Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice

by Woolf, Steven H.; Jonas, Steven; Kaplan-Liss, Evonne

• ISBN13: 9780781775991
• ISBN10: 078177599X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-31
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Incorporating the latest guidelines from major organizations, including the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, this book offers the clinician a complete overview of how to help patients adopt healthy behaviors and to deliver recommended screening tests and immunizations. Chapters provide practical guidance on how to counsel patients about exercise, nutrition, tobacco use, substance use, sexually transmitted infections, and depression. Written by clinicians for clinicians, the book lays out the details on gathering information from the patient, ordering evidence-based screening tests, designing a personalized health maintenance plan, facilitating behavior change, and the work-up of abnormal results from screening tests. It also explains how to organize the practice and clinic to deliver quality preventive care and to obtain reimbursement. This new edition includes updated chapters on practice redesign, the use of electronic medical records, and reimbursement; updated patient resource materials and instructions; and new authors with deep expertise on the topics. Plus, with this second edition there is a companion Website (www.healthpromodisprev.com) that features fully searchable text online so you'll have a fast, flexible multimedia library at your service.

Table of Contents

Gathering Information
Principles of Risk Assessment	p. 3
The History: What to Ask About	p. 24
The Physical Examination: Where to Look for Preclinical Disease	p. 50
Laboratory Screening Tests	p. 89
What to Do with the Information-Designing A Health Maintenance Plan Targeted to Personal Health Behaviors and Risk Factors
Introduction to the Principles of Health Behavior Change	p. 129
Regular Exercise	p. 148
Nutrition	p. 169
Weight Management	p. 208
Tobacco Use	p. 235
Substance Use	p. 253
Family Planning	p. 277
Sexually Transmitted Infections	p. 296
Depression, Mood Disorders, and Cognitive Impairment	p. 311
Self-examination of the Breasts, Testes, and Skin	p. 333
Chemoprophylaxis	p. 346
Immunizations	p. 359
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Children and Adolescents	p. 435
What to Do with Abnormal Screening Test Results	p. 460
What Not to Do and Why: The Arguments against Some Forms of Screening and Chemoprevention	p. 496
Putting Prevention Recommendations into Practice
Developing a Health Maintenance Schedule	p. 517
How to Organize the Practice for Improved Delivery of Clinical Preventive Services	p. 531
Improving Preventive Care Using Automated Tools	p. 546
Reimbursement for Clinical Preventive Services	p. 563
The Future of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice	p. 582
Summary of Recommended Clinical Preventive Services	p. 594
Immunization Guidelines	p. 604
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