Community health nursing book pdf free download

Chronis illnesses, tobacco smoking, road traffic accident (RTA) etc, and environmental changes that affect health are steadily becoming the major concerns influencing human health in our country.

Today community participation and involvement is getting a due attention before the occurrence of illnesses as life-style changes to continue to play a significant role in morbidity and mortality. Community health nursing is essential particularly at this point in time because it maximizes the health status of individuals, families, groups and the community through direct approach with them. It combines all the basic elements of professional, clinical nursing with public health and community practice. This material is intended for educational use only by practicing health care workers or students and faculty in a health care field.ДЈ PREFACE Community health Nursing is the synthesis of nursing and public health practice applied to promote and protect the health of population. Except as expressly provided above, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission of the author or authors. Under no circumstances is it permissible to sell or distribute on a commercial basis, or to claim authorship of, copies of material reproduced from this publication by Daniel Mengistu and Equlinet Misganaw All rights reserved. All copies must retain all author credits and copyright notices included in the original document. Important Guidelines for Printing and Photocopying Limited permission is granted free of charge to print or photocopy all pages of this publication for educational, not-for-profit use by health care workers, students or faculty. 663-A Produced in collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter Center, the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education. 1 LECTURE NOTES For Nursing Students Community Health Nursing Daniel Mengistu Equlinet Misganaw University of Gondar In collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter Center, the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education 2006Дў Funded under USAID Cooperative Agreement No.

Community health nursing book pdf free download