What is public health and public health nursing / Marie Truglio-Londrigan and Sandra B. Lewenson -- Public health nursing in the United States : a history / Sandra B. Lewenson -- Assessment : using the public health nursing assessment tool / Marie Truglio-Londrigan and Sandra B. Lewenson -- Fundamentals of epidemiology and social epidemiology / Susan Moscou -- Evidence-based practice from a public health perspective / Joanne K. Singleton ... [et al.] -- Applying technology in public health nursing / Martha Kelly, Sandra B. Lewenson, and Marie Truglio-Londrigan -- Considerations of culture in the health of the public / Astrid Hellier Wilson and Mary de Chesnay -- Hitting the pavement : intervention of case finding : outreach, screening, surveillance, and disease and health event investigation / Margaret Macali ... [et al.] -- Running the show : referral and follow-up, case management, delegated functions / Janna L. Dieckmann -- Working it out : consultation, counseling, and health teaching / Lin Drury -- Working together : collaboration, coalition building, and community organizing / Adrienne Wald -- Getting the word out : advocacy, social marketing, and policy development and enforcement / Susan Moscou -- Protecting, sustaining, and empowering : a historical perspective on the control of epidemics / Christine E. Hallett -- Historical highlights in disaster nursing / Barbara Mann Wall and Arlene Keeling -- Public health : costs, challenges, and considerations / Mary Alice Higgins Donius -- Nursing education and public health nursing / Cathleen M. Shultz and Karen Kelley.