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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824629403321

Autore

Gorin Sherri Sheinfeld

Titolo

Prevention practice in primary care. / / Sherri N. Sheinfeld Gorin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-938956-X

0-19-970663-8

0-19-021350-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Preventive health services

Primary health care

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; PREVENTION PRACTICE IN PRIMARY CARE; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ABOUT THE EDITOR; 1 Challenges and Strengths of Prevention Practice in Primary Care; 2 Multilevel Influences in Prevention; 3 Models for Prevention; 4 Cancer Screening and Prevention; 5 Cardiovascular Disease Prevention; 6 Stroke Prevention; 7 Risk Reduction for Other Major Diseases of Adulthood; 8 Personalizing Prevention; 9 Pay for Performance and Quality and Outcomes Frameworks for Prevention; 10 Provider and Office-Based Approaches to Prevention in Primary Care

11 Patient-Directed Approaches to Prevention12 The Future of Prevention in Primary Care; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Prevention Practice in Primary Care systematically explores state-of-the-art practical approaches to effective prevention in primary care. Guided by theory and evidence, the book reviews approaches to risk factor identification and modification for the major causes of mortality in adulthood, including cancer, stroke, and cardiovascular disease.