Health promotion and aging [[electronic resource] ] : practical applications for health professionals / / David Haber

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792308503321
• Autore: Haber David <1944->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer Pub., c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-61071-6; 9786612610714; 0-8261-0599-8
• Edizione: [5th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (664 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.198/9700973
• Soggetti: Preventive health services for older people - United States; Health promotion - United States; Older people - Health and hygiene
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. HEALTH EDUCATORS: COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION; 3. CLINICAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES; 4. HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE; 5. EXERCISE; 6. NUTRITION; 7. WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; 8. COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; 9. SELECTED HEALTH EDUCATION TOPICS; 10. SOCIAL SUPPORT; 11. MENTAL HEALTH; 12. COMMUNITY HEALTH; 13. DIVERSITY; 14. PUBLIC HEALTH; 15. GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This fifth edition of Health Promotion and Aging has been substantially revised and updated with multiple new sub-sections, topics, and terms in each chapter. This book presents a wide scope of cutting-edge topics including gay aging, Jewish aging, social networking, brain games, the Obama administration's health care reform, mental health parity, exploritas, Wii-habilitation, elderspeak, skin cancer, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Senator Ted Kennedy's government-run long term care proposal, and sleep-related medical disorders. . . This book is focused on current researc