Adult Education and Health

Herausgeber: English, Leona

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive introduction to the study and practice of health and adult education provides the missing link for those seeking to better integrate their efforts in these two areas. Bringing together a distinguished interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners, the book speaks clearly to how teaching and learning insights can be used to improve health in clinical, higher education, and community settings. Along with a broad overview of concepts and strategies in the field, Adult Education and Health includes illustrative practical examples from a variety of contexts and a helpful glossary of key terms. It will be a useful resource for professionals and academics in many areas, including community health education, health policy, First Nations health, and the education of health professionals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781442640245
• ISBN-10: 1442640243
• Artikelnr.: 28198032

Autorenporträt

Edited by Leona M. English

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction
Section 1: Contextualizing Health and Adult Education
1. Adult Health Learning.
Section 2: Adult Education and Health Professionals in the Community
2. Community Health Impact Assessment: Fostering Community Learning and
Healthy Public Policy at the Local Level.
3. Community-Engaged Health Research: Communities, Scientists, and
Practitioners Learning Together.
4. Advocacy, Care, Promotion, and Research: Adult Educators Working With
the Community for Health.
5. Indigenous Knowledge, HIV and AIDS Education and Research: Implications
for Health Educators.
6. Health Care Professionals Working With Aboriginals: Canadian Adult
Education and Praxis.
7. Literacy and Health: Implications for Health and Education
Professionals.
8. Women's Health and Learning: Working With Women Who Use Substances.
Section 3. Educating Health Care Professionals
9. Teaching for the Health Professions.
10. Adult Learning in Public Health Nursing Practice.
11. Beyond Healthy Aging: The Practice of Narrative Care in Gerontology.
12. Pedagogical Biases and Clinical Teaching in Medicine.
13. Reflective Practice for Allied Health: Theory and Applications.
14. Physical Therapists as Educators in Clinical, Educational and Community
Settings.
15. Interprofessional Education for Sports' Health Care Teams: Using the
CanMEDs Competencies' Framework.
16. Informed Biography as a Focus for Interprofessional Learning: The case
of "Impaired Driving Causing Death."
Section 4. Conclusion
17. Conclusion.
Glossary
Author Biographies
Index