Public health nursing : population-centered health care in the community / [edited by] Marcia Stanhope, PhD, RN, FAAN, Education and Practice Consultant and Professor Emerita, College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, Jeanette Lancaster, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Dean Emerita, School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1: Influencing factors in health care and population-centered nursing -- pt. 2: Forces affecting health care delivery and population-centered nursing -- pt. 3: Conceptual and scientific frameworks applied to population-centered nursing practice -- pt. 4: Issues and approaches in population-centered nursing -- pt. 5: Health promotion with target populations across the life span -- pt. 6: Promoting and protecting the health of vulnerable populations -- pt. 7: Nurses' roles and functions in the community.