Up to date and easy to read, this textbook provides comprehensive coverage ofall major concepts of health promotion and disease prevention. It highlights growth and development throughout the life span, emphasizing normal development as well as the specific problems and health promotion issues common to each stage. All population groups are addressed with separate chapters for individuals, families, and communities. INDICE: UNIT 1: FOUNDATIONS FOR HEALTH PROMOTIONHealth Defined: Objectivesfor Promotion and PreventionEmerging Populations and HealthHealth Policy and the Delivery SystemThe Therapeutic RelationshipEthical Issues Relevant to Health PromotionUNIT 2: ASSESSMENT FOR HEALTH PROMOTIONHealth Promotion and the IndividualHealth Promotion and the FamilyHealth Promotion and the CommunityUNIT 3: INTERVENTIONS FOR HEALTH PROMOTIONScreeningHealth EducationNutrition Counseling for Health PromotionExerciseStress ManagementHolistic Health StrategiesUNIT 4: APPLICATION OF HEALTH PROMOTIONOverview of Growth and Development FrameworkThe Prenatal PeriodInfantToddlerPreschool ChildSchool-Age ChildAdolescentYoung AdultMiddle-Age AdultOlder AdultUNIT 5: CHALLENGES IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYHealth Promotion for the Twenty-First Century
- ISBN: 978-0-323-05662-5
- Editorial: Mosby
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 720
- Fecha Publicación: 11/11/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés