Prevention Practice And Health Promotion A Health Care Professional’S Guide To Health Fitness And Wellness

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 prevention Perfect 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. |Prevention Practice and Health Promotion A Health Care Professional’s Guide to Health Fitness and Wellness