193

 

Case Management

194

 

Home Healthcare

195

Chapter 12

Family Assessment

210

 

Families in Communities

212

 

Nursing Perspectives on the Family and Applications for Assessment

214

 

Diversity and Family

220

 

Families and Health Risk

223

 

Community Health Nurses’ Responsibility to Families

230

PART FOUR

CHALLENGES IN COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING

235

Chapter 13

Risk of Infectious and Communicable Diseases

237

 

Epidemiology of the Infectious Process: the Chain of Infection

240

 

Outbreak Investigation

243

 

Healthcare-Associated Infections

246

 

Public Health Surveillance

246

 

Specific Communicable Diseases

247

 

Prevention and Control of Specific Infectious Diseases

258

Chapter 14

Emerging Infectious Diseases

264

 

Factors that Influence Emerging Infectious Diseases

265

 

Recent Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases

270

Chapter 15

Violence and Abuse

287

 

Overview of Violence

288

 

Intimate Partner Violence

290

 

Mandatory Reporting of Abuse

296

 

Model of Care for Victims of Intentional Crimes

298

 

Forensic Nursing

298

Chapter 16

Substance Abuse

303

 

International Aspects of Substance Abuse

304

 

Health Profiles of High-Risk Groups

309

 

Impact on the Community

320

 

Risk Assessment in Community Settings

321

 

Treatment Interventions for Substance Abuse

324

 

Goals of Healthy People 2010

329

Chapter 17

Underserved Populations

334

 

The Context of Health Risks

335

 

Rural Populations

336

 

Correctional Health: Underserved Populations in Jails and Prisons

343

 

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People

346

 

Homeless Populations

348

Chapter

18 Environmental Health

353

 

Human Health and the Environment

354

 

Assessment

356

 

Interventions

371

 

Evaluation

372

 

Environmental Epidemiology

372

 

Working Toward Healthy Environments

373

 

Children’s Health and the Environment

374

 

Environmental Justice

375

 

Global Environmental Health Challenges

376

Chapter 19

Community Preparedness: Disaster and Terrorism

379

 

Emergencies, Disasters, and Terrorism

381

 

Disaster Management

382

 

Roles of Nurses in Disaster Management

386

 

Bioterrorism

391

 

Chemical Disasters

397

 

Radiological Disasters

401

 

Public Health Disaster Response

402

PART FIVE

SPECIALTY PRACTICE

409

Chapter 20

Community Mental Health

411

 

Cultural Context of Mental Illness

412

 

Definitions of Mental Illness

413

 

Scope of Mental Illness

413

 

Some Major Mental Illnesses

413

 

Evolution of Community Mental Health

426

 

Legislation for Parity in Mental Health Insurance Benefits

428

 

Roles and Responsibilities of the Community Mental Health Practitioner

428

Chapter 21

School Health

433

 

Historical Perspectives

434

 

Role of the School Nurse

435

 

Common Health Concerns

439

 

The School Nurse as a Child Advocate

447

 

The Future of School Health: the Community School Model

448

Chapter 22

Faith-Oriented Communities and Health Ministries in Faith Communities

451

 

Nursing in Faith Communities

452

 

History of Faith Community Nursing

453

 

Models of Faith Community Practice

453

 

The Uniqueness of Faith Communities

454

 

Roles of the Faith-Based Nurse

456

 

Healthy People 2020 Priorities

457

 

Scope and Standards of Practice

457

 

The Nursing Process in Faith Community Nursing

458

 

Ethical Considerations

462

 

Education for Faith-Based Nursing

462

Chapter 23

Palliative and End-Of-Life Care

465

 

Nursing and Clients with Chronic Disease

466

 

Death in the United States

468

 

Nursing Care When Death is Imminent

469

 

Palliative Care

473

 

Hospice Care

474

 

Caring for Clients at the End of Life

475

 

Nursing Care of Clients Who are Close to Death

482

 

Complementary and Alternative Therapies

484

Chapter 24

Occupational Health Nursing

487

 

The Worker and the Workplace

488

 

Occupational Health Nursing

491

 

Conceptual Frameworks

494

 

Occupational Health Nursing: Practice

498

 

Implementing Health Promotion in the Workplace

502

 

Epidemiology and Occupational Health

504

 

Emergency Preparedness Planning and Disaster Management

506

 

Index

511