Public and Community Health Nursing Practice

Demetrius James Porche - LSU Health New Orleans, School of Nursing

Other Titles in:
Community / Public Health Nursing | Health Psychology / Behavioral Medicine | Public Health

January 2004 | 528 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Public health practice focuses on the prevention of disease and disability as a means of promoting the health of communities and the individuals who make up those communities. Public and Community Health Nursing Practice presents a comprehensive summary of core practices for assessment, assurance, and policy development to achieve this goal through population-based practice. The author also outlines standards for evidence-based practice based on current research.

This book will be of interest to students in nursing, public health, and behavioral medicine and practitioners in public and community health.

PART I. A POPULATION BASED FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE

1. Population-Based Public Health Practice

2. Public Health System

3. Epidemiology: Population-Based Data

4. Behavioral Health Theories

PART II. PUBLIC HEALTH-COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK

5. Behavioral Assessment

6. Public Health Organizational Assessment

7. Environmental Health Assessment

8. Community Assessment & Analysis

PART III. PUBLIC HEALTH-COMMUNITY HEALTH INTERVENTIONS & PROGRAM PLANNING

9. Cultural Competence

10. Community Development

11. Community-Level Interventions

12. Public Health-Community Health Program Planning

PART IV. PUBLIC HEALTH MONITORING, EVALUATION, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, OUTCOME MEASURES, & EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

13. Program Monitoring & Evaluation

14. Performance Measurement & Improvement

15. Public Health Research

16. Evidence-Based Public Health Practice

PART V. PUBLIC HEALTH-COMMUNITY HEALTH LEADERSHIP & ADMINISTRATION

17. Public Health-Community Health Leadership

18. Communication, Collaboration, Negotiation, & Conflict

19. Public Health-Community Health Decisional & Causal Analysis

20. Fiscal & Human Resource Management

21. Public Health Informatics

PART VI. PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY, LAW, & ETHICS

22. Public Health Policy & Politics

23. Process of Public Health Policy Development

24. Public Health Policy Formulation, Implementation, & Modification

25. Public Health Policy Analysis & Evaluation

26. Public Health Law & the Legal System

27. Scope of Public Health Law

28. Public Health Ethics

APPENDICES

A. Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

B. Healthy People 2010 Goals & Objectives

C. Epidemiological Glossary

D. Community-Based Organization Assessment

E. Hazardous Environmental Agents, Routes of Entry, & Symptoms

F. Integrated Community Assessment Process & Tool

G. List of Selected Public Health Laws

H. List of Resources

"This text is needed very badly—especially with advanced practice. Most graduate nursing programs focus on primary care and an important component of primary care is community health and public health issues. This book contains much needed information required for advanced nursing practice in primary care. I know of no other text so complete."

Jacqueline Rhoads

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

"A very comprehensive approach to public health – community health. I feel that the content and direction are very much needed."

Clair P. Millet, APRN, MN, CNS

Louisiana Office of Public Health