Community and Public Health Nursing :An Epidemiologic Approach

Harkness integrates the principles of epidemiology and basic biostatistics with core principles of community health nursing and public health nursing. This focus will provide both the methods and the knowledge necessary to gather, analyze, and evaluate data as evidence for community health practice decisions.

Focusing on the individual, only in the context of the community setting, Harkness also emphasizes the global community, refl ecting increasingly global healthcare concerns. Cultivating critical thinking skills through case studies and examples focusing on regional national and international community settings, Harkness is an applied core text for students in Baccalaureate programs who are preparing to be generalists in community health and public health nursing (CHN & PHN).


Integration of the principles of epidemiology and basic biostatistics with core principles of CHN & PHN: This focus will provide both the methods and the knowledge necessary to gather,analyze, and evaluate data as evidence for community health practice decisions.

Case studies integrated throughout each chapter provide students a way to critically think about community health and apply concepts.

Special Evidence for Practice section highlights key “evidence for practice” information.

Practice Points help students learn to critically think about evidence-based practice.
Critical Thinking questions at end of chapter allow students to apply chapter concepts.

Poems and quotations give eloquent and sometimes humorous insight, showing the ‘human touch’ of community health nursing.
Instructor and Student Resources

PowerPoint Presentations

Test Generator
Case Studies

Journal Articles