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This rich resource provides a thorough overview of current
knowledge and new directions in the study of the biological,
psychological, social, and cultural factors that affect health,
health behavior, and illness. Chapters review the latest theories
and research with an emphasis on how research is translated into
behavioral medicine interventions. Featuring contributions from top
researchers and rising stars in the field, authors provide a
theoretical foundation; evaluate the empirical evidence; and make
suggestions for future research, clinical practice, and policy. The
handbook reflects the latest approaches to health psychology today,
including: Emphasis throughout on the socio-cultural aspects of
health, including socioeconomic status, gender, race/ethnicity,
sexual orientation, and age/developmental stage A new section on
emerging areas in health psychology, including behavioral genomics,
military veterans' health, and digital health Coverage of
prevention, interventions, and treatment in the applications
section An expansion of the biopsychosocial model across several
levels of analysis, including cultural, macro-social, and cellular
factors Sustained emphasis on translating research into practice
and policy The handbook considers the intersections of concepts
(behavior change), populations (women's and sexual minority
health), cultural groups (African American, Asian American, and
Latino), risk and protective factors (obesity, coping), and
diseases (cancer, diabetes, HIV), making it essential reading for
scholars of health psychology, public health, epidemiology, and
nursing. Novices to the field appreciate the accessibly written
chapters, while seasoned professionals appreciate the book's deep,
cutting-edge coverage.
Community and Public Health Nursing, 3rd Edition Rosanna F.
DeMarco, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, APHN-BC, FAAN; and Judith Healey-Walsh,
PhD, RN Turn evidence-based data into confident clinical decisions.
Succinct, approachable, and logically organized, Community and
Public Health Nursing, 3rd Edition, helps you develop the critical
thinking skills and complex reasoning abilities you need to connect
data with effective decisions in community and public health
practice. This extensively revised, heavily illustrated edition
emphasizes an evidence-based perspective and focuses on the
individual in the context of the community setting and on the
global community to equip you for challenges you'll encounter
throughout your nursing career. Case Studies stimulate your
critical thinking and analytic skills. Evidence for Practice Briefs
offer objective evidence obtained from research and guide you in
making practice decisions. Practice Points highlight important
practice considerations for fast reference. Student Perspectives
make chapter content relatable with relevant insights from real
students. Critical Thinking Questions test your ability to combine
research, context, and judgment for effective critical analysis.
Ethical Legal Issues vignettes alert you to ethical and legal
concerns unique to community and public health nursing practice.
How To Boxes detail specific steps for completing common tasks.
Levels of Prevention Boxes help you master primary, secondary, and
tertiary prevention of disease and illness. Chapter Highlights
point out key chapter content to help you study efficiently. Key
Concepts and Key Terms familiarize you with concepts and
terminology essential to your understanding. Objectives help you
identify observable goals for the completion of each chapter.
Updated Healthy People 2020 coverage and learning activities help
you meet national objectives and apply concepts to real-life
scenarios. Community Resources connect you to sources of help or
information available in most communities.
Total Engagement presents activity ideas for encouraging
exploration and self-expression in older adults experiencing
varying degrees of limitation in mental or physical performance.
Its goal is to present engaging activities that respect and
celebrate each person's lifelong knowledge and experiences. It
emphasizes the creative arts - dance, drama, music, and visual arts
- as a pathway for mental and physical growth, self-discovery, and
self-expression. Total Engagement emphasizes that adults need to be
engaged with the self, the environment, and with social networks
for general well-being. Activity professionals and nonprofessionals
can facilitate these multi-sensory, holistic activities to promote
physical, psychosocial, and cognitive well-being in a wide range of
older adults who may be struggling with disengagement due to losses
from aging.
Why do some of us become overweight? Why is it so difficult to lose
weight? How can we adopt healthy attitudes towards food? The
Psychology of Dieting takes a broad and balanced view of the causes
of weight gain and the challenges involved in dieting. Exploring
the cognitive, emotional and social triggers which lead us to make
poor decisions around food, the book considers what it means to
diet well. By understanding our psychological selves, the book
shows how we can change our unhealthy behaviours and potentially
lose weight. In an era of weight problems, obesity, and dangerous
dieting, The Psychology of Dieting shows us that there is no such
thing as a miracle diet, and that we must understand how our minds
shape the food choices we make.
