Building Healthy Communities Through Medical-Religious Partnerships - Couverture souple

Hale, W.Daniel; Bennett, Richard G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801863473 ISBN 13 : 9780801863479

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This work describes an approach to the development of community-based health education and patient advocacy programmes targeted at disease prevention and management. Partnerships between health systems and religious congregations, the authors show, can be remarkably successful at bringing appropriate care to people who are often difficult to serve. Describing programmes based on a six-year collaboration between health care systems and religious organizations in Florida, the book offers guidance for religious and medical leaders interested in developing similar programmes in their congregations and communities. The book includes practical and easily accessible information for establishing health education programmes as well as important topics to consider. It also provides examples of specific programmes and information about additional resources that can be obtained from local and national organizations. Medical topics include coronary heart disease, hypertension, cancer, diabetes, depression, dementia, prevention programmes on influenza and pneumonia, accidents and falls, and medication management. The authors include information about preparing advance directives and establishing patient advocacy or health partners programmes, which train individuals within a congregation to assist other members who may not have relatives or close friends to help them navigate a complex health system.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

W. Daniel Hale, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology and director of the Center for the Study of Aging and Health at Stetson University. Richard G. Bennett, M.D., is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801863473
• ISBN 13: 9780801863479
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible