Unit I. Basis for Public Health Nursing Knowledge and Skills 1 Public Health and Nursing Practice 2 Optimizing Population Health 3 Epidemiology and Nursing Practice 4 Introduction to Community Assessment 5 Health Program Planning 6 Environmental Health Unit II. Community Health Across Populations: Public Health Issues 7 Health Disparities and Vulnerable Populations 8 Communicable Diseases 9 Non- communicable Diseases 10 Mental Health 11 Substance Use and the Health of Communities 12 Injury and Violence 13 Nursing and Global Health Unit III. Public Health Planning 14 Health Planning for Local Public Health Departments 15 Health Planning for Acute Care Settings 16 Health Planning for Primary Care Settings 17 Health Planning with Rural and Urban Comm