Full Description
Incorporating the latest guidelines from major organizations, including the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, this book offers the clinician a complete overview of how to help patients adopt healthy behaviors and to deliver recommended screening tests and immunizations. Chapters provide practical guidance on how to counsel patients about exercise, nutrition, tobacco use, substance use, sexually transmitted infections, and depression. Written by clinicians for clinicians, the book lays out the details on gathering information from the patient, ordering evidence-based screening tests, designing a personalized health maintenance plan, facilitating behavior change, and the work-up of abnormal results from screening tests. It also explains how to organize the practice and clinic to deliver quality preventive care and to obtain reimbursement.This new edition includes updated chapters on practice redesign, the use of electronic medical records, and reimbursement; updated patient resource materials and instructions; and new authors with deep expertise on the topics. Plus, with this second edition there is a companion Website ( www.healthpromodisprev.com) that features fully searchable text online so you'll have a fast, flexible multimedia library at your service.
Contents
GATHERING INFORMATIONPrinciples of Risk AssessmentSteven H. WoolfThe History: What to Ask AboutAlex H. Krist, Janelle Guirguis-Blake, and Steven H. WoolfThe Physical Examination: Where to Look for Preclinical DiseaseAlex Krist, Janelle Guirguis-Blake, Steven H. Woolf, and Robert S. LawrenceLaboratory Screening TestsJanelle Guirguis-Blake, Alex Krist, and Steven WoolfTO PERSONAL HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND RISK FACTORSIntroduction to the Principles of Health Behavior ChangeRussell E. Glasgow and Michael G. GoldsteinRegular ExerciseSteven JonasNutritionRoger A. ShewmakeWeight ManagementSteven Jonas and Kavitha Bhat SchelbertTobacco UseStephen F. RothemichSubstance Use Screening, Assessment, and TreatmentRandall T. Brown and Michael F. FlemingFamily Planning through Reversible ContraceptionKaren FeisUL>Sexually Transmitted InfectionsCharles KodnerDepression, Mood Disorders, and Cognitive ImpairmentDaniel E. FordSelf-Examination of the Breasts, Testes, and SkinSteven H. WoolfChemoprophylaxisLinda S. Kinsinger, Michael Pignone, and Heidi NelsonImmunizationsRobert M. WolfeHealth Promotion and Disease Prevention in Children and AdolescentsVirginia A. Moyer and Laura E. FergusonWhat to Do with Abnormal Screening Test ResultsAlex H. Krist and Terence McCormallyWhat Not to Do and Why: The Arguments Against Some Forms of Screening and ChemopreventionJanelle Guirguis-Blake and Russell HarrisPUTTING PREVENTION RECOMMENDATIONS INTO PRACTICEDeveloping a Health Maintenance SchedulePaul S. FrameHow to Organize the Practice for Improved Delivery of Clinical Preventive ServicesJohn M. Hickner and Leif I. SolbergImproving Preventive Care Using Automated ToolsJ. Marc OverhageReimbursement for Clinical Preventive ServicesBetsy NicolettiThe Future of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical PracticeDouglas Kamerow and Kevin PatrickAppendix
