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Titolo: |
Effective health behavior in older adults / / K. Warner Schaie, Howard Leventhal, Sherry L. Willis, editors
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c2002 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina: | 613/.0438 |
618.97 | |
613.0438 | |
Soggetto topico: | Aging |
Geriatrics | |
Health behavior - Age factors | |
Older people - Health and hygiene | |
Altri autori: |
LeventhalHoward, PhD.
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 Success |
7 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 Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | In 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 preventi |
Titolo autorizzato: | Effective health behavior in older adults ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-281-81143-2 |
9786611811433 | |
0-8261-9743-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910816938403321 |
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