PART ONE: OVERVIEW Book Overview and Community Health Nursing Review PART TWO: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING Theoretical Framework for a Community Focus PART THREE: COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT Economic Forces Influencing Community Health Environmental Forces Influencing Community Health Social and Cultural Influences on Community Health Community Assessment Community Analysis and Community Diagnoses PART FOUR: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND INTERVENTIONS Planning Community Interventions Planning for Diffusion and Maintenance of Community Changes Community Intervention - Using Mass Media and the Political Process Community Interventions - Empowerment, Coalition Building and Involving Lay and Professional Members and Organizations Community Interventions - Nursing Centers, Mass Clinics, Partnerships, School Services Applying the Interventions in the Rural Area - Jeri W Dunkin PART FIVE: COMMUNITY EVALUATION Evaluation of Community Interventions