Community health nursing : an alliance for health / edited by Stephen P. Holzemer, Marilyn B. Klainberg.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reflecting on providing care to clients in the community -- Respect for an ethical and cultural context for care in the community -- The vision for the alliance for health model -- Relating health policy and evidence-based research in the community -- Clear communication and information management in the community -- Narratives of courage : the voice of clients in community health nursing -- Expertise of the compassionate nurse in community-based care -- Validity and reliability in epidemiology and environmental health -- Inquiry and health promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration in the community -- Flexibility and systems of care management for providing care in the community -- Justice and resource allocation for the family and community -- Precision and principles of community program development -- Using project management for successful and viable community program change -- Staying alert as the key to emergency and disaster management -- Responsibility and interstate, international, and global community health concerns -- Creating an evidence-based future in community health nursing.