Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.

Contents: Opportunities in community-based nursing practice -- Roles and interventions in community-based nursing practice -- Client education and health teaching -- Case management -- Overview of the health care delivery system -- Epidemiology -- Environmental health issues -- Cultural influences on health -- Natural and manmade disasters -- Nursing care in ambulatory settings --Home health care nursing -- Health promotion and illness prevention for infants, children ans adolescents -- Health promotion and illness prevention for adults -- Issues in women's health care -- Health promotion and illness prevention for elders -- Health promotion and illness for families -- Vulnerable groups -- Mental health issues -- Communicable disease: prevention and intervention --

Home health care nursing -- Health promotion and illness prevention for infants, children, and adolescents -- Health promotion and illness prevention for adults -- Issues in women's health care -- Health promotion and illness prevention for elders -- Health promotion and illness prevention for families -- Vulnerable groups -- Mental health issues -- Communicable disease : prevention and intervention.