This volume explores community health care for nurses working in community care or requiring awareness and understanding of the issues. It reviews the roles and focus of advanced practitioners in community health nursing and presents a theoretical framework for a community focus.

In this new text-reference, Carl Helvie explores the realm of community health care for advanced practice nurses who are currently working in community care and for anyone else who requires an understanding of the issues involved.

PART ONE: OVERVIEW Book Overview and Community Health Nursing Review PART TWO: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING Theoretical Framework for a Community Focus PART THREE: COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT Economic Forces Influencing Community Health Environmental Forces Influencing Community Health Social and Cultural Influences on Community Health Community Assessment Community Analysis and Community Diagnoses PART FOUR: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND INTERVENTIONS Planning Community Interventions Planning for Diffusion and Maintenance of Community Changes Community Intervention - Using Mass Media and the Political Process Community Interventions - Empowerment, Coalition Building and Involving Lay and Professional Members and Organizations Community Interventions - Nursing Centers, Mass Clinics, Partnerships, School Services Applying the Interventions in the Rural Area - Jeri W Dunkin PART FIVE: COMMUNITY EVALUATION Evaluation of Community Interventions