Written by an international Montessori and dementia expert, this
indispensable guide to Montessori for elders makes it possible for
any care provider to understand and implement this innovative
approach to aging. Jennifer Brush shows care communities how to
create and sustain a team that integrates the Montessori philosophy
throughout daily life and successfully promotes elders' functional
skills, independence, and identity. Based on her years as a
researcher, clinician, and educator, Brush clearly explains the
concepts behind this highly person-centered approach, how to create
a prepared environment, and how to increase levels of life
engagement for older adults. Filled with helpful advice, forms, and
ready-to-use activities, this thorough guide is essential in
implementing the Montessori philosophy with elders or people living
with dementia.
This book will providean accessible account of the key issues
involved in risk assessment and management. It will focus on how
nurses make decisions about clients and risk, which are essential
to quality, safe nursing care. It will draw extensively on case
study material gained through research in this area which the
authors have undertaken and was commissioned by the English
National Board, and will be likely to form the basis for
educational requirements in this area in the future.Leading author
in this field Link to ENB research which will be used as basis for
educational developments in this area Case studies from research
provide 'real life' examples from practice Drawn from 3 main areas
for nursing risk management i.e. Mental health, learning
disabilities, and care of the elderly Reflect multi-professional
context of risk
The book is a core textbook for branch students and qualified staff
on the practical issues of health promotion for a range of clients.
It explores the central challenge of community health promotion,
empowermentand, through examples from practice, addresses how
professionals can be more responsive to patients needs. Extensive
cases studies and practice-related questions are used throughout
the text.The first text to address such a comprehensive range of
community health promotion activities Extensive reference to
practice and examples of servicesContains exercises and activities
throughout the book which will enable readers to identify and
develop their own knowledge and skills Each chapter starts with an
overview outlining its contents
Mens health covers a variety of physical, psychological, social,
lifestyle and political factors, all of which will be covered in
the book. As the whole concept is still emerging, the text will not
attempt to be either comprehensive or definitive, but will be seen
to add to the pool of knowledge and help set the agenda for future
work.
The key text consists of 10 chapters, each written by subject
experts. It aims to provide nurses with the fundamental skills and
knowledge they require in order to practise rehabilitation
techniques safely and effectively. Those seeking more detailed
information specific to their specialty will be guided to other
texts. It brings a nursing focus to this topic, which has been
needed but not available for many years. The style is informative
and instructive, and is very much a book for the hands-on
practitioner.Brings a nursing focus to the topic, which has been
needed but not available for many years. Informative and
instructive styleVery hands-on approach This book has high PREP
currency. It will be easy to use this book to provide evidence of
professional development in portfolios.
A Textbook of Community Nursing is a comprehensive and
evidence-based introduction covering the full range of professional
topics, including professional approaches to care, public health,
eHealth, therapeutic relationships and the role of community
nursing in mental health. The new edition has been updated
throughout, including new guidelines and policies. It also provides
a stronger focus on evidence-based practice. This user-friendly and
accessible textbook includes: Current theory, policy, and
guidelines for practice. All chapters are underpinned by a strong
evidence base; Learning objectives for each chapter, plus exercises
and activities to test current understanding, promote reflective
practice, and encourage further reading; Case studies and examples
from practice which draw on all branches of community nursing to
illustrate practical application of theory. This is an essential
text for all pre-registration nursing students, students on
specialist community nursing courses, and qualified nurses entering
community practice for the first time.
Your best tool to optimize patient care by minimizing restraint use
Frontline nurses face fraught decisions every day about whether and
how to use restraints in dementia care. They need to consider many
complicated issues: legislation governing the use of restraints,
the policies of health-care facilities, the expectations of
families, and--most importantly--the well-being, dignity, and
safety of patients and care providers. Frontline nurses need the
right support to navigate decisions about restraint use. Dr. Atul
Sunny Luthra and his colleagues have developed an algorithm to
provide that support. Their work comes from focus-group
consultations with frontline staff, a review of current literature
on restraint use, and a clear summary of key legislation. The
algorithm's systematic approach ensures restraints are a
last-resort measure, and puts the right steps in place when
restraints are necessary. This short guide includes: A review of
nurses' perspectives on restraint use. Alternatives to restraints
in patient management and assessment of clinical indicators for
restraint use. Procedures to ensure informed consent when
restraints are necessary. A reference on appropriate and
inappropriate restraint use in everyday clinical situations.
