Effective Health Behavior in Older Adults

Herausgeber: Leventhal, Howard; Willis, Sherry L.; Schaie, K. Warner

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In what ways do health behaviors and societal mechanisms help or discourage individuals in assuming responsibility for their health? Highly-esteemed and diverse contributors examine the health behaviors of older adults and the ways in which these behaviors are affected by societal trends. The volume begins with a discussion of the personal attributes affecting health behaviors and responsible health care choices in older adults. Additional topics explored include: Psychosocial factors in the prevention of cardiovascular disease; behavioral interventions such as the role of exercise in preventing chronic illness; and how societal structures such as reimbursement patterns and changes in health insurance affect initiation, change, and maintenance of health behaviors. This is a valuable resource for professionals and students interested in individual development, the study of health behavior and chronic disease, health economics, and social policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 698g
• ISBN-13: 9780826124012
• ISBN-10: 0826124011
• Artikelnr.: 21888218

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Biosocial Considerations in Chronic Illness Perceptions and
Decisions, T. Hickey
2. Linear and Dynamical Thinking about Psychosocial Factors and
Cardiovascular Risk, J. Suls and R. Martin
3. Commentary: Acute and Chronic Psychological Processes in
Cardiovascular Disease, D.W. Johnston
4. A Cognitive-Affective Analysis of Cancer Behavior in the Elderly: Are
you as Healthy as You Feel? S.M. Miller, et al.
5. Commentary: Beyond the Socio-Demographics: From Prediction to
Explanation of the Effects of Gender and Social Deprivation in
Recovery from Myocardial Infarction, M. Johnston, et al.
6. Psychosocial Factors in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease,
L.H. Powell
7. Ethnicity and Psychosocial Factors in Cardiovascular Disease
Prevention, K.E. Whitfield, T.A. Baker, and D.T. Brandon
8. Getting Help to Those Most Likely to Benefit: Patient Characteristics
and Treatment Success, J.C. Barefoot
9. Exercise Interventions and Aging, J.A. Blumenthal and E.C.D. Gullete
10. Commentary: Challenges to using Exercise Interventions in Older
Adults, E.A. Burns
11. How Provider Payment Policies Affect the Health Care Seeking Behavior
of the Elderly, B. Stuart
12. Commentary: Third-party Payors and the Patient-Professional
Relationship, B. Dowd
13. Commentary: Factors Affecting Health Care Seeking Behavior of the
Elderly, P.S. German
14. The Potential for Health Care Organizations to Promote Maintenance
and Change in Health Behaviors Among the Elderly, W. Rakowski and M.
Clark
15. Commentary: Health Maintenance Organizations for the Elderly Patient?
E. Leventhal
16. Commentary: Health Care Organizational Structure, Prevention, and
Health Behavior Among the Elderly, S. Crystal
Afterword: Health Behavior and the Elderly: How Do We Understand Its
Determinants and Their Goals? H. Leventhal