Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing
- 6th Edition - May 18, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Marcia Stanhope, Jeanette Lancaster
- Language: English
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Request a sales quoteMaster the essentials of health promotion in community and public health nursing! Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 6th Edition provides clear, concise coverage of the nurse’s role in preventing disease, promoting health, and providing health education in community settings. Case studies and critical thinking activities make it easier to apply concepts to community nursing practice. New to this edition are Healthy People 2030 guidelines and coverage of the latest issues, trends, and approaches. Written by well-known nursing educators Marcia Stanhope and Jeanette Lancaster, this streamlined text covers the fundamentals of designing effective nursing strategies for vulnerable and special populations.
- Focus on health promotion throughout the text emphasizes initiatives, strategies, and interventions that promote the health of the community.
- QSEN boxes illustrate how quality and safety goals, competencies, objectives, knowledge, skills, and attitudes can be applied in nursing practice in the community.
- Levels of Prevention boxes identify specific nursing interventions at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, reinforcing the concept of prevention as it relates to community and public health care.
- Applying Content to Practice boxes highlight how chapter content is applied to nursing practice in the community.
- Practice Application scenarios present practice situations with questions and answers to help you apply concepts to community practice.
- Genomics coverage provides a history of genetics and genomics and how they impact public/community health nursing care.
- Coverage of ongoing health care reform issues includes the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) on public health nursing.
- Evidence-Based Practice boxes highlight current research findings, their application to practice, and how community/public health nurses can apply the study results.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the authors
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- How to use
- Preface
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- Section 1. Factors Influencing Nursing in Community and Population Health
- 1. Public health nursing and population health
- Public health practice: The foundation for healthy populations and communities
- Public health nursing as a field of practice: An area of specialization
- Public health nursing versus community-based nursing
- Roles in public health nursing
- Challenges for the future
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- References
- 2. The history of public health and public and community health nursing
- Early public health
- Public health during America’s colonial period and the new republic
- Nightingale and the origins of trained nursing
- Continued growth in public health nursing
- Public health nursing during the early 20th century
- African American nurses in public health nursing
- Economic depression and the impact on public health
- From World War II until the 1970s
- Public health nursing from the 1970s to the present
- The origin and progression of COVID-19
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 3. US and global health care
- Health care in the United States
- Forces stimulating change in the demand for health care
- Current health care system in the United States
- Organization of the health care system
- Forces influencing changes in the health care system
- Overview of global health and nursing
- Health care delivery reform efforts—United States
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 4. Government, the law, and policy activism
- Definitions
- Governmental role in US health care
- Trends and shifts in governmental roles
- Government health care functions
- Healthy People 2030: An example of national health policy guidance
- Organizations and agencies that influence health
- Federal health agencies
- Federal nonhealth agencies
- State and local health departments
- Impact of government health functions and structures on nursing
- The law and health care
- Constitutional law
- Legislation and regulation
- Judicial and common law
- Laws specific to nursing practice
- Legal issues affecting health care practices
- The nurse’s role in the policy process
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 5. Economics of US health care delivery
- Public health and economics
- Factors affecting resource allocation in health care
- Primary prevention
- The context of the US health care system
- Trends in health care spending
- Factors influencing health care costs
- Financing of health care
- Health care payment systems
- Economics and the future of nursing practice
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- Section 2. Forces Affecting Nurses in Community and Population Health Care Delivery
- 6. Ethics in public and community health nursing practice
- Introduction
- Brief history of ethics and bioethics: Relationship to nursing and public health
- Foundations of nursing and public health’s codes of ethics
- Ethical decision making
- Ethical principles and theories as guides to ethical decision making
- Ethics and the core functions of public health nursing
- Nursing code of ethics
- Public health code of ethics
- Advocacy and ethics
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 7. Culture of populations in communities
- Why cultural competence matters
