Edelman and Kudzma's Canadian Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span

1st Edition - July 23, 2020
Editors: Shannon Dames, Marian Luctkar-Flude, Jane Tyerman
Language: English
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Learn the ins and outs of health promotion and disease prevention in Canada with Edelman and Kudzma’s Canadian Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span. This all-new, comprehensive text grounds you in the Canadian health objectives for promotion and prevention which aims to improve the health of the entire population and to reduce health inequities among population groups. Among the text’s chapters you’ll find extensive coverage of growth and development throughout the life span — including coverage of the normal aspects, the unique problems, and the health promotion needs that are found in each age and stage of development. Separate chapters discuss each population group — the individual, the family, and the community — and highlight the unique aspects of caring for each of these groups. In all, this comprehensive and culturally relevant text provides all the tools needed to stay up on the latest research and topics in Canadian health promotion.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Contributors
Reviewers
Preface
AcknowledgEments
Unit 1. Foundations for Health Promotion
1. Health Defined: Health Promotion, Prevention, and Protection
Disease, Illness, and Health
Health and Wellness
Health Promotion
Prevention
Health Protection
The Active and Passive Nature of Health Promotion
The Role of the Public Health Agency of Canada in Health Promotion, Prevention, and Protection
The Nurse’s Role
Improving Prospects for Health
Shifting Problems
Moving Toward Solutions
Tying IT All Together Using the Nursing Process
2. Diverse Populations and Health
Health Inequalities and Health Equity
Population Mosaic of Canada
Ethnicity, Ethnic Groups, and Minority Groups
Culture, Values, and Value Orientation
Cultural Competency and Cultural Humility
Traditional and Complementary and Alternative Medicines
Indigenous People
Immigrants and Refugees
Homeless Populations
Gender and Sexual Diverse Populations
Nursing’s Response to Diverse Populations and Health
3. Health Policy and the Delivery System
The Health of the Nation
A Safer System
Global Health
History of Health Care
Organization of the Delivery System
Financing Health Care
The United States Health Care System
4. The Therapeutic Relationship
Values Clarification
The Communication Process
The Helping or Therapeutic Relationship
5. Ethical Issues Related to Health Promotion
Health Promotion as A Moral Endeavour
Public Health Ethics
Professional Responsibility
Ethical Principles in Health Promotion
Strategies for Ethical Decision Making
Ethics of Health Promotion: Cases
Unit 2. Assessment for Health Promotion
6. Health Promotion and the Individual
Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns: Assessment of the Individual
Individual Health Promotion Through the Nursing Process
7. Health Promotion and the Family
The Nursing Process and the Family
Family Theories and Frameworks
The Family from A Developmental Perspective
The Family from A Structural–Functional Perspective
The Family from A Risk-Factor Perspective
Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns: Assessment of the Family
Environmental Factors
Analysis and Nursing Diagnosis
Planning With the Family
Implementation With the Family
Evaluation With the Family
8. Health Promotion and the Community
Community Health Nursing Practice
The Community Health Nurse’s Role
Methods of Data Collection
Sources of Community Information
Community From A Systems Perspective
Community From a Developmental Perspective
Community From a Risk-Factor Perspective
Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns: Assessment of the Community
Analysis and Diagnosis With the Community
Planning With the Community
Implementation With the Community
Evaluation With the Community
Unit 3. Application of Health Promotion
9. Overview of Growth and Development Framework
Overview of Growth and Development
Theories of Life-Span Development
Behavioural Biological Development
Summary
Evolve Chapter Features
10. The Prenatal Period
Biology and Genetics
Changes During Transition From Fetus to Newborn
Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns
Environmental Processes
Determinants of Health
Nursing Application
11. Infant
Biology and Genetics
Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns
Environmental Processes
Determinants of Health
Nursing Application
12. Toddler
Biology and Genetics
Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns
Environmental Processes
Determinants of Health
Nursing Application
13. Preschool Child
Biology and Genetics
Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns
Environmental Processes
Determinants of Health
Nursing Application
14. School-Aged Child
Biology and Genetics
Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns
Environmental Processes
Determinants of Health
Nursing Application
15. Adolescent
Biology and Genetics
Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns
Determinants of Health
Nursing Application
16. Young Adult
Biology
Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns
Environmental Processes
Determinants of Health
Nursing Application
17. Middle-Aged Adult
Biology and Genetics
Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns
Environmental Processes
Determinants of Health
Nursing Application
18. Older Persons
Biology and Genetics
Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns
Environmental Processes
Determinants of Health
Nursing Application
Unit 4. Interventions for Health Promotion
19. Screening
Advantages and Disadvantages of Screening
Selection of a Screened Disease
Ethical Considerations
Selection of Screenable Populations
The Nurse’s Role
Equitable Approaches to Community Health
20. Health Education
Nursing and Health Education
Community and Group Health Education
Teaching Plan
Teaching and Organizing Skills
21. Nutrition and Health Promotion
Nutrition in Canada: Looking Forward From the Past
Food and Nutrition Recommendations
Nutritional Supplements and Natural and Nonprescription Health Products
Food Safety
Health, Nutrition, and Food Insecurity in Canada
Nutrition Screening
Nutrition Risk Factors
22. Exercise
Defining Physical Activity in Health
Physical Activity Participation—Current Guidelines and Recommendations
Cardiac Risk Factors
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Arthritis
Low Back Pain
Immune Function
Mental Health
Exercise Prescription
Exercise and Relaxation Response
Special Considerations
Building a Rhythm of Physical Activity
23. Stress Management
Sources of Stress
Physical, Psychological, Sociobehavioural, and Spiritual/Homeodynamic Consequences of Stress
Health Benefits of Managing Stress
Assessment of Stress
Stress-Management Interventions
Effective Coping
24. Complementary and Alternative Strategies
Background
Terminology
Alternative Health Care Therapies and Practices
Safety and Effectiveness
Evidence-Informed Practice
Health Policy and Alternative Medicine
25. Health Promotion for the Twenty-First Century: Throughout the Life Span and Throughout the World
The Social Determinants of Health
Malnutrition
Emerging Infections
Violence
Terrorism
Natural Disasters
Implications
Index

