Contributors
  Foreword
  Preface
  Acknowledgments
Unit 1  Concepts
  Chapter 1  Vulnerable Populations: Vulnerable People
  Chapter 2  Rethinking Vulnerability
  Chapter 3  Cultural Competence, Resilience, and Advocacy
  Chapter 4  Social Justice in Nursing: A Review of the Literature
  Chapter 5  Low Literacy and Vulnerable Clients
Unit 2  Nursing Theories
  Chapter 6  Nursing Theories Applied to Vulnerable Populations: Examples from Turkey
  Chapter 7  Culturally Competent Care for Samoans
  Chapter 8  The Ethical Experience of Caring for Vulnerable Populations: The Symphonological Approach
  Chapter 9  Giving Voice to Vulnerable Populations: Rogerian Theory
  Chapter 10  Application of the Barnard Parent/Caregiver–Child Interaction Model to Care of Premature Infants
  Chapter 11  The Utility of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory with Vulnerable Populations
  Chapter 12  Positive Skills, Positive Strategies: Solution-Focused Nursing
Unit 3  Research
  Chapter 13  Methodological and Ethical Issues in Research with Vulnerable Populations
  Chapter 14  Sample Qualitative Research Proposal: The Lived Experiences of Taiwanese-Americans with Pre-Diabetes Type 2
  Chapter 15  Sample Quantitative Research Proposal: The Effects of Relaxation Exercises on Anxiety and Discomfort Associated with Pelvic Examinations
  Chapter 16  African-American Families Having Children with Asthma: A Critical Review
  Chapter 17  Life Histories of Successful Survivors of Colostomy Surgery, Multiple Sclerosis, and Bereavement
  Chapter 18  “Staying with HIV/AIDS”: A Compressed Ethnography of Zambian Women
  Chapter 19  Gender Differences in Barriers to Adolescent Honesty with Advanced Practice Nurses
  Chapter 20  Experiencing Homelessness: A Grounded Theory Study of Formerly Homeless Mothers
  Chapter 21  The Use of Community-Based Participatory Research to Understand and Work with Vulnerable Populations
  Chapter 22  Immigrant Vulnerability: Does Capitalism in the United States Matter?
Unit 4  Practice
  Chapter 23  Predisposition to Non–Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus among Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union
  Chapter 24  Barriers to Healthcare Access for Latino Service Workers in a Resort Community
  Chapter 25  Barriers to Tuberculosis Screening among Filipino Immigrants to the United States
  Chapter 26  Effective Treatment Plans for Female Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  Chapter 27  Hormone Replacement and the Treatment of the Transgender Patient: A Critical Literature Review
  Chapter 28  Mustada’afah (Vulnerability) in Arab Muslim Women Living in the United States
  Chapter 29  Sample Care Plan for Culturally Competent Care of an Arab Muslim Woman
Unit 5  Programs
  Chapter 30  Program Development for Vulnerable Populations
  Chapter 31  Overcoming Vulnerability: An Evidence-Based Practice Model for Nicaraguan Men
  Chapter 32  Center for Reducing Risks in Vulnerable Populations
  Chapter 33  Reducing the Vulnerability of Nurses
  Chapter 34  Opening a Clinic: A Far-Off Dream Becomes a Reality
  Chapter 35  Program Proposal for Native American/Alaskan Native Community Organization
Unit 6  Teaching–Learning
  Chapter 37  Teaching Nurses about Vulnerable Populations
  Chapter 38  Healthy Communities: A Framework for Experiential Learning in Community Health Nursing
  Chapter 39  Preparing Nursing Professionals for Advocacy: Service Learning
  Chapter 40  Designing a Model for Predicting or Working with Vulnerable Populations Based on Graduate Fieldwork
  Chapter 41  Vulnerable Populations: A Model for a Web-Enhanced Doctoral-Level Course
Unit 7  Policy Implications
  Chapter 42  Public Policy and Vulnerable Populations
  Chapter 43  Health Care for Some Borne on the Backs of the Poor
  Chapter 44  Resolving Disparities in Elder Care: Clinical Quality, Translational Science, and the Clinical Doctorate
  Chapter 45  Global Nursing Migration: Issues in Social Justice and Vulnerability
  Conclusion: Passionate Global Public Health Champions Needed
  Index