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Up to date and easy to read, this textbook provides comprehensive coverage of all 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. Extensive coverage of growth and development throughout the lifespan emphasizes the unique problems and health promotion needs of each age and stage of development. Separate chapters on each population - group, individual, family, and community - stress the unique issues faced when providing care to each group. Evidence-Based Practice boxes emphasize current research efforts and opportunities in health promotion. Hot Topics and Innovative Practice boxes engage students' interest by introducing significant issues, trends, and creative programs and projects in health promotion practice. Diversity Awareness boxes address various cultural perspectives and provide important information that needs to be considered in planning care. Case studies and care plans present realistic situations that challenge students to reflect upon important health promotion concepts. Think About It boxes dig deeper into the chapter topic and encourage critical thinking. Numerous pedagogical features such as objectives, key terms, and textual summaries highlight the most important concepts and terms in each chapter. NEW! Healthy People 2020 boxes include related goals and objectives for each chapter to address emerging health issues and health priorities over the next decade. NEW! Quality and Safety scenarios include examples and suggestions to encourage quality and safety in nursing. NEW! Redesigned Nutrition chapter highlights the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the MyPlate food guide. NEW! Standard headings in the growth and development chapters reinforce the concepts of Gordon's Functional Health Patterns.

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Author:   Carole Lium Edelman ,  Elizabeth C. Kudzma ,  Carol Lynn Mandle
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Mosby
Edition:   9th Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780323569101

ISBN 10:   0323569102
Pages:   704
Publication Date:   01 January 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Unit 1: Foundations for Health Promotion 1. Health Defined: Objectives for Promotion and Prevention 2. Emerging Populations and Health 3. Health Policy and the Delivery System 4. The Therapeutic Relationship 5. Ethical Issues Related to Health Promotion Unit 2: Assessment for Health Promotion 6. Health Promotion and the Individual 7. Health Promotion and the Family 8. Health Promotion and the Community Unit 3: Interventions for Health Promotion 9. Screening 10. Health Education 11. Nutrition Counseling for Health Promotion 12. Exercise 13. Stress Management 14. Complementary and Alternative Strategies Unit 4: Application of Health Promotion 15. Overview of Growth and Development Framework 16. The Prenatal Period 17. Infant 18. Toddler 19. Preschool Child 20. School-Age Child 21. Adolescent 22. Young Adult 23. Middle-Age Adult 24. Older Adult Unit 5: Emerging Global Health Issues 25. Health Promotion for the Twenty-First Century: Throughout the Life Span and Throughout the World

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