Interprofessional Perspectives for Community Practice
Promoting Health, Well-Being, and Quality of Life
- 472 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Interprofessional Perspectives for Community Practice
Promoting Health, Well-Being, and Quality of Life
About this book
Now more than ever health care professionals play an increased role in the promotion of health to populations. Unique and innovative, Interprofessional Perspectives for Community Practice: Promoting Health, Well-being and Quality of Life weaves everyday care into prevention, community, and population health, creating a new and more expansive vision of health for all without compromising traditional practices.
Authors and editors Drs. Pizzi and Amir discuss and illustrate a client-centered preventive and health, well-being and quality of life approach rooted in best practice principles from interprofessional literature and firsthand experience. The text illustrates how allied health professionals implement those principles in their everyday and traditional practices with an emphasis on exploring health and well-being issues. Interprofessional Perspectives for Community Practice provides detailed guidance in program development and implementation.
What's included in Interprofessional Perspectives for Community:
- Clinical anecdotes on successful community practices
- A focus on primary and secondary prevention
- Assessments, interventions, and community practice examples
- Descriptions of community-based practice settings such as adult day care, independent living programs, hospice, and home health care
- Health and wellness across the lifespan
- Bonus chapters available online as PDFs for readers
The first text of its kind to weave interprofessionalism, community practice, and health, well-being, and quality of life, Interprofessional Perspectives for Community Practice: Promoting Health, Well-being and Quality of Life is for all health care workers and students who wish to transfer practice skills from the clinical setting to a population-based program development model.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Editors
- Contributing Authors
- Introduction
- Part I Principles for Community Practice to Promote Health, Well-Being, and Quality of Life
- Part II Promoting Physical Health
- Part III Promoting Social Health
- Part IV Promoting Occupational Health and Productivity
- Part V Promoting Mental and Emotional Health
- Part VI Promoting Family Health
- Part VII Promoting Spiritual Health
- Part VIII Developing Interprofessional Practice
- Additional Readings
- Financial Disclosures
- Index