Essential areas of graduate study in advanced community health nursing practice:
1. Public health framework and theories
2. Health promotion and disease prevention theories
3. Theories of justice and ethics
4. Community development theories
5. Community health planning
6. Program planning and development
7. Interdisciplinary collaboration
8. Public health policy
9. Environmental health
10. Biostatistics
11. Demography
12. Epidemiology
13. Program evaluation
14. Community action/ empowerment