- Culture, race, and ethnicity
- Cultural diversity
- Social determinants of health
- Immigrant issues
- Developing cultural competence
- Culturally competent nursing interventions
- Inhibitors to developing cultural competence
- Cultural nursing assessment
- Building culturally competent organizations
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 8. Environmental health
- Environmental health sciences
- Epidemiology
- Multidisciplinary approaches
- Climate change
- Environmental health assessment
- Air
- Water
- Land
- Food
- The right to know
- Risk assessment
- Assessing environmental health risks in children
- Reducing environmental health risks
- Risk communication
- Government environmental protection
- Advocacy
- Environmental justice and environmental health disparities
- Unique environmental health threats in the health care industry: New opportunities for advocacy
- Referral resources
- Roles for nurses in environmental health
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 9. Evidence-based practice
- Definition of evidence-based practice
- History of evidence-based practice
- Paradigm shift in use of evidence-based practice
- Types of evidence
- Factors leading to change
- Barriers to evidence-based practice
- Steps in the evidence-based practice process
- Approaches to finding evidence
- Approaches to evaluating evidence
- Approaches to implementing evidence-based practice
- Current perspectives
- Healthy People 2030 objectives
- Example of application of evidence-based practice to public health nursing
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- Section 3. Conceptual Frameworks Applied to Nursing Practice in the Community
- 10. Epidemiologic applications
- Definitions
- History
- How nurses use epidemiology
- Basic concepts in epidemiology
- Screening
- Basic methods in epidemiology
- Descriptive epidemiology
- Analytic epidemiology
- Experimental studies
- Causality
- Applications of epidemiology in nursing
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 11. Infectious disease prevention and control
- Historical and current perspectives
- Transmission of communicable diseases
- Surveillance of communicable diseases
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Prevention and control of infectious diseases
- Agents of bioterrorism
- Vaccine-preventable disease
- Foodborne and waterborne diseases
- Vector-borne disease and zoonoses
- Parasitic diseases
- Health care–acquired infections
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 12. Communicable and infectious disease risks
- Human immunodeficiency virus infection
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Hepatitis
- Tuberculosis
- Nurse’s role in providing preventive care for communicable diseases
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 13. Community assessment and evaluation
- Introduction
- Community defined
- Community as client
- Community health
- Community as partner: The process from assessment to evaluation
- Community as partner
- How to conduct a community assessment
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 14. Health education in the community
- Healthy People 2030 objectives for health education
- Education, learning, and change
- The educational process
- Health education for community groups
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- Section 4. Issues and Approaches in Health Care of Populations
- 15. Case management
- Definitions
- Concepts of case management
- Essential skills for case managers
- Issues in case management
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 16. Disaster management
- Disasters
- National disaster planning and response: A health-focused overview
- The disaster management cycle and the nursing role
- Future of disaster management
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 17. Public health surveillance and outbreak investigation
- Disease surveillance
- Notifiable diseases
- Types of surveillance systems
- The investigation
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 18. Program management
- Definitions and goals
- Benefits of program planning
- Planning process
- Program evaluation
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 19. Health care improvement in the community
- US milestones in quality
- Health care quality and nursing practice
- Definitions and goals
- Approaches to quality improvement
- Performance monitoring
- Methods for evaluating health care performance improvement
- Evaluation, interpretation, and action
- Documentation
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- Section 5. Issues and Approaches in Family and Individual Health Care
- 20. Family development and family nursing assessment and genomics
- Challenges for nurses working with families in the community
- Family functions and structures
- Family health
- Theories for working with families in the community
- Genomics and family health
- Working with families for healthy outcomes
- Social and family policy challenges
- Healthy People 2030 and family implications
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 21. Family health risks
- Early approaches to family health risks
- Concepts in family health risk
- Major family health risks and nursing interventions
- Nursing approaches to family health risk reduction
- Community resources
- Practice application
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- Evolve website
- References
- 22. Health risks across the life span
- Status of children
- Children’s health and major public health issues
- Target areas for prevention with children
- Health policy, legislation, and ethics related to adult health
- Major health issues and chronic disease management of adults across the life span
- Health disparities among special groups of adults
- Community-based models for care of adults
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- Section 6. Vulnerability: Predisposing Factors
- 23. Health equity and care of vulnerable populations
- Health equity
- Determinants of health
- Vulnerability: Definition and influencing factors
- Health status and special needs groups
- Public policies affecting vulnerable populations
- Nursing approaches to care in the community
- Practice application
- Remember this
- Evolve website
- References
- 24. Rural health and migrant health
- Rural-urban continuum
- Population characteristics and cultural considerations
- Health status of rural residents
- Occupational and environmental health problems in rural areas
- Rural health care delivery issues and barriers to care
- Health of minorities, particularly migrant farmworkers, including susceptibility to pandemics
- Cultural considerations in migrant health care
- Nursing care in rural environments
- Healthy People 2030: related to rural and migrant health
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 25. Poverty, homelessness, teen pregnancy, and mental illness
- Understanding vulnerable groups
- Poverty: Definition and description
- Homelessness: Defining and understanding the concept
- Trends in adolescent sexual behavior and pregnancy
- Mental illness in the United States
- Levels of prevention and the nurse
- Role of the nurse
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 26. Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug problems in the community
- Scope of the problem
- Psychoactive drugs
- Predisposing and contributing factors
- Primary prevention and the role of the nurse
- Secondary prevention and the role of the nurse
- Tertiary prevention and the role of the nurse
- The nurse’s role
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 27. Violence and human abuse
- Social and community factors influencing violence
- Violence against individuals or oneself
- Family violence and abuse
- Nursing interventions: Violence and abuse
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- What would you do?
- Evolve website
- References
- Section 7. Nursing Practice in the Community: Roles and Functions
- 28. Nursing practice at the local, state, and national levels in public health
- Roles of local, state, and federal public health agencies
- History and trends of public health
- Issues and trends in public health nursing
- Education and knowledge requirements for public health nurses
- National health objectives
- Functions of public health nurses
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 29. The faith community nurse
- Definitions in faith community nursing
- Perspectives on nursing in the faith community
- History of nursing within the faith community
- Rationale for faith community as a viable public (population) health model for nursing
- Nursing practice in the faith community
- Issues related to nursing practice in faith communities
- National health objectives and faith communities
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 30. The nurse in public health, home health, palliative care, and hospice
- Home health care
- Hospice and palliative care
- Additional nurse-led models
- Population health
- Scope and standards of practice
- Omaha system
- Guidelines for nurses
- Linkages in the practice setting
- Accountability and quality management
- Professional development and collaboration
- Legal, ethical, and financial issues
- Trends and opportunities
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 31. The nurse in the schools
- History of school nursing
- Standards of practice for school nurses
- Educational and licensure credentials of school nurses
- Roles and functions of school nurses
- School health services
- School nurses and Healthy People 2030
- The levels of prevention applied in schools
- Controversies in school nursing
- Ethics in school nursing
- Future trends in school nursing
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- 32. The nurse in occupational health
- Definition and scope of occupational health nursing
- History and evolution of occupational health nursing
- Roles and professionalism in occupational health nursing
- Workers as a population aggregate
- Application of the epidemiologic model
- Organizational and public efforts to promote worker health and safety
- Nursing care of working populations
- Healthy People 2030 document related to occupational health
- Legislation related to occupational health
- Disaster planning and management
- Practice application
- Remember this!
- Evolve website
- References
- Appendix A: Guidelines for practice
- Appendix B: Assessment tools
- Appendix C: Essential elements of public health nursing
- Appendix D: Hepatitis information
- Index
- Inside back cover
- Edition: 6
- Published: May 18, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 664
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323776882
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323751544
- LooseLeaf ISBN: 9780323829649
- eBook ISBN: 9780323776899
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Marcia Stanhope
Affiliations and expertise
Education and Practice Consultant and Professor Emerita, College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KentuckyJL
Jeanette Lancaster
Affiliations and expertise
Sadie Heath Cabiness Professor and Dean Emerita, School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Associate, Tuft & Associates, Inc.