Includes index.

Introduction -- Primary Health Care Concept -- Community Health Nursing -- Government Mechanism for Primary Health Care -- Roles and Responsibilities of Nursing Personnel -- Examination and Investigations for Diseases -- Principles and Practices of Drug Use -- Common Community Health Problems -- First Aid and Referral -- Communicable Diseases: Manifestation and Management -- Non-Communicable Diseases: Manifestation and Management -- National Programs for Prevention and Control.

This book discusses the concept of Primary Health Care and Community Health Nursing as a means of delivering care to communities. It explains the government framework, nursing roles, disease examination and investigations, drug use, common health problems, first aid, referrals, and management of communicable and non-communicable diseases. It also covers national programs for disease prevention and control in detail.