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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01 Health A Community View 1
Chapter 02 Historical Factors Community Health Nursing in Context 11
Chapter 03 Thinking Upstream Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice
22
Chapter 04 Health Promotion and Risk Reduction 29
Chapter 05 Epidemiology 37
Chapter 06 Community Assessment 49
Chapter 07 Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation 57
Chapter 08 Community Health Education 68
Chapter 09 Case Management 79
Chapter 10 Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing 98
Chapter 11 The Health Care System 100
Chapter 12 Economics of Health Care 109
Chapter 13 Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing 121
Chapter 14 Environmental Health 133
Chapter 15 Health in the Global Community 141
Chapter 16 Child and Adolescent Health 149
Chapter 17 Women's Health 163
Chapter 18 Men's Health 177
Chapter 19 Senior Health 183
Chapter 20 Family Health 196
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Chapter 21 Populations Affected by Disabilities 207
Chapter 22 Veterans Health 216
Chapter 23 Homeless Populations 226
Chapter 24 Rural and Migrant Health 236
Chapter 25 Populations Affected by Mental Illness 249
Chapter 26 Communicable Disease 258
Chapter 27 Substance Abuse 268
Chapter 28 Violence 282
Chapter 29 Natural and Man-Made Disasters 291
Chapter 30 School Health 301
Chapter 31 Occupational Health 313
Chapter 32 Forensic and Correctional Nursing 324
Chapter 33 Faith Community Nursing 333
Chapter 34 Home Health and Hospice 340
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Chapter 01: Health: A Community View
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health care?
a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care.
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system.
c. Our national health care costs keep increasing.
d. The new health care system offers free services to Americans.
ANSWER: C
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing costs, which c annot
be sustained. The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of escalatin g health care
dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.8% in 2015.
Politicians and the media both influence Americans‘ perceptions about heal th care; however,
they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new h ealth care system will
change the health care access and availability, but will not necessaril y be offering any free
services to Americans.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why is
t his involvement important?
a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are currently ve
ry visible in American medi Na . RwlI G B.CM
b. Nurses are primarily responUs ibSl e foNr mTanagingOthe various units in our health
care system.
c. Nurses are the largest segment of health care providers.
d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of hospitals.
ANSWER: C
As the largest segment of health care providers, nurses are informed about the current healt h
care system and all the problems that result from people not seeking care until they are d
esperately ill. Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA) emphasize, usually belie ve
that health care is a right, not a privilege. Therefore, nurses, whose work is central to o ur current
health care delivery system, can also be instrumental in working politically to cr eate a health
care delivery system that will meet health needs. While nurses are in several current TV series
and are employed both inside and outside of hospitals, physicians and oth er health care
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CHAPTERS 1-34|| LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01 Health A Community View 1
Chapter 02 Historical Factors Community Health Nursing in Context 11
Chapter 03 Thinking Upstream Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice
22
Chapter 04 Health Promotion and Risk Reduction 29
Chapter 05 Epidemiology 37
Chapter 06 Community Assessment 49
Chapter 07 Community Health Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation 57
Chapter 08 Community Health Education 68
Chapter 09 Case Management 79
Chapter 10 Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing 98
Chapter 11 The Health Care System 100
Chapter 12 Economics of Health Care 109
Chapter 13 Cultural Diversity and Community Health Nursing 121
Chapter 14 Environmental Health 133
Chapter 15 Health in the Global Community 141
Chapter 16 Child and Adolescent Health 149
Chapter 17 Women's Health 163
Chapter 18 Men's Health 177
Chapter 19 Senior Health 183
Chapter 20 Family Health 196
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Chapter 21 Populations Affected by Disabilities 207
Chapter 22 Veterans Health 216
Chapter 23 Homeless Populations 226
Chapter 24 Rural and Migrant Health 236
Chapter 25 Populations Affected by Mental Illness 249
Chapter 26 Communicable Disease 258
Chapter 27 Substance Abuse 268
Chapter 28 Violence 282
Chapter 29 Natural and Man-Made Disasters 291
Chapter 30 School Health 301
Chapter 31 Occupational Health 313
Chapter 32 Forensic and Correctional Nursing 324
Chapter 33 Faith Community Nursing 333
Chapter 34 Home Health and Hospice 340
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Chapter 01: Health: A Community View
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which best describes the primary reason that Americans are concerned about health care?
a. Politicians are discussing how to improve health care.
b. The media has provided mixed messages about the health care system.
c. Our national health care costs keep increasing.
d. The new health care system offers free services to Americans.
ANSWER: C
The primary reason for the focus on health care is the constantly increasing costs, which c annot
be sustained. The costs of caring for the sick accounted for the majority of escalatin g health care
dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.8% in 2015.
Politicians and the media both influence Americans‘ perceptions about heal th care; however,
they are not the primary reason why Americans are concerned. The new h ealth care system will
change the health care access and availability, but will not necessaril y be offering any free
services to Americans.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
2. A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why is
t his involvement important?
a. Nurses, as central characters in several popular TV series, are currently ve
ry visible in American medi Na . RwlI G B.CM
b. Nurses are primarily responUs ibSl e foNr mTanagingOthe various units in our health
care system.
c. Nurses are the largest segment of health care providers.
d. Nurses are the only group that is employed both inside and outside of hospitals.
ANSWER: C
As the largest segment of health care providers, nurses are informed about the current healt h
care system and all the problems that result from people not seeking care until they are d
esperately ill. Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA) emphasize, usually belie ve
that health care is a right, not a privilege. Therefore, nurses, whose work is central to o ur current
health care delivery system, can also be instrumental in working politically to cr eate a health
care delivery system that will meet health needs. While nurses are in several current TV series
and are employed both inside and outside of hospitals, physicians and oth er health care
