Prevention Practice and Health Promotion

A Health Care Professional's Guide to Health, Fitness, and Wellness

Catherine Rush Thompson

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• ISBN:
  9781040142752
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Medicina
• Subtopic: Fisioterapia, medicina física y rehabilitación

The all-encompassing Second Edition of Prevention Practice and Health Promotion: A Health Care Professional's Guide to Health, Fitness, and Wellness offers foundational knowledge to health care professionals implementing primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention to healthy, at-risk, and disabled populations.Dr. Catherine Thompson along with her contributors, all with diverse backgrounds in physical therapy, rehabilitation, and healthcare, present the interdisciplinary health care perspective of health, fitness, and wellness concepts that are critical for providing preventive care to healthy, impaired, and at-risk populations using the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health model as a guideline for assessment and management.Based upon the goals outlined in Healthy People 2020, Prevention Practice and Health Promotion, Second Edition also combines the vision of direct access for health care professionals with the goals of national health care to increase the quality of years of healthy life, as well as to eliminate health disparities between various populations. Recognizing the cost effectiveness of preventive care, health care professionals have an expanded role in health promotion and wellness, complementing evidence-based medical management of acute and chronic conditions.Some topics covered inside Prevention Practice and Health Promotion, Second Edition include an overview of screening across the lifespan; effective interventions to promote health, fitness, and wellness; and options for program development, including marketing and management strategies to address both individual and community needs.Included with the text are online supplemental materials for faculty use in the classroom. Features of the Second Edition:
• Use of the American Physical Therapy Association's Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, Second Edition for health promotion
• Screening tools for special populations, including children, pregnant women, older adults, individuals with developmental disabilities, and people with chronic conditions affecting their quality of life
• Resources to promote healthy living, including nutrition, stress management, fitness training, and injury preventionPerfect for clinicians, students, allied health professionals, rehabilitation specialists, physical medicine specialists, and recreation therapists, the Second Edition to Prevention Practice and Health Promotion is a valuable resource for everyone in the areas of health, fitness, and wellness.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Contributing Authors
• Preface
• Foreword
• Chapter 1 Prevention Practice: A Holistic Perspective for Health Care
• Chapter 2 Healthy People 2020
• Chapter 3 Key Components of Fitness
• Chapter 4 Fitness Training
• Chapter 5 Screening for Health, Fitness, and Wellness
• Chapter 6 Health, Fitness, and Wellness Issues During Childhood and Adolescence
• Chapter 7 Health, Fitness, and Wellness Issues During Adulthood
• Chapter 8 Women’s Health Issues: Focus on Pregnancy
• Chapter 9 Prevention Practice for Older Adults
• Chapter 10 Stress Management
• Chapter 11 Nutrition
• Chapter 12 Health Protection
• Chapter 13 Prevention Practice for Musculoskeletal Conditions
• Chapter 14 Prevention Practice for Cardiopulmonary Conditions
• Chapter 15 Prevention Practice for Neurological Conditions
• Chapter 16 Preventive Care for Chronic Conditions
• Chapter 17 Prevention Practice for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities
• Chapter 18 Advocacy for Preventive Care
• Chapter 19 Marketing Health and Wellness
• Chapter 20 Managing a Prevention Practice: A Business Model
• Appendix A Brief Health Information
• Appendix B Developmental History
• Appendix C Resources for Health, Fitness, and Wellness
• Financial Disclosures