Concept of community health nursing; demographic trends, common
community health problems; cultural diversification in community;
community approach community organization; community participation;
community empowerment; Nurses’ roles in health promotion; fundamental
theories of health beliefs model and illness prevention; immunization, early
screening, environmental health; elements & principles of primary health
care; approaches to PHC; Health care delivery system; nurses’ roles &
responsibility of a community health nurse; health education, concept related
to family health nursing; family assessment; family counseling; care of
family care givers; nursing care for special health concerns – women & child
abuse,vulnerable groups such as disadvantaged people, women, children,
elderly, disabled & handicapped; concept of disasters, mass casualty and its
management, occupational health; hazards and related diseases, & nurses’
role.Concept of Epidemiology, principles, occurrence and distribution of
diseases; indicators of health, epidemic investigations, prevention and control
of communicable and non-communicable diseases, population and health
statistics.