This book covers all aspects of health-related issues and discusses the roles and responsibilities of a community health nurse that is essential in linking people and local organizations in their efforts to provide essential and accessible services to the public. Community health nurses will have to understand basic principles of health care management in order to make the appropriate technology choices that will guide the future of public health services. Public health has moved into the spotlight, given the importance of implementing a population-based health approach and to addressing chronic health conditions.,

This book marks the systematic effort to provide principles and examples of practice in a public health context. In doing so, it clarifies the ways in which the new roles of community health nurse will improve individual and community health status.