Building healthy communities through medical-religious partnerships
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Richard G Bennett; W Daniel Hale
- ناشر : Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2009
- شابک / ISBN : 9780801892936
Description
Healing body, mind, and soul -- Addressing challenges through medical-religious partnerships -- Congregational health education programs -- Coronary heart disease -- Hypertension -- Cancer -- Diabetes mellitus -- Depression -- Dementia -- Influenza and pneumonia -- Advance directives -- Communicating with health care providers -- Modifying common risk factors -- Managing medications -- Accidents and falls -- Community resources -- Innovative medical-religious partnerships -- National organization and resources
Because health care works best when patients assume greater responsibility for their own health, community outreach and patient education have taken on increased importance. This title describes an approach to the development of community-based health education and patient advocacy programs targeted at the prevention and management of disease
