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The Clinician's Guide to Managed Behavioral Care
Second Edition of The Clinician's Guide to Managed Mental Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Managed care is a revolution impacting the practice of clinicians throughout America. The Clinician’s Guide to Managed Behavioral Care, called “a survival kit” and “must reading,” helps clinicians develop and market professional services attuned to the needs of managed care systems, manage...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
This contributed volume draws a vital picture of the health care sector, which, like no other is affected by technology push and stakeholder pull. Innovative product and service solutions emerge, which have to integrate different stakeholders’ interests. This book studies current challenges in health...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2007
The field of health psychology has grown dramatically in the last decade, with exciting new developments in the study of how psychological and psychosocial processes contribute to risk for and disease sequelae for a variety of medical problems. In addition, the quality and effectiveness of many of...
The Wellness Code
The Evidence-Based Prescription for Weight Loss, Longevity, Health and Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
In the tradition of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, and The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo comes The Wellness Code from Dr. Brian Morris. The Wellness Code is unlike...
by Christine L. B. Selby
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
It's fair to say that Americans are obsessed with body size and weight—whether it's in the name of health and disease prevention or the idealization of unrealistically thin proportions. But trying to lose weight and drop clothing sizes is healthy, right? Or is it not healthy, in many cases?
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Behavioral economics has potential to offer novel solutions to some of today's most pressing public health problems: How do we persuade people to eat healthy and lose weight? How can health professionals communicate health risks in a way that is heeded? How can food labeling be modified to inform...
Nutrition Promotion
Theories and methods, systems and settings
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Affluenza in developed societies is damaging our health, leading to increasing rates of obesity, diabetes and other metabolic disorders. Growth in individual food consumption is also threatening ecological sustainability. More than ever before, dieticians, nutritionists, and other health professionals...
Promoting Health: A Practical Guide - E-Book
Forewords: Linda Ewles & Ina Simnett; Richard Parish
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
This title is now out of print. A new version with e-book is available under ISBN 9780702044564.
Promoting Health is a seminal text that has been used in the training and education of health promoters over the last 25 years and has shaped health promotion practice in the UK. This 6th edition...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Polluted air and contaminated food and water are major causes of human health deterioration, but public health policy has long struggled to effectively address these concerns. This timely book--written for a wide audience of policy makers, researchers, and general readers--synthesizes what we already...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
This stimulating volume addresses vital questions about gene/environment interactions as they affect cell health from the prenatal period through later life. Beginning with a tour of epigenetic processes in the human body, the book assembles current theoretical and empirical developments across the...
Health Care Benchmarking and Performance Evaluation
An Assessment using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
This new edition continues to emphasize the use of data envelopment analysis (DEA) to create optimization-based benchmarks within hospitals, physician group practices, health maintenance organizations, nursing homes and other health care delivery organizations. Suitable for graduate students learning...
by Katherine A. Foss
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
American society centers on individualism, celebrating personal choice even at the expense of collective progress. As part of this emphasis on agency, Americans value freedom for health decisions, and individual health professionals and consumers are held responsible for the nation’s health, often...
Social Work in Ambulatory Care
New Implications for Health and Social Services
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
The contributing authors of this volume--respected authorities on health care and social work--describe the shift from hospital based care to ambulatory patient and family focused community based services. Social Work in Ambulatory Care assists readers who need to develop, plan, and implement new...
Managing Health, Safety and Well-Being
Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
To achieve sustainable progress in workplace and societal functioning and development, it is essential to align perspectives for the management of health, safety and well-being. Employers are responsible for providing every individual with a working environment that is safe and does not harm their...