Transformative Community Health Nursing: Open Governance and Disaster Resilience in the Digital Age

This book aims to redefine health care through nursing innovation and community empowerment.It provides a comprehensive overview of how resilient, equitable, and adaptive health systems can be developed around community needs, and how they can respond to rapid societal change and compounding risks in the digital age. In an era marked by widening health disparities and complex health challenges, this book responds to the urgent call for a fundamental shift in how health services are conceptualized, governed, and delivered.It draws inspiration from the International Council of Nurses’ revised Code of Ethics and the World Health Organization’s strategy on integrated, people-centered health services, echoing the core principles of the Sustainable Development Goals-equity, human rights, and gender equality. The book traces the evolution of nursing from Florence Nightingale’s pioneering work to contemporary global health and disaster challenges, advocating a paradigm shift from monetary valu