Read chapters 1, 2 & 6 of the class textbook, and review the attached PowerPoint presentations once done, answer the following questions.

1. In your own words define the concept community. Compare and contrast the definitions of health from a public health nursing perspective and list and explain the three levels of prevention and give an example of each one.

2. Mention and discuss community/public health nursing interventions, as explained by the intervention Wheel.

3. Describe and explain the process of conducting a community health assessment. Identify and discuss the use of the epidemiological data at each step of the nursing process.

4. Compare the application of the public health principles to the nation’s major health problems at the turn of the twentieth century (i.e. acute disease) with the beginning of the twenty-first century (i.e. chronic disease) and mention and discuss the major contemporary issues facing community/public health nursing, and trace the historical roots to the present.

Assignment in an APA format word document, APA required font (Arial 12). A minimum of 2 evidence-based references (besides the class textbook) no older than 5 years must be used. The replies can’t be posted on the same day, I must see different dates in the replies. A minimum of 800 words is required and not exceeding 1,000 words (excluding the first and reference page).