The present focus of community health nursing is on community wide approaches to promote health of populations. Community health nursing includes working with individuals and defining risk factors for illness and injury and encompasses a broad scope of practice. This course will introduce learners to the practice of community health nursing: nursing roles and activities, levels of prevention, primary health care and determinants of health, nursing strategies and varied practice settings within the community. The purpose will be to provide a theory base and understanding of community health concepts that will provide you with the basis for nursing practice with individuals, families and groups within the community setting; preparing graduates for the health care environment with a unique body of knowledge, combining both arts and science.