Perspectives in Health Care and Population-Centered Nursing. Population-focused practice: the foundation of specialization in public health nursing -- History of public health and public and community health nursing -- Public health and primary health care systems and healthcare transformation -- Perspectives in global health care. -- Influences on Health Care Delivery and Population-Centered Nursing. Economics of health care delivery -- Application of ethics in the community -- Cultural diversity in the community -- Public health policy. -- Conceptual and Scientific Frameworks Applied to Population-Centered Nursing Practice. Population-based public health nursing practice: the intervention wheel -- Environmental health -- Genomics in public health nursing -- Epidemiology -- Infectious disease prevention and control -- Communicable and infectious disease risks -- Evidence-based practice -- Using health education and groups to promote health -- Promoting healthy communities using multilevel participatory strategies. -- Issues and Approaches in Population-Centered Nursing. Community as client: assessment and analysis -- Population-centered nursing in rural and urban environments -- Promoting health through healthy communities and cities -- The nursing center: a model for nursing practice in the community -- Case management -- Public health nursing and the disaster management cycle -- Public health surveillance and outbreak investigation -- Program management -- Quality management. -- Health Promotion With Target Populations Across the Life Span. Family development and family nursing assessment -- Family health risks -- Child and adolescent health -- Major health issues and chronic disease management of adults across the life span -- Special needs populations. -- Vulnerability: Issues for the Twenty-First Century. Vulnerability and vulnerable populations: an overview -- Poverty and homelessness -- Migrant health issues -- Teen pregnancy -- Mental health issues -- Alcohol, tobacco and other drug problems -- Violence and human abuse. -- Nurse Roles and Functions in the Community. The advanced practice nurse in the community -- The nurse leader in the community -- The nurse in home health and hospice -- The nurse in the schools -- The nurse in occupational health -- Forensic nursing in the community -- The nurse in the faith community -- Public health nursing at local, state, and national levels.