Health Promotion and Aging : Practical Applications for Health Professionals - Hardcover

David Haber

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826184626 ISBN 13: 9780826184627

Publisher: Springer Pub Co, 2003

Synopsis

Explores areas including medical screenings, health behavior, exercise, nutrition, weight management, complementary and alternative medicine, social support, and diversity issues. Features model programs, health/contract calendar, assessment tools, resource lists, and abundant halftone illustrations. Previous edition: c1999.

About this title

From the Back Cover

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Continuing to advocate for health professionals becoming health educators and a more informed, healthier aging population, David Haber has updated this fourth edition of his respected text with discussion and analysis of major issues and topics in the field, including:

• A Critique of theMyPyramid Food Guide
• How to Change Medical Encounters into Health Encounters
• Descriptions of Model Health Programs
• A Review of the 2006 Surgeon General's Report on Second-Hand Smoke
• Critical Analysis of Medicare Part D
• The Benefits of Pet Support
• Life Review and Cognitive Fitness
• Appraisals of Complementary and Alternative Practices

Innovative ideas on public policy and aging, examples of stand-out community health advocacy, and a final chapter on the future of the field complete this integrated look at our health, community, and aging.

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About the Author

David Haber, PhD, is the John and Janice Fisher Distinguished Professor of Wellness and Gerontology at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Dr. Haber was a professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, and before that served as the director of Creighton University's shopping mall-based Center for Healthy Aging in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a fellow in the Gerontological Society of America, and recognized for two Best Practice Awards from the National Council on the Aging, the Distinguished Teacher Award from the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, and the Molly Mettler Award for Leadership in Health Promotion from the National Council on Aging. The third edition of this book was selected as the 2004 Book of the Year Award by the American Journal of Nursing in two categories: Gerontologic Nursing and Community and Public Health. Dr. Haber has also authored Health Care for an Aging Society. He has been Project Director or Principal Investigator of 20 research or demonstration projects related to health and aging. Typically, these projects involve health profession and gerontology students leading community health promotion projects with older adults, and contributing to the evaluation of these programs. Dr. Haber received his PhD in sociology from the Andrus Gerontology Center at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Pub Co
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826184626
• ISBN 13: 9780826184627
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 432