Patient education in health and illness.

Previous ed.: published as Patient education by Sally H. Rankin and Karen Duffy Stallings. 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I: Principles of contemporary patient education -- 1. Patient education in clinical practice:- Introduction--Overview of nursing practice and patient education--Changing environment of health care delivery--Challenges in patient education--Summary -- 2. Health promotion: models and applications to patient education:- Introduction--Health promotion, disease prevention, and health maintenance--The health belief model--The health promotion model--Our health promotion frameworks--Summary of models and implications for patient education--Healthy people--Guide to clinical preventive services and clinician\'s handbook of preventive services--Clinical relevance of health promotion to patient education--Summary -- 3. Integration of cultural systems and beliefs:- Introduction--The cultural assessment framework--The kleinman model--Cultural relevance--Summary-- 4. Educational theories for teaching and motivating patients:- Introduction--Patient education: A process of influencing behavior--The agenda of education--Patient decision-making--Models and theories as the research and practice foundation of patient education--Development frameworks: The bases for Patient Education--The process of teaching and learning--Clinical relevance: patient advocacy and promotion of change--Theories of learning--Summary-- 5. Staff development in patient education:- Introduction--Beyond meeting JCAHO standards: Principles and strategies for staff development--Clinical applications--Summary -- 6. Community health promotion: assessment and intervention:- Planning, assessment, outcomes, & evaluation resources--Introduction--Community health promotion and education--Improving the success of community health programs--Political and legal influences on health promotion--Community empowerment--The influence of marketing--Global health promotion--Summary -- Section II: Application of the principles in nursing practice: 7.Assessment for patient education:- Introduction--The assessment process- -Case studies--Summary -- 8.Planning: shared goals for patient education:- Introduction--Patient-centered goals for teaching and learning--The learning contract--Clinical relevance of planning--Summary -- 9. Educational intervenions for patients and families:-Introduction--Setting the stage for teaching and learning--Strategic use of instructional methods--Strategic use of learning activities--Strategic use of educational media--Designing patient education programs--Summary -- 10. Patient education resources on the internet:- introduction--Applying the information retrieval process to the internet--Using the information retrieval process to meet patient needs--Summary -- 11. Evaluating patient education outcomes:- Introduction: Assessing outcomes--Scope of evaluation--The four levels of patient learning outcomes--Evaluating patient education interventions--Documentation of patient education--Clinical application of evaluating patient education outcomes:Case Studies--Summary -- 12. Case management and patient educatioin programs:- Introduction--Products of case management--Process issues in case management--Evaluating patient education programs--Health Outcomes research and patient education--Developing research proposals to study the efficacy of patient education--Summary -- 13. Community-based patient education programs:- Introduction--Community-based health education programs--Clinical relevance: two community-based health education projects--Summary.

This practical text/reference provides theory-based approaches to teaching patients of all ages and their families in a variety of healthcare settings. Thorough revision includes a stronger clinical application focus and strong practice examples.