Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one: The context of community health nursing in Canada. The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada -- Financing, Policy, and Politics of Health Care Delivery -- Nursing Roles, Functions, and Practice Settings -- Public Health Nursing -- Home Health Nursing in Canada -- Advocacy, Ethical, and Legal Considerations -- Part two: Foundations and tools for community health nursing practice. Theoretical Foundations of Community Health Nursing -- Health Promotion -- Cultural Care -- Research -- Epidemiology -- Communicable Diseases -- Community Nursing Process -- Community Health Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation -- Information Technology -- Part three: Nursing care of selected populations -- Maternal, Infant, and Child Health -- School Health -- Family Health -- Gender and Community Health -- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Clients -- Older Adult Health -- Aboriginal Health -- Mental Health -- Rural Health -- Chronic Care, Long-Term Care, and Palliative Care -- Correctional Health -- Environmental and Occupational Health -- Part four: Selected community problems. Violence in Societies -- Poverty, Homelessness, and Food Security -- Substance Use, Abuse, and Addictions -- Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood Borne Pathogens -- Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Nursing -- Part five: Looking ahead. Global Health -- Challenges and Future Directions.

"Community Health Nursing: A Canadian Perspective, Fourth Edition, has been written with the undergraduate student in mind. The work on this edition is in response to the needs expressed by faculty and students for a broad, comprehensive, and yet concise textbook providing an overview of community health nursing. Each topic is written on with the understanding that this will be the student's first foray into the community health nursing arena. We have chosen to incorporate the individual, family, community, system, and population as client perspectives throughout the text."-- Provided by publisher.