Grounds the issue of elder mistreatment within the core functions and essential services of public health and addresses skill development using core competencies for public health professionals. Leading scholars and practitioners in the field of public health and gerontology present key ideas, concepts, and issues in elder mistreatment and link them to core ideas, concepts, and issues characterizing public health issues and public health work.
Grounds the issue of elder mistreatment within the core functions and essential services of public health and addresses skill development using core competencies for public health professionals. Leading scholars and practitioners in the field of public health and gerontology present key ideas, concepts, and issues in elder mistreatment and link them to core ideas, concepts, and issues characterizing public health issues and public health work.
Pamela B. Teaster, PhD, is the Associate Director of the Center for Gerontology and a Professor in the Department of Human Development at Virginia Tech. She is the Secretary General of the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and is on the Board of Trustees of the Center for Guardianship Certification. She helped established the Kentucky Justice Center for Elders and Vulnerable Adults and the Kentucky Guardianship Association. Her research concerns the abuse of elders and vulnerable adults, public and private guardianship, the ethics of surrogate decision making, public policy, and quality of life. Her work has involved working with international, national, state, and community organizations and entities. Dr. Teaster is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. She is the recipient of the Rosalie Wolf Award for Research on Elder Abuse. She has published over 100 scholarly articles and book chapters and is editor/author of 4 books.
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CONTENTS Contributors Preface 1. Framing Elder Abuse as a Public Health Problem Jeffrey E. Hall and Pamela B. Teaster 2. Elder Abuse and the Core Function of Public Health: Using the 10 Essential Public Health Services as a Framework for Addressing Elder Abuse Shalon M. Irving and Jeffrey E. Hall 3. Elder Abuse and the Role of Public Health Law and Health Services Administration Emmanuel D. Jadhav and James W. Holsinger, Jr. 4. Intimate Partner Violence Affecting Older Adults: Public Health Implications Holly Ramsey-Klawsnik 5. American Indian Perspectives, Challenges, and Approaches to Elder Abuse Derrell W. Cox II and Lori L. Jervis 6. Intersection of Public Health and Nontraditional Partners and Approaches to Address Elder Abuse Georgia J. Anetzberger 7. Initiatives, Organizations, and Efforts Addressing Elder Abuse Pamela B. Teaster, Jeffrey E. Hall, and Fatemeh Zarghami 8. Public Health, Human Rights, and Global Perspectives on Elder Abuse Elizabeth Podnieks and Cynthia Thomas 9. Summations and Concluding Thoughts Pamela B. Teaster and Jeffrey E. Hall Index
CONTENTS Contributors Preface 1. Framing Elder Abuse as a Public Health Problem Jeffrey E. Hall and Pamela B. Teaster 2. Elder Abuse and the Core Function of Public Health: Using the 10 Essential Public Health Services as a Framework for Addressing Elder Abuse Shalon M. Irving and Jeffrey E. Hall 3. Elder Abuse and the Role of Public Health Law and Health Services Administration Emmanuel D. Jadhav and James W. Holsinger, Jr. 4. Intimate Partner Violence Affecting Older Adults: Public Health Implications Holly Ramsey-Klawsnik 5. American Indian Perspectives, Challenges, and Approaches to Elder Abuse Derrell W. Cox II and Lori L. Jervis 6. Intersection of Public Health and Nontraditional Partners and Approaches to Address Elder Abuse Georgia J. Anetzberger 7. Initiatives, Organizations, and Efforts Addressing Elder Abuse Pamela B. Teaster, Jeffrey E. Hall, and Fatemeh Zarghami 8. Public Health, Human Rights, and Global Perspectives on Elder Abuse Elizabeth Podnieks and Cynthia Thomas 9. Summations and Concluding Thoughts Pamela B. Teaster and Jeffrey E. Hall Index
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