Concepts and theories. Vulnerable populations : vulnerable people / Advocacy role of providers / Cultural competence and resilience / Social justice in nursing : a review of the literature / Low literacy and vulnerable clients / Nursing theories and models applied to vulnerable populations : examples from Turkey / Applying middle-range concepts and theories to the care of vulnerable populations / The Utility of Leininger's cultural care theory with vulnerable populations / Application of the health belief model in women with gestational diabetes / Common sense model of illness behaviors : older adults diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction

Research. Research with vulnerable populations : implications for developed and developing countries / Sample qualitative research proposal : a study to develop a disclosure to children intervention for HIV/AIDS-infected women / Sample quantitative research proposal : effect of video-based education on knowledge and perceptions of risk for breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in urban Latinas / Life history of Jim : "I am not broken" / The use of community-based participatory research to understand and work with vulnerable populations / Decreasing vulnerability in birth : waterbirth in military treatment facilities / Women of Oman : a systematic review of health issues

Practice and programs. Transcultural aspects of perinatal health care of Somali women / Navy nurses : vulnerable people caring for vulnerable populations / Pet therapy in nursing / Undocumented immigrants : connecting with the disconnected / Developing population-based programs for the vulnerable / Childhood autism in a rural environment : reaching vulnerable children and their families / Developing a nurse practitioner-run center for residents in rural Appalachia / Negotiating the world : nursing interventions for a vulnerable prison population before and after parole / Role transition for immigrant women : vulnerabilities and strengths / Youthful resilience : programs that promote health in adolescence / Culture, collaboration, and community : participatory action anthropology in development of senior ConNEXTions / Adolescents and low glycemic control in Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Teaching-learning. Teaching nurses about vulnerable populations / Caring for vulnerable populations : the role of the DNP-prepared nurse / Community action by undergraduate students on behalf of trafficked children / The college-bound adolescent with a mental health disorder / Homeless college students / Teaching nurse practitioners about sex trafficking : an honors capstone project / Family nursing clinical immersion in Lac de Flambeau / Teaching psychiatric and community health simulations for vulnerable populations

Policy implications. Public policy and vulnerable populations / The Samfie man revisited : sex tourism and trafficking / Impact of the affordable care act on health policy and advocacy for vulnerable populations / Health systems and human resources for health : new dimensions in global health nursing