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Health promotion strategies through the life span / Ruth Beckmann Murray, Judith Proctor Zentner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall ; London : Prentice-Hall International (UK), c2001.Edition: 7th edDescription: xiv, 881 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780838536889 (pbk.) :
  • 0838536883
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 613 MUR
Contents:
Part 1: Influences on the Developing Person and Family Unit:- 1. Sociocultural influences on the person and family--Cultural populations in the United States--Definitions--Characteristics of culture--Comparison of Cultures--Socioeconomic level subculture--Influences of culture on health--Health care and nursing applications--Improving Health Care Practice and Advocacy --2. Environmental influences on the person and family--Historical perspective--Air Pollution--Water pollution--Soil pollution--Food pollution--Noise pollution--Surface pollution--Occupational Hazards--Health care and Nursing Applications --3. Spiritual and religious influences on the person and family:- Definitions--World Religious--Special religious groups of interest--Other spiritual movements--Other trends in the Spiritual Dimension--Health Care and Nursing Applications--Part II: Basic Concepts Related to the Developing Person and Family Unit:- 4. The family: basic unit for the developing person :- Definitions--Overview of family theoretic approaches--Purposes, tasks, roles, and functions of the family--Family adaptation--Stages of family Development--Family Interaction--Family Lifestyles and Childrearing Practices--Healthcare and Nursing applications--5. Overview: theories related to human development:- Progression of study of human behaviour--Biological theories--Ecological theories--Psychological theories--Behavioural theory--Psychoanalytic and Neo-analytic theories--Cognitive theory and theorists--Moral development theorists--Existential and humanistic theories--Stress and crisis theories--Health care and Nursing Applications--6. The developing person: principles of growth and development:- Dimensions of time--Principles of growth and development--General assumptions about behavior--Developing person: Prenatal stages and influences--Variables related tochildbirth that affect the baby--Early childhood variables that affect the person--Sociocultural factors that influence the developing person--Health care and Nursing applications--Part III: The Developing Person and Family: Infancy Through Adolescence:- 7. Assessment and health promotion for the infant: Family Development and relationships--Physiologic concepts--Psychosocial concepts--Health care and nursing applications --8. Assessment and health promotion for the toddler:- Family development and relationships--Influence of the family--Physiologic concepts--Psychosocial concepts--Health care and nursing applications -- 9. Assessment and health promotion for the preschooler:- Family development and relationships--Physiologic concepts--Psychosocial concepts--Health care and Nursing applications --10. Assessment and health promotion for the schoolchild:- Family development and relationships--Physiologic concepts--Psychosocial concepts--Health care and nursing application --11. Assessment and health promotion for the adolescent and youth:-Historical and cultural perspectives--Definitions--Family development and relationships--Physiologic concepts--Psychosocial concepts--Health care and Nursing Applications--Part IV: The Developing Person and Family: Young Adulthood Through Death:- 12. Assessment and health promotion for the young adult: Family development and relationships--Physiologic concepts-- Psychosocial concepts--Health care and nursing applications --13. Assessment and health promotion for the middle-aged person:- Family development and relationships--Physiologic concepts--Psychosocial concepts--Healthcare and Nursing Applications--Transition to later adulthood --14. Assessment and health promotion for the person in later adulthood:- Definitions--Societal Perspectives on aging--Theories of aging --Family development and relationships--Physiologic concepts--Psychological concepts--Socioeconomic concepts--Health care and Nursing applications--15. Death, the last developmental stage:-Issues related to Dying and Death--Developmental concepts of death--Behavior and Feelings of the person facing death--Health care and nursing applications.
Summary: Using a practical approach to the health care of individuals and families, this book offers guidelines for holistic health assessment, with nursing interventions and health promotion strategies at each developmental stage. It is useful for courses in Growth and Development, Health Promotion or Basic Clinical Theory in the Fundamentals of Nursing.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 613 MUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 120360

Previous ed. published as: Health assessment & promotion strategies through the life span. 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Influences on the Developing Person and Family Unit:- 1. Sociocultural influences on the person and family--Cultural populations in the United States--Definitions--Characteristics of culture--Comparison of Cultures--Socioeconomic level subculture--Influences of culture on health--Health care and nursing applications--Improving Health Care Practice and Advocacy --2. Environmental influences on the person and family--Historical perspective--Air Pollution--Water pollution--Soil pollution--Food pollution--Noise pollution--Surface pollution--Occupational Hazards--Health care and Nursing Applications --3. Spiritual and religious influences on the person and family:- Definitions--World Religious--Special religious groups of interest--Other spiritual movements--Other trends in the Spiritual Dimension--Health Care and Nursing Applications--Part II: Basic Concepts Related to the Developing Person and Family Unit:- 4. The family: basic unit for the developing person :- Definitions--Overview of family theoretic approaches--Purposes, tasks, roles, and functions of the family--Family adaptation--Stages of family Development--Family Interaction--Family Lifestyles and Childrearing Practices--Healthcare and Nursing applications--5. Overview: theories related to human development:- Progression of study of human behaviour--Biological theories--Ecological theories--Psychological theories--Behavioural theory--Psychoanalytic and Neo-analytic theories--Cognitive theory and theorists--Moral development theorists--Existential and humanistic theories--Stress and crisis theories--Health care and Nursing Applications--6. The developing person: principles of growth and development:- Dimensions of time--Principles of growth and development--General assumptions about behavior--Developing person: Prenatal stages and influences--Variables related tochildbirth that affect the baby--Early childhood variables that affect the person--Sociocultural factors that influence the developing person--Health care and Nursing applications--Part III: The Developing Person and Family: Infancy Through Adolescence:- 7. Assessment and health promotion for the infant: Family Development and relationships--Physiologic concepts--Psychosocial concepts--Health care and nursing applications --8. Assessment and health promotion for the toddler:- Family development and relationships--Influence of the family--Physiologic concepts--Psychosocial concepts--Health care and nursing applications -- 9. Assessment and health promotion for the preschooler:- Family development and relationships--Physiologic concepts--Psychosocial concepts--Health care and Nursing applications --10. Assessment and health promotion for the schoolchild:- Family development and relationships--Physiologic concepts--Psychosocial concepts--Health care and nursing application --11. Assessment and health promotion for the adolescent and youth:-Historical and cultural perspectives--Definitions--Family development and relationships--Physiologic concepts--Psychosocial concepts--Health care and Nursing Applications--Part IV: The Developing Person and Family: Young Adulthood Through Death:- 12. Assessment and health promotion for the young adult: Family development and relationships--Physiologic concepts-- Psychosocial concepts--Health care and nursing applications --13. Assessment and health promotion for the middle-aged person:- Family development and relationships--Physiologic concepts--Psychosocial concepts--Healthcare and Nursing Applications--Transition to later adulthood --14. Assessment and health promotion for the person in later adulthood:- Definitions--Societal Perspectives on aging--Theories of aging --Family development and relationships--Physiologic concepts--Psychological concepts--Socioeconomic concepts--Health care and Nursing applications--15. Death, the last developmental stage:-Issues related to Dying and Death--Developmental concepts of death--Behavior and Feelings of the person facing death--Health care and nursing applications.

Using a practical approach to the health care of individuals and families, this book offers guidelines for holistic health assessment, with nursing interventions and health promotion strategies at each developmental stage. It is useful for courses in Growth and Development, Health Promotion or Basic Clinical Theory in the Fundamentals of Nursing.

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