Shannon Dames

Dr. Shannon Dames holds a doctorate degree in Education, and has worked in various capacities related to nursing, program development, and research over the last 20 years. She is a professor and researcher with the Nursing program at Vancouver Island University, and a forensic nurse examiner with Island Health. The program of research that she is focusing on centres on articulating the most significant factors that will enable meaningful and sustainable culture change in health care. Her efforts centre on seeding culture change from a bottom up (personal resilience) and top-down approach (systemic resilience). Dr. Dames is an academic journal article author, Elsevier text author and contributor, and a keynote speaker. She continues to facilitate workshops that focus on the experiential development of the core factors that enable humans to thrive. She comes to this work motivated to provide the tools necessary for us to address the international mental health crises we are facing in health care and beyond. Dr. Dames has received multiple grant awards to support her ongoing program of research, which includes collaborative endeavours with the health authority, academic institutions, and the BC Centre on Substance Use.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Hath Professional Investigator for the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research/Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation, Director of Research and Development for Roots to Thrive, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, British Columbia

Marian Luctkar-Flude

Dr. Marian Luctkar-Flude received her BScN and MScN from the University of Ottawa, her critical care nursing diploma from St. Lawrence College (Kingston), and her PhD from Queen’s University (Kingston). She has over 20 years' medical–surgical nursing experience, over 20 years' experience as an educator, and was named the 2021 Reznick Scholar at Queen’s University, which honours outstanding leadership and longstanding commitment to educational scholarship. She is now an Associate Professor at Queen's University School of Nursing where she has taught Nursing Health Assessment, Nursing Research, Medical-Surgical Nursing and Project in Evidence-Based Practice courses. She has expertise in clinical simulation and curriculum development and is Co-President of the Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators using Simulation (CAN-sim), which serves as a platform for simulation collaboration among health educators. Her educational research interests include use of simulation in undergraduate nursing education, interprofessional education, and virtual simulation games, and her clinical research interests include breast cancer survivorship care, neurofeedback for post-cancer cognitive impairment, and knowledge translation interventions for primary care providers and cancer survivors. Dr. Luktcar-Flude is also an editor for Jarvis Physical Examination and Health Assessment, Canadian Edition

Affiliations and expertise

Associate Professor,Reznick Scholar, Health Professions Education,Faculty of Health Sciences,Queen's University School of Nursing Kingston, Ontario

Jane Tyerman

Dr. Jane Tyerman is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa’s School of Nursing in Ottawa, Ontario. She holds a diploma in nursing from St. Lawrence College in Ottawa, Ontario; a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa; a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Athabasca University in Alberta; and a Master of Science in nursing and a PhD in nursing from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She has over 25 years of experience in acute care clinical practice and more than 15 years of academic teaching experience at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She is an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) instructor with the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation. Dr. Tyerman has contributed to multiple NCLEX textbooks published by Elsevier and has been a HESI Live Review faculty member, delivering in-person and online workshops to graduating students across Canada. She is also co-editor for Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing in Canada. She has made significant contributions to nursing education by advancing the pedagogy that underpins the effective use of clinical simulation and through her innovative use of technology to expand equity and access to high-quality teaching and learning resources. She is dedicated to developing and researching bilingual virtual simulation games through her role as Co-President of the Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators Using Simulation (CAN-Sim). Collaborating with nurse educators across Canada and internationally, she has authored multiple publications related to simulation and virtual simulation games. .

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.