Public and community health nursing practice : a population-based approach / / Demetrius James Porche

• Autore: Porche Demetrius James
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 2004; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 503 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 610.734
• Soggetto topico: Public health nursing; Community health nursing
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I - A Population-Based Framework for Public Health Practice; Chapter 1 - Population-Based Public Health Practice; Chapter 2 - The Public Heath System; Chapter 3 - Epidemiology: Population-Based Data; Chapter 4 - Behavioral Health Theories; Part II - Public Health-Community Health Assessment Framework; Chapter 5 - Behavioral Assessment; Chapter 6 - Public Health Organizational Assessment; Chapter 7 - Environmental Health Assessment; Chapter 8 - Community Assessment and Analysis ; Part III - Public Health: Community Health Interventions and Program Planning; Chapter 9 - Cultural Competence; Chapter 10 - Community Development; Chapter 11 - Community-Level Interventions; Chapter 12 - Public Health and Community Health Program Planning; Part IV - Public Health Monitoring, Evaluation, Quality Improvement, Outcome Measures, and Evidence-Based Practice; Chapter 13 - Program Monitoring and Evaluation; Chapter 14 - Performance Measurement and Improvement; Chapter 15 - Public Health Research; Chapter 16 - Evidence-Based Public Health Practice ; Part V - Public Health-Community Health Leadership and Administration; Chapter 17 - Public Health-Community Health Leadership; Chapter 18 - Communication, Collaboration, Negotiation, and Conflict; Chapter 19 - Public Health-Community Health Decisional and Causal Analysis; Chapter 20 - Fiscal and Human Resource Management; Chapter 21 - Public Health Informatics; Part VI - Public Health Policy, Law, and Ethics; Chapter 22 - Public Health Policy and Politics; Chapter 23 - The Development of Public Health Policy; Chapter 24 - Public Health Policy Formulation, Implementation, and Modification ; Chapter 25 - Public Health Policy Analysis and Evaluation; Chapter 26 - Public Health Law and the Legal System; Chapter 27 - The Scope of Public Health Law; Chapter 28 - Public Health Ethics; Appendix A: Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals; Appendix B: Healthy People 2010; Appendix C: Epidemiological Glossary; Appendix D: Community-Based Organization Assessment; Appendix E: Hazardous Environmental Agents, Routes of Entry, and Symptoms; Appendix F: Integrated Community Assessment Process and Tool; Appendix G: Chronological List of Public Health Laws; Appendix H: Institutions Concerned With Public Health; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. This text presents a summary of core practices for assessment, assurance and policy development to achieve this goal.
• Titolo autorizzato: Public and community health nursing practice
• ISBN: 1-4833-2866-X; 1-4522-4539-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791718703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II