TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Community Health Nursing: Context and Practice Rosalinda G. Cruz-Earnshaw Community Health Nursing 16 Framework for Community Health Nursing 11 Clients of Commun ity Health Nurses 17 Individual 17 Family 18 Population group 18 Community 18 Health 19 Factors affecting health J9 Health Care Delivery System 22 Public health 22 The Philippines health care delivery system Departmen t of Health 23 MIiiennium Developmen t Goals (MDGs) 24 23 Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) Health Sector Reform Agenda (HSRA) 24 FOURmula ONE for Health (Fl) 24 National Objectives for Heal th (NOH) 25 Devolution of health services 25 The National Health Situation 26 Demographic profile 26 Health profile. 27 Primary Health Care and Health Promotion 30 Primary health care so Health promotion 32 Nursing Practice in the Commun ity 33 Critical thinking in community health nursing 34 Nursing process 34 !' Program planning, implementation and evaluatio n 38 Health education 38 Management and supervision 38 Research and evidence-based nursing practice 38 Community Health Nursing in the Philippines 39 Public health nursing 40 Occupational health nursing 42 School nursing 42 Community-Based Case Management 43 Ethlcolegal Aspects of Commun ity Health Nursing u 24 19 ________,,,,,,,,,,,,,,-, 