03668nam 2200697Ia 450 991045415100332120200520144314.01-281-81143-297866118114330-8261-9743-4(CKB)1000000000705034(EBL)423296(OCoLC)476261941(SSID)ssj0000144471(PQKBManifestationID)11152617(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000144471(PQKBWorkID)10145398(PQKB)10319756(MiAaPQ)EBC423296(Au-PeEL)EBL423296(CaPaEBR)ebr10265463(CaONFJC)MIL181143(EXLCZ)99100000000070503420020307d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEffective health behavior in older adults[electronic resource] /K. Warner Schaie, Howard Leventhal, Sherry L. Willis, editorsNew York Springer Pub. Co.c20021 online resource (353 p.)Societal impact on aging series ;2002Description based upon print version of record.0-8261-2401-1 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Biosocial Considerations in Chronic Illness Perceptions and Decisions; 2 Linear and Dynamical Thinking about Psychosocial Factors and Cardiovascular Risk; 3 A Cognitive-Affective Analysis of Cancer Behavior in the Elderly: Are You as Healthy as You Feel?; 4 Psychosocial Factors in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease; 5 Ethnicity and Psychosocial Factors in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention; 6 Getting Help to Those Most Likely to Benefit: Patient Characteristics and Treatment Success7 Exercise Interventions and Aging: Psychological and Physical Health Benefits in Older Adults8 How Provider Payment Policies Affect the Health-Care-Seeking Behavior of the Elderly; 9 The Potential for Health Care Organizations to Promote Maintenance and Change in Health Behaviors Among the Elderly; Afterword: Health Behavior and the Elderly: How Do We Understand Its Determinants and Their Goals?; Author Index; Subject IndexIn what ways do health behaviors and societal mechanisms help or discourage individuals in assuming responsibility for their health? Highly-esteemed and diverse contributors examine the health behaviors of older adults and the ways in which these behaviors are affected by societal trends. The volume begins with a discussion of the personal attributes affecting health behaviors and responsible health care choices in older adults. Additional topics explored include: Psychosocial factors in the prevention of cardiovascular disease; behavioral interventions such as the role of exercise in preventiSocietal impact on aging.AgingGeriatricsHealth behaviorAge factorsOlder peopleHealth and hygieneElectronic books.Aging.Geriatrics.Health behaviorAge factors.Older peopleHealth and hygiene.613/.0438618.97Leventhal HowardPhD.1040386Schaie K. Warner(Klaus Warner),1928-1028293Willis Sherry L.1947-1028294MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454151003321Effective health behavior in older adults2463190UNINA