Publisher's Synopsis
This informative text highlights an aggregate focus within the traditional areas of family and community health. Including the family as an aggregate, yet going beyond the traditional home visit to the family, this book also addresses the needs of other aggregates or population sub-groups. Its goals are to 1) provide the student with the ability to assess the complex of factors in the community which affect individual, family, and group responses to health states and problems; and 2) to use this ability to plan, implement and evaluate community health nursing care to promote of the health of populations. Designed to stimulate critical thinking, challenge students to question and debate issues, and to raise consciousness regarding the ways social factors can negatively affect health status in America. Includes learning objectives, theoretical frameworks, case studies, and learning activities to enhance student comprehension. An Instructor's Manual is available.
