| Description |
xi, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: The Challenges of a New Millennium -- Pt. I. The Human Quest for Health -- 1. Toward a Definition of Health -- 2. Motivation for Health Behavior -- 3. The Health Promotion Model -- Pt. II. Health Promotion in Diverse Populations -- 4. Empowering for Self-Care Across the Life Span -- 5. Health Promotion in Vulnerable Populations -- Pt. III. Planning for Prevention and Health Promotion -- 6. Assessing Health, Health Beliefs, and Health Behaviors -- 7. Developing a Health Protection and Promotion Plan -- Pt. IV. Interventions for Prevention and Health Promotion -- 8. Physical Activity and Health -- 9. Nutrition and Health -- 10. Stress Management and Health -- 11. Social Support and Health -- Pt. V. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Health Promotion -- 12. Measuring Outcomes of Health Promotion and Prevention Interventions -- 13. Evaluating Individual and Community Interventions |
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Pt. VI. Approaches for Promoting a Healthier Society -- 14. Health Promotion in Community Settings -- 15. Protecting and Promoting Health Through Social and Environmental Change |
| Summary |
This theoretical and practical text focuses on national health promotion priorities identified in Healthy People 2010, with special emphasis on culturally and racially diverse populations. Its unique coverage features an overview of major health behavior change models as a context for active participation in assessing, planning, and intervening to improve the health of individuals, families, and communities, and to prevent disease |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Health behavior.
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Preventive health services.
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Health education.
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Nursing.
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Health promotion.
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Health Promotion.
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Nursing Care.
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Health Promotion.
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Nursing Care.
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Health Behavior.
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Health Policy.
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| Genre/Form |
Nurses Instruction.
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| Author |
Murdaugh, Carolyn L.
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Parsons, Mary Ann.
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| LC no. |
2001016328 |
| ISBN |
0130319503 |
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