Health education challenges, issues and impact (Nova Science Publishers, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Defining spiritual health for the 21st century: an ethnographic content analysis of the professional literature / Ralph J. Wood, Angela R. Wood and Kathleen M. Keen -- Nursing self-harm patients in the emergency room: some lessons from research / Wally Barra and Maria Leitner -- Mental health and illness in the emergency department / Diana E. Clarke, Anne-Marie Brown and Linda Hughes -- Ethnicity and psychosis: examining the nature of the relationship / Deidre M. Anglin ... [et al.] -- Lay appraisal of age-related illness symptoms / Dean D. VonDras -- The eclipse of cooking and meals: how primary care nurses now frame dietary advice / Phil Lyon, Monika Schröder and Fiona Bell -- Doctor-child communication: a critical aspect of pediatric health care and health education / Laura Nabors ... [et al.] -- Drug use among the Spanish adolescents: testing for a causal gateway effect / Rosa Duarte, José-Julián Escario and José-Alberto Molina -- The role of housekeeping department in the control of hospital infections / Sibel Erkal and Sükran Safak -- Parent and child perceptions of managing childhood diabetes / Jacqui Smith ... [et al.] -- Building a quality culture in nursing / Insaf Altun -- The palliative care partnership: the evolution of a New Zealand model of integrated palliative care / Eileen McKinlay and Lynn McBain -- A first step: a call for distinguishing between health information giving and health education / Zenobia C.Y. Chan
"Health education is the profession of educating people about health. Areas within this profession encompass environmental health, physical health, social health, emotional health, intellectual health, and spiritual health. Recent statistics show that, in many countries, one in four individuals will experience mental illness during their lifetime, with mental health conditions contributing more to disability than any other single disease group, including cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The Emergency Department (ED) may be the only site where some isolated and marginalized mentally ill populations such as the homeless receive their healthcare - medical as well as psychiatric. The authors of this book examine mental health and illness in the ED. Challenges presented in nursing patients who attend an ER following an incident of self-harm or attempted suicide is also examined. In addition, researchers have reported that children are involved in very few conversations with their doctors. Positive practices relating to improved doctor-child communications are discussed. Other chapters in this book examine the use of drugs among adolescents, children's and parents perceptions about managing their diabetes, a discussion on how the concept of spirituality is defined/described in the professional health literature, the importance of understanding lay appraisal of illness symptoms as a facet of successful health education interventions, and the role of primary care practice nurses in making patients aware of changes that could improve their health."--Publisher's description