Includes bibliographic references and index.

The context of primary healthcare nursing --
Community development and building capacity --
Multi-sector working and self-management in community health care --
Moving care closer to home --
Evidence-based practice and translational research applied to primary health care --
Integrating the children's public health workforce --
Community children's nursing --
Public health nursing (adult) : a vision for community nurses --
Caring for the adult in the home setting --
General practice nursing in context --
Occupational health nursing --
Caring for the person with mental health needs in the community --
Caring for the person with learning disabilities in the community --
Leadership : measuring the effectiveness of care delivery --
Social innovation and enterprise --
Adult vulnerability in the community --
End-of-life care --
Interprofessional learning and teaching for collaborative practice community --
User involvement, self-management, and compliance.

"An extremely popular and valuable resource to students, practitioners and managers in community health care nursing" - Journal of Advanced Nursing The fifth edition of Community and Public Health Nursing is an essential source of information for all those working in primary and community healthcare.