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Author Haber, David, 1944- author.

Title Health Promotion and Aging : Practical Applications for Health Professionals / David Haber.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, [2013]
©2013

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 Axe EBSCO Medical Collection E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition Sixth edition.
Description 1 online resource (xix, 513 pages)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
data file rda
Language Text in English.
Note Print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Healthy People Initiatives; Sociodemographic Trends; Population Growth Over Age 65; The Baby Boomers; The Older Old, Chronic Conditions, and Disability; Centenarians; Life Expectancy; Hospital Stays and Physician Visits; Medication Use; Health Habits; Perceptions of Health; Volunteering; Marital Status; Work; Educational Status; Political Power; Internet Access; Poverty; Racial and Ethnic Composition; Definitions of Healthy Aging; The Federal Government.
Extraordinary AccomplishmentsPrevention; Wellness; Antiold and Antiaging; Compression of Morbidity; Health Perspectives and Aging; Health Expectancy Versus Life Expectancy; Physical Versus Emotional Aspects of Aging; Intergenerational Conflict Over Health Care?; Legislation; Medicare; Medicaid; Social Security; Quality Care, Health Care, Medical Care; Health Care Versus Medical Care; Chapter 2: Clinical Preventive Services; Medical Screenings and Prophylaxis: Considerable Controversy; Guide to Clinical Preventive Services; Accuracy, Reliability, and Effectiveness of Screening Tests.
Breast CancerThe 2001 Mammography Controversy; 2009 Mammography Update; Menopause and the HRT Controversy; 2012 HRT Update; Blood Pressure; Osteoporosis; Cholesterol; Statins; Cervical Cancer; Colorectal Cancer; Prostate Cancer; Skin Cancer; Hearing and Vision; Oral Health; Diabetes; Depression; Hepatitis C; Are Screenings Going to the Dogs (and Cats)?; Immunization; Aspirin Prophylaxis; The Polypill; Medicare Prevention; A Final Word; Chapter 3: Health Educators: Collaboration, Communication, and Health Behavior Change; Collaboration; Willingness to Collaborate.
Client Empowerment Versus the Passive PatientHow to Collaborate; Changing Medical Encounters into Health Encounters; An Office System for Implementing a Health Promotion Practice; Put Prevention into Practice; Community Health Promotion Programs; Personality Characteristics of a Health Educator Who is a Collaborator; Communication; Communication Skills; Interpersonal Effectiveness; Informational Processing; Social and Behavioral Support; Cruising the Internet; Case Study in Web Deception: drkoop.com; Websites; Electronic Newsletters.
Communication Barriers Between Health Professionals and Older ClientsCross-Cultural Communication; Communicating to Client Companions; Health Professional Barriers; Jargon and Elderspeak; Four Common Reasons for Health Professionals Not to Communicate about Health Promotion to Older Clients; Health Behavior Change; Health Behavior Assessments and Interventions; Health Risk Appraisals; A Reflective Health Assessment; Stages of Change; Health Contracts; Precede; Ten Tips for Changing Health Behaviors; Motivation; Modest; Measurable; Memory; Positive Thoughts; Reinforcement.
Summary Praise for the fifth edition:. ""I applaud Dr. Haber for addressing key concepts and issues in health promotion and aging, and making them accessible, respectful, mindful, and empowering.""--Marilyn R. Gugliucci, PhD?. Director, Geriatrics Education and Research, University of New England. Past President, AGHE. ""David Haber has done it again! ... A must-have for students and faculty alike.""-Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, FAAN. Substantially revised and updated, the sixth edition of this classic text continues to define healthy aging by illustrating how to prevent disease and make large-scale.
Subject Preventive health services for older people -- United States.
Health promotion -- United States.
Health education -- United States.
Health promotion.
Older people.
Health Promotion
Aged
Preventive Health Services
Health Services for the Aged
United States
Personnes âgées -- Soins médicaux préventifs -- États-Unis.
Promotion de la santé -- États-Unis.
Éducation sanitaire -- États-Unis.
Promotion de la santé.
Personnes âgées.
elderly.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
Older people
Health education
Health promotion
Preventive health services for older people
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Other Form: Print version: Haber, David, 1944- Health promotion and aging. 6 edition 9780826199171 (DLC) 2012042833 (OCoLC)820678657
ISBN 9780826199188 (electronic bk.)
0826199186 (electronic bk.)
9780826199171 (p-ISBN)
0826199178 (p-ISBN)
9780826199089 (instructors manual)
Standard No. AU@ 000051619101
AU@ 000052915685
DEBBG BV041049873
DEBBG BV043038335
DEBBG BV044189090
DEBSZ 397504799
DEBSZ 421268484
DEBSZ 431364370
DEBSZ 449350975
AU@ 000073076031

 
    
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