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Health Promotion Strategies Through the Life Span, 8th Edition

By Ruth Beckmann Murray, Judith Proctor Zentner, Richard Yakimo

ISBN-10: 0-13-513866-3

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-513866-3What's this?

Published by Prentice Hall

Pub. Date: Jul 14, 2008

Format: Paper

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This valued resource provides a holistic approach to the health promotion of the individual and family throughout all developmental stages, from birth to death. The eighth edition presents new coverage of the prominent concepts and theories of health promotion for individuals and families. Specific guidelines for assessment and interventions are woven throughout the chapters, with cultural care considerations, education strategies, and spiritual and religious influences addressed for each age. This popular text provides an excellent foundation for students and a refresher for practitioners.

Table of Contents

 

UNIT I CONCEPTS AND THEORIES BASIC TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

 

CHAPTER 1: Biological, Ecological-Social, Psychological, and Moral Dimensions of the Person: Overview of Theories

CHAPTER 2: Health Promotion: Concepts and Theories

CHAPTER 3: Growth and Development: Concepts and Principles

 

 

UNIT II  INFLUENCES ON THE DEVELOPING PERSON AND FAMILY UNIT

 

CHAPTER 4: Environmental Influences

CHAPTER 5: Sociocultural Influences

CHAPTER 6: The Family: Basic Influences

CHAPTER 7: Spiritual and Religious Influences

CHAPTER 8: Prenatal and Other Developmental Influences

 

UNIT III  THE DEVELOPING PERSON AND FAMILY UNIT: INFANCY THROUGH ADOLESCENCE

 

CHAPTER 9: The Infant: Basic Assessment and Health Promotion

CHAPTER 10: The Toddler: Basic Assessment and Health Promotion

CHAPTER 11: The Preschooler: Basic Assessment and Health Promotion

CHAPTER 12: The Schoolchild: Basic Assessment and Health Promotion           

CHAPTER 13: The Adolescent: Basic Assessment and Health Promotion

 

Unit IV  THE DEVELOPING PERSON AND FAMILY UNIT:  YOUNG ADULT THROUGH DEATH

 

CHAPTER 14: The Young Adult: Basic Assessment and Health Promotion

CHAPTER 15: The Middle-Aged Person: Basic Assessment and Health Promotion

CHAPTER 16: Later Maturity: Basic Assessment and Health Promotion

CHAPTER 17: Dying and Death: The Last Developmental Stage

 

GLOSSARY

APPENDIX A: Major Sources and Functions of Primary Nutrients

APPENDIX B: Legal and Illegal Drugs

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