Rev. ed. of: Community health nursing. 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Recent health and social policy developments / Stephen Peckham and A lison Hann -- Developments in primary care / Stephen Peckham -- Innovat ion and change in public health / David Fone, Shantini Paranjothy, and Rhianwen Elen Stiff -- Epidemiology and its application to practice / J ohn Watkins -- Social capital and health / Sarah Cowley -- Needs assess ment, public health, and commissioning of services / Nigel Monaghan -- Public health and health promotion : frameworks for practice / Dianne W atkins -- Developments in promoting workplace health / Denis D'Auria -- The family : a sociological perspective / Graham Allan and Graham Crow -- The family : a psychological perspective / Neil Frude -- Violence w ithin the family / Neil Frude -- Safeguarding children from physical ab use / Dianne Watkins and Judy Cousins --

Practice nursing / Judith Carrier -- District nursing / Carol Alstro m and Pat McCamley -- Specialist community public health nurse : health visiting / Dianne Watkins and Lorraine Joomun -- Specialist community public health nurse : school nursing / Ros Godson -- Specialist communi ty public health nurse : occupational health nursing / Bashyr Aziz -- C ommunity mental health nursing / Ben Hannigan -- Community learning dis ability nursing / Ruth Wyn Williams and David Coyle -- Community childr en's nursing / Anna Sidey and David Widdas -- Partnership working in he alth and social care / Judy Cousins -- Alternative ways of working / He len Beswick ... [et al.] -- Advancing public health in nursing practice / Dianne Watkins and Judy Cousins.