| Description |
xviii, 453 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Chapter 1: Health Promotion: Past, Present, and Future -- Chapter 2: Nursing Concepts and Health Promotion -- Chapter 3: Theoretical Foundations and Planning for Health Promotion -- Chapter 4: Communication: A Cornerstone in Health Promotion -- Chapter 6: Cultural Competence in a Multicultural Society/Cultural Considerations in Health Promotion -- Chapter 8: The Mind-Body Connection with the Promotion of Health -- Chapter 9: Promoting Health of the Infant Child -- Chapter 10: Promoting Health of the Adolescent and Young Adult -- Chapter 11: Health Promotion for the Middle Aged Adult -- Chapter 12: Promoting Health in the Older Adult -- Chapter 13: Promoting Health Through Nutrition -- Chapter 14: Promoting Health Through Physical Fitness -- Chapter 15: Weight Control as a Strategy for Health Promotion -- Chapter 16: Tobacco, Alcohol and Substance Abuse -- Chapter 17: Enhancing Holistic Health -- Chapter 18: Health Promotion for the Health Professional -- Chapter 19: Health Care Cost & Quality Issues -- Chapter 20: Ethical and Legal Issues |
| Summary |
A comprehensive text organized to provide students with a clear understanding of health promotion, its importance in nursing, and how it is related to various age groups in society. It provides a holistic perspective that incorporates biological, psychological, sociological, economic, environmental, and political domains affecting health. It also addresses fundamental areas for promoting health through nutrition, physical fitness, and weight control as well as contemporary issues related to avoidance of substance abuse, use of holistic techniques, being culturally competent, and improving the environment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-443) and index |
| Subject |
Nursing.
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Health promotion.
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| Author |
Huerta, Carolina G.
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| LC no. |
2001028467 |
| ISBN |
0827380089 alkaline paper |
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