Talking about Health and Wellness with Patients : Integrating Health Promotion and Disease Prevention into Your Practice

by Jonas, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780826113382
• ISBN10: 0826113389
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook. Discusses communication skills and how people make changes in their behaviors, how to help patients make positive changes in their lives, ten concepts of health promotion, and summarizes 'The Stages of Change.' For clinicians. Softcover.

Author Biography

Steven Jonas is Professor of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Lester Breslow
Preface	xi
Notes	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
Section I Introduction and Definitions
Introduction	3	(7)
What Are Health and Wellness?	10	(17)
Why Health Promotion/Disease Prevention?	27	(22)
Section II The Ten Central Concepts
The Substantive Central Concepts: Numbers I-VII	49	(17)
The Process Central Concepts: Numbers VIII-X	66	(23)
Section III Using the Ten Central Concepts in Clinical Practice
Using the Ten Central Concepts in Clinical Practice: General Considerations	89	(15)
An Example: Exercise Promotion	104	(18)
Incorporating Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Into Your Practice: A Process of Personal Change	122	(9)
Appendix: Resources	131	(8)
Index	139