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Community Health •
Community-BasedNursing • Public Health
Table of Contents
Part1:
TheContextof PublicHealth
Nursing
Ch. 1: PublicHealthNursing: Present, Past,
andFuture
Ch. 2: PublicHealth Systems
Ch. 3:HealthPolicy, Politics, andReform
Ch. 4:Health and theGlobal Environment
Part2:
Evidence-BasedPracticeand
PopulationHealth
Ch. 5: Frameworks forHealthPromotion,
Disease Prevention, andRiskReduction
Ch. 6: Epidemiology:The Science of
Prevention
Ch. 7:DescribingHealthConditions:
Understanding andUsingRates
Ch. 8: GatheringEvidence for PublicHealth
Practice
Part3:
ImplementingNursing
Practice inCommunitySettings
Part4:
Challenges inCommunityand
PublicHealthNursing
Part5:
SpecialtyPractice
…Abridged tofit
NEW !
CommunityandPublicHealthNursing:
Evidence forPractice,SecondEdition, International Edition
Gail A.Harkness,DrPH, RN, FAAN
978-1-4963-0888-7 • January2015 • Softbound •8.375” x10.875” •658pp.
978-1-4511-9131-8 •NorthAmericanEdition:Available inUS,Canada,Australia,NewZealand, PuertoRicoandUSVirgin Islandsonly
Develop the critical thinking skills and complex reasoning abilities you
need to make connections between data and community and public
healthpracticedecisionswith
CommunityandPublicHealthNursing,
Second Edition
. Succinct, manageable, and logically organized, the
book focuseson the individual in the contextof the community setting
andon the global community, reflecting increasingly global healthcare
concerns.
Features
• Increased focusonnon-communicablediseases as aglobal trend.
• Expandeduseof evidence for practiceexamples focusedonhealth
disparities.
• Enhanced contentonprogramevaluation.
• AdditionofGISmappingexamples as appropriate fordata
gathering.
•
Principlesof epidemiologyandbasicbiostatisticsare integrated
withcoreprinciplesof communityandpublichealthnursing
toprovideboth themethods and the knowledge students need
togather, analyze, andevaluatedataas evidence for community
healthpracticedecisions.
•
Case studies ineverychapter
give students anopportunity to
apply communityhealth concepts to real life scenarios.
•
Coverageofhealthandculturaldisparities
, includingways
tomodifyhealth caredelivery systems tomeet specificneeds,
is reflected in case studies, practice concerns, andevidence-for-
practiceexamples.
•
Concreteexamples
that present the scientificbasis for nursing
practicehelp students learn to interpret andapply statistical data.
•
PracticePoints
highlight essential facts relevant topractice tohelp
students think criticallyabout evidence-basedpractice.
•
ChapterHighlights
providebrief outlinesof the content, enabling
students to readwithapurpose.
•
BoldfaceKeyTerms
defineessential concepts and terminology.
•
Objectives
list theobservable changes expectedafter students
complete the chapter.
•
Chapter-endingKeyConcepts
that summarize important
concepts are ideal for review.
•
Evidence-for-PracticeBriefs
provideexamplesof objective
evidenceobtained from research studies that providedirection for
practice.
•
StudentPerspectives
showcase stories fromnursing studentswho
share theirownexperiences and reflections.
•
CriticalThinkingquestions
inevery chapter require critical analysis
that combines research, context, and judgment.
•
HealthyPeople2020 information
includes national and state
activities andgoals that reflect thenationalHealthyPeople2020
objectives.