Community as partner : theory and practice in nursing / Elizabeth T. Anderson, Judith McFarlane.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theoretical Foundations -- Primary Health Care / Janet Gottschalk, Susan Scoville Baker -- Globalization -- Primary Health Care -- Nurses for the 21st Century -- Epidemiology, Demography, and Community Health / Sandra A. Cashaw -- Demography -- Levels of Prevention in Community Health Practice -- Descriptive Measures of Health -- Analytic Measures of Health -- Criteria for Determining Causation -- Sources of Community Health Data -- Screening for Health Conditions -- Epidemiologic Approaches to Community Health Research -- Environment and the Health of Communities / Ruth Grubesic -- Pollution -- The Complex Human Environment -- Application: A Regional Case Study -- Model Application -- Policy Implication -- Ethical Quandaries in Community Health Nursing / Susan Scoville Baker -- What Is Ethics? -- Seven Principles Essential in Health Care Ethics -- Ethical Quandaries in Community Health -- Community Empowerment and Healing / Bruce Leonard -- Perspectives on Community Health Partnerships -- Community Participation and Healing -- Healing in the Community -- Developing Right-Relationships -- Transforming Communities Through Empowerment -- Empowering a Community Through Participatory Action Research -- Cultural Competence in Partnerships With Communities / Judith C. Drew -- Diversity, Ethnicity, and Culture -- Culture, Health and Illness, and Nursing -- Cultural Health Care Systems -- Decision Making -- Conflict Among Sectors -- The Culturally Competent Provider -- Cultural Awareness Exercises.

The thoroughly updated Fourth Edition of this AJN award-winning text examines the contemporary public health nurse's role as a hands-on caregiver, community detective, and epidemiologist. Emphasizing primary care, community assessment, and program planning, the book provides a practical "how-to" model for working with a community and includes case studies from communities throughout the world. This edition highlights a broader perspective on community ethics and development, an increased focus on epidemiology, and critical thinking questions.