This book is part of the "Research in Nursing" series. The main
objectives of this study were to present profiles of a hostel in
Glasgow and a comparative hostel, to make assessments and referrals
and to evaluate their effect. These objectives were successfully
met along with secondary objectives to discover insights into the
residents' experiences and lifestyles, and their interaction with
health and nursing services. The objectives were addressed by
gathering and analysing quantitative and qualitative data and the
use of theoretical perspectives: Roy's nursing theory of adaptation
(to study the men as individuals) and a sociological perspective,
including Deviance Theory, to examine the men as a group. Although
the study concentrated on District Nursing practise, it
demonstrates universal methods of nursing practise relevant to all
community nurses.
Nurses have a unique role in redefining the way we view
partnerships in healthcare. Transitioning from individualized to
family-focused care is not only advocated by the Institute of
Medicine; it's becoming a way of life. Families want their
perspectives and choices for their loved ones to be heard. Try
searching for family-focused nursing resources, and you may be
surprised. Recent evidence-based research and strategies for
family-focused nursing texts are hard to find. That's why we've
made it our priority to deliver the most up-to-date educational
resource to help nurses meet the goal of empowering patients and
their families-throughout the entire nursing process.
A complete one-stop-shop for any student of health promotion. How
to improve and protect public health is one of the biggest
questions facing the 21st century and this book exists to help
tackle it head on. Setting out the What, Why, When, Who, Where and
How of health promotion across 20 bite-sized chapters. It explores
the full range of theories, context and strategies that influence
contemporary health promotion. Key features: Comprehensive
coverage: all facets of health promotion introduced and explained
Combines the theoretical with the practical: knowledge blended with
the key skills and attributes needed for effective health promotion
Extensive range of global case studies: read about the enormous
range of possibilities and creative ways health promotion can be
achieved This is the ideal textbook for any undergraduate or
pre-registration student starting their health promotion or public
health journey. It provides a complete package of information that
will lay the groundwork for your learning and future practice and
will help you succeed with assignments, essays and exams.
A handy, pocket-sized guide designed to help student nurses make
the most of their community nursing placements. Community
placements can be daunting - you'll be working in a variety of
settings, caring for a range of individual people and families with
different needs, often in their own homes. There are new colleagues
to work with, and newly learned nursing theory to put into
practice. This pocket guide is designed to make your placements
much more enjoyable and less stressful. From absence policy to
palliative care, via home visiting, it's full of practical detail,
hints and tips. Written by experienced lecturers with the input of
current nursing students - this guidance is really produced with
you in mind. Pocket-sized format - carry it with you at all times.
Space to make your own notes - be it uniform policy, observations
about the community you're supporting, or just the names of your
new colleagues! Reduce your stress and make the most of your
community placement by having this book to hand from the start.
Pocket Guides is a series of handy, pocket-sized books designed to
help students make the most of their practice learning experiences.
This innovative volume introduces Twinley's concept of 'The Dark
Side of Occupation'. Focused on less explored and under-addressed
occupations, it is an idea which challenges traditional assumptions
around the positive, beneficial, health-promoting relationship
between occupation and health. Emphasising that people's individual
experiences of occupations are not always addressed and may not
always be legal, socially acceptable, or conducive to good health,
the book investigates how these experiences can be explored
theoretically, in practice and research, and in curriculum content
for those learning about occupation. Beginning with a discussion of
some assumptions and misunderstandings that have been made about
the concept, the substantive chapters present and analyse tangible
examples of the concept's applicability. This ground-breaking and
practice-changing text provides ideas for future research and
highlights contemporary, internationally relevant issues and
concerns, such as the coronavirus pandemic. This book is an
essential purchase for students in occupational therapy and
science, and valuable supplementary reading for practitioners. It
is also relevant to a wide interdisciplinary audience with an
interest in human occupation, encompassing anthropologists,
councillors, criminologists, nurses, and human geographers.
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