Key Aspects of Preventing and Managing Chronic Illness

by Funk, Sandra G.; Tornquist, Elizabeth M.; Leeman, Jennifer; Miles, Margaret S.; Harrell, Joanne S.

• ISBN13: 9780826113528
• ISBN10: 0826113524
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Support for this project was provided in part by a conference grant from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research and by the Center for Research on Preventing and Managing Chronic Illness in Vulnerable People at the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. DNLM: Chronic Disease--nursing.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Acknowledgments	xv
Part I. Preventing and Managing Chronic Illness: An Overview
Chronic Illness: Improving Nursing Practice through Research	3	(9)
Sandra G. Funk
Elizabeth M. Tornquist
Closing the Gap Between Information and Action	12	(9)
Martha N. Hill
Promoting Healthier Behaviors	21	(14)
Joanne S. Harrell
Jennifer Leeman
Self Management in Chronic Illness	35	(8)
Kate Lorig
The Interplay of Biology, Environment, and Behavior in the Prevention and Management of Chronic Illness	43	(14)
Mary T. Champagne
Part II. Preventing Chronic Illness
Identification of High-Risk Adolescents for Interventions to Lower Blood Pressure	57	(14)
Janet C. Meininger
Patricia Liehr
William H. Mueller
Wenyaw Chan
School-Based Interventions to Improve the Health of Children with Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors	71	(13)
Joanne S. Harrell
Stuart A. Gansky
Robert G. McMurray
Shrikant I. Bangdiwala
Annette C. Frauman
Chyrise B. Bradley
Regular Physical Activity in Older African Americans	84	(11)
Julie Fleury
Joanne S. Harrell
Brenda Cobb
Maintenance of Regular Physical Activity in Working Women	95	(14)
Barbara J. Speck
Decreasing Cancer Fatalism among Rural Elders	109	(12)
Barbara D. Powe
Sally Weinrich
Early Interventions with Children: A Systems Approach	121	(7)
Rachel Stevens
Peter A. Margolis
Development of a Public Health Nurse-Delivered Cholesterol Intervention Program	128	(13)
Thomas C. Keyserling
Alice S. Ammerman
Jan R. Atwood
James D. Hosking
Cristina Krasny
Hany Zayed
Betty H. Worthy
Part III. The Illness Experience
Transitions and Challenges: Revival and Uncertainty for Persons Living with HIV or AIDS	141	(20)
Dale E. Brashers
Judith L. Neidig
Linda K. Dobbs
Jane A. Russell
Linda W. Cardillo
Stephen M. Haas
Heart Failure: Living with Uncertainty	161	(12)
Charlene A. Winters
Self-Care Decision Making in Clients with Diabetes and Hypertension	173	(10)
JoAnne Weiss
``Just Worn Out'': A Qualitative Study of HIV-related Fatigue	183	(12)
Julie Barroso
Maximizing Health for Those with Multiple Sclerosis	195	(12)
Alexa K. Stuifbergen
Anne Seraphine
Greg Roberts
Insufficient Access to Elderly Patients' Advance Directives in the Emergency Department	207	(14)
Debbie Travers
Diane Kjervik
Laurence Katz
Part IV. Illness/Disease Management
Effects of Exercise on Fatigue: Aerobic Fitness and Disease Activity in Persons with Rheumatoid Arthritis	221	(14)
Geri B. Neuberger
Allan N. Press
Herbert B. Lindsley
Ruthellyn Hinton
Perri E. Cagle
Katherine Carlson
Stephen Scott
Judy Dahl
Beth Kramer
Helping Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer: Managing after Treatment	235	(12)
Merle H. Mishel
Barbara B. Germino
Michael Belyea
Lorna Harris
Janet Stewart
Donald E. Bailey, Jr.
James Mohler
Cary Robertson
Management of Problematic Behavioral Symptoms Associated with Dementia: A Cognitive Developmental Approach	247	(14)
Mary Ann Matteson
Adrianne D. Linton
Brenda L. Cleary
Susan J. Barnes
Michael J. Lichtenstein
Patient Knowledge and Self-Efficacy for Diabetes Management: Impact of Home Care Nurse Interventions	261	(14)
Cynthia Fryhling Corbett
HIV Self-Care Management by African-American Mothers	275	(14)
Margaret S. Miles
Diane Holditch-Davis
Beth Black
A Survey of Leading Chronic Disease Management Programs	289	(18)
Edward H. Wagner
Connie Davis
Judith Schaefer
Michael Von Korff
Brian Austin
Part V. Caregiving
Coping with Chronic Illness: Lessons from AIDS Caregivers	307	(9)
Susan Folkman
Effects of an Abilities-focused Program of Morning Care on Residents Who Have Dementia and on Caregivers	316	(14)
Donna L. Wells
Pamela Dawson
Souraya Sidani
Dorothy Craig
Dorothy Pringle
Family Involvement in Care: Negotiated Family-Staff Partnerships in Special Care Units for Persons with Dementia	330	(16)
Meridean L. Maas
David Reed
Janet P. Specht
Elizabeth Swanson
Toni Tripp-Reimer
Kathleen C. Buckwalter
Debra Schutte
Lisa S. Kelley
Limiting Developmental Regression in Hospitalized Children with Chronic Conditions by Supporting Parents	346	(14)
Sharon Ogden Burke
Elizabeth Kauffmann
Margaret B. Harrison
Carol Wong
Jennifer D. Lowe
The Effects of a Parent Education Program on the Coping and Stress Levels of Parents of Children with Chronic Conditions	360	(13)
Connie J. Canam
Part VI. Applying Research to Practice	373	(12)
Strategies for Using Research to Improve Care	375	(10)
Linda R. Cronenwett
Jennifer Leeman
Index	385