Public & Community Health Nursing Practice : A Population-Focused Approach

PART I. A POPULATION BASED FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE 1. Population-Based Public Health Practice 2. Public Health System 3. Epidemiology: Population-Based Data 4. Behavioral Health Theories PART II. PUBLIC HEALTH-COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK 5. Behavioral Assessment 6. Public Health Organizational Assessment 7. Environmental Health Assessment 8. Community Assessment & Analysis PART III. PUBLIC HEALTH-COMMUNITY HEALTH INTERVENTIONS & PROGRAM PLANNING 9. Cultural Competence 10. Community Development 11. Community-Level Interventions 12. Public Health-Community Health Program Planning PART IV. PUBLIC HEALTH MONITORING, EVALUATION, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, OUTCOME MEASURES, & EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE 13. Program Monitoring & Evaluation 14. Performance Measurement & Improvement 15. Public Health Research 16. Evidence-Based Public Health Practice PART V. PUBLIC HEALTH-COMMUNITY HEALTH LEADERSHIP & ADMINISTRATION 17. Public Health-Community Health Leadership 18. Communication, Collaboration, Negotiation, & Conflict 19. Public Health-Community Health Decisional & Causal Analysis 20. Fiscal & Human Resource Management 21. Public Health Informatics PART VI. PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY, LAW, & ETHICS 22. Public Health Policy & Politics 23. Process of Public Health Policy Development 24. Public Health Policy Formulation, Implementation, & Modification 25. Public Health Policy Analysis & Evaluation 26. Public Health Law & the Legal System 27. Scope of Public Health Law 28. Public Health Ethics APPENDICES A. Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals B. Healthy People 2010 Goals & Objectives C. Epidemiological Glossary D. Community-Based Organization Assessment E. Hazardous Environmental Agents, Routes of Entry, & Symptoms F. Integrated Community Assessment Process & Tool G. List of Selected Public Health Laws H. List of Resources