Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span - E-Book, 10th Edition
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Master health promotion for all ages and population groups! Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 10th Edition provides comprehensive coverage of leading health promotion concepts from assessment to interventions to application. Its lifespan approach addresses patients’ unique needs with case studies and care plans presented within an assessment framework based on Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns. Addressing each age and stage of development, this market-leading text covers the latest research and trends in health promotion and disease prevention for diverse population groups.
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Patient Education**
Master health promotion for all ages and population groups! Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 10th Edition provides comprehensive coverage of leading health promotion concepts from assessment to interventions to application. Its lifespan approach addresses patients’ unique needs with case studies and care plans presented within an assessment framework based on Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns. Addressing each age and stage of development, this market-leading text covers the latest research and trends in health promotion and disease prevention for diverse population groups.
New to this edition
- NEW! Greater emphasis on health equity highlights the need to make health promotion accessible to all
- NEW! Increased focus on diversity and inclusion better reflects the communities being served
- NEW! Veteran’s health content is incorporated throughout, as appropriate
- NEW! Discussions of Healthy People 2030 initiatives and objectives address national health issues and priorities
- NEW! Updated diagnosis terminology includes ICNP diagnoses or patient problems
- NEW! Affordable Care Act references are more general to reflect changing politics
Key Features
- Coverage of growth and development addresses health promotion concepts for each age and each stage of development through the lifespan
- Case studies present realistic situations with questions that challenge you to apply key concepts to further develop clinical judgment
- Think About It clinical scenarios at the beginning of each chapter include questions to encourage clinical judgment
- Research for Evidence-Based Practice boxes summarize current health-promotion studies showing the links between research, theory, and practice
- Hot Topics boxes introduce significant issues, trends, and controversies in health promotion
- Separate chapters on population groups — the individual, family, and community — highlight the unique aspects of assessment and health promotion for each group
- Quality and Safety Scenario boxes focus on QSEN-related competencies with examples of health promotion
- Innovative Practice boxes outline unique and creative health promotion programs and projects currently being implemented
- Health and Social Determinants/Health Equity boxes address cultural perspectives relating to planning care
Author Information
| ISBN Number | 9780323846318 |
|---|---|
| Main Author | By Carole Lium Edelman, MSN, GCNS-BC, CMC and Elizabeth Connelly Kudzma, DNSc, MPH, WHNP-BC, CNL |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Edition Number | 10 |
| Format | eBook |
| Trim | 216w x 276h (8.50" x 10.875") |
| Imprint | Elsevier |
| Page Count | 696 |
| Publication Date | 20 Oct 2021 |
| Stock Status | IN STOCK |


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Unit 1: Foundations for Health Promotion
1. Health Defined. Health Promotion, Protection, 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 Childbearing 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 21st Century. Throughout the Life Span and Throughout the World

