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Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Advanced Practice: Integrating Evidence-Based Lifestyle Concepts is a unique new resource that is not afraid to address lifestyle concepts that can change the trajectory of healthcare in the United States and globally. It provides practical, evidence-based approaches to reduce the pandemic of preventable lifestyle-related chronic diseases such as heart disease, hypertension, some strokes, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and multiple types of cancer. It provides nurse practitioners and physician assistants with the lifestyle management tools needed to contribute to a higher level of care to promote health and prevent disease. The authors take a deep dive into the literature regarding lifestyle concepts and practical management of lifestyle-related chronic diseases. They discuss the root causes of diseases and approaches for patient-centered care, strategies for health promotion reimbursement, and trending telehealth delivery of health care. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Advanced Practice: Integrating Evidence-Based Lifestyle Concepts is the only resource that provides evidence-based, practical approaches to encouraging patient adherence to healthy behaviors. This book is a greatly needed resource that should be a staple for all health professionals, educators, and learners. It contains essential content to improve population health and well-being through health promotion and healthy lifestyle behaviors. The A-SMART lifestyle prescriptions for health promotion are well organized into the significant lifestyle behaviors that prevent chronic conditions. One of the many strengths of this text is that it is practical and relatable. The chapters on health promotion billing and reimbursement as well as information technology and provider self-care are terrific additions."""" -Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN from the Foreword Vice President for Health Promotion, University Chief Wellness Officer, Professor of Evidence-Based Practice, College of Nursing, Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Institute for EBP, Ohio State University Features and Benefits Evidence-based content maps to the revised AACN Essentials with a focus on person-centered care, population health, and interprofessional partnerships. Includes practical steps for starting the conversation with patients about how to enhance their healthy behaviors. An Application Activity in every chapter asks students to reflect on a topic and provide a practical approach to address an issue. Every new print copy includes access to Navigate Essentials with Interactive Lectures featuring practical tips and critical thinking prompts to help patients implement lifestyle concepts for Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiac Disease, Chronic Pain, and Mental Health. Instructor resources include Slides in PowerPoint format, Case Studies, and Weblinks. Appropriate Courses Primary courses include: Core Advanced Health Promotion or Wellness, Managing Care, Disease Prevention, Advanced Health Assessment, Theories and Concepts of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, Clinical Prevention & Population Health. This text fits within the Revised AACN Essentials Domain 3: Population Health. About the Authors Loureen Downes, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, is an Associate Professor and the founding Program Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at Florida Gulf Coast University. Dr. Downes is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with a passion for lifestyle behaviors’ and chronic disease prevention. She is also certified in Lifestyle Medicine by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Lilly Tryon, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, DipACLM, NBC-HWC, ACSM-EP, is a Professor at the Southern Adventist University School of Nursing. She has a master's degree in Nursing (Drexel University, 2006), a Doctorate in Nursing Practice with an emphasis in lifestyle medicine (Southern Adventist University, 2014), and holds national certifications in lifestyle medicine, health coaching, plant-based nutrition, and exercise physiology. As Professor, Dr. Tryon focuses on expanding the use of lifestyle medicine in advanced practice nursing.""

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Loureen Downes, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, DipACLM, FAANP, NBC-HWC, is a Conner Professor in Nursing and the founding Program Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at Florida Gulf Coast University. She has a master's degree in nursing from Florida Atlantic University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Connecticut. As a clinician, Dr. Downes is a board-certified family nurse practitioner, a diplomate of lifestyle medicine, and a health and wellness coach. As a professor, she enjoys teaching nurse practitioner students to use lifestyle as first-line treatment or as an adjunct to traditional treatment regimens. One of her favorite courses to teach is Advanced Health Promotion. Her passion and research interest is to improve dietary habits and physical activity to decrease risk factors for preventable chronic diseases. She frequently contributes to her community and faith-based organization by delivering presentations on preventing and managing chronic diseases through lifestyle behaviors. Her notable research accomplishment includes developing an instrument, the Motivators, and the Barriers of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale, used nationally and internationally. Dr. 'Downes is the author of several peer-reviewed articles and has presented regionally, nationally, and internationally on lifestyle behaviors. Lilly Tryon, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, DipACLM, NBCHWC, ACSM-EP, is a professor at the Southern Adventist University School of Nursing. She has a master's degree in nursing (Drexel University), a doctorate in nursing practice with an emphasis in'lifestyle medicine (Southern Adventist 'University), and holds certifications in lifestyle medicine, health and wellness coaching, plant-based nutrition, and 'exercise physiology.'As a professor, Dr. Tryon focuses on'expanding the use of lifestyle medicine in'advanced practice nursing. 'She teaches courses in advanced health promotion,'lifestyle medicine, nutrition, culinary medicine, exercise, and health coaching and'often uses the analogy of a tour guide (as opposed to a travel agent) to'encourage'students to go beyond prescribing and coach their patients to take realistic,'evidence-based, and'sustainable steps for preventing, managing, and reversing'chronic disease. Dr. Tryon is a board-certified family nurse practitioner with over 35 years of nursing experience in lifestyle medicine and community health. She practices part-time at LifeMed, a direct primary care and lifestyle medicine practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she focuses on using lifestyle as medicine in addressing the healthcare needs of her patients. She is also a strong advocate of faith-based health ministry and has developed training workshops and materials for using a coaching approach in church health outreach programs.

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