Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Physician & Patient, General & Miscellaneous - Medicine, Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Nursing Research & Theory, General & Miscellaneous - Nursing
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Overview
Integrative Health Promotion: Conceptual Bases for Nursing Practice is a comprehensive textbook that integrates the conceptual and theoretical bases of lifestyle approaches to health promotion and holistic approaches to healing. Health belief systems, models, and theories are emphasized. Additionally, the text stimulates thought and foundations for practice through the exploration of the theoretical and evidence bases for a variety of noninvasive therapeutic interventions. Cultural, legal, and ethical influences on health promotion are discussed. The text addresses the elements of healing as a goal of nursing, as contrasted with curing. Creating a helping relationship that is characterized by presence (being rather than doing), mindfulness, respect, genuineness, active listening, empathy, and the therapeutic use of self is one goal discussed within the text. Promoting community health through empowerment strategies and ecocentric approaches to global health are also presented.Integrative Health Promotion is divided into four sections and 16 chapters. The first section discusses conceptual and theoretical frameworks for health promotion, the second section addresses illness prevention through lifestyle change, the third section includes a focus on healing approaches to health promotion, and the final section of the text includes specific noninvasive nursing practice interventions. This exciting text also focuses on activity and exercise, proposing a number of strategies to empower clients to adopt a more active lifestyle. The Chinese energy exercises of tai chi and qigong, which use breathing, mental concentration, and physical postures to facilitate the flow of energy through the body, are introduced. Stress reduction and relaxation nursing practice modalities are also discussed, such as biofeedback, self-hypnosis, meditation, and guided imagery. Other noninvasive therapeutic interventions include touch and bodywork techniques, herbal therapies and aromatherapy, nutritional therapies, and energy modalities such as Reiki, color therapy, polarity therapy, and Therapeutic Touch.
Editorials
From The Critics
Reviewer: Marie Londrigan, PhD(Pace University)Description: This book is dedicated both to the development and establishment of health promotion content in graduate nursing curriculum and practice.
Purpose: The author clearly expresses frustration over the lack of emphasis of health promotion, the core of professional nursing practice, as well as the ever-present dichotomy pertaining to "disease perspective" and the "person perspective." As such, the author's main purpose is to present theories and practice strategies that will facilitate a bridging of both perspectives leading to an integrative meaningful nursing practice. To this end the author has been successful in the accomplishment of the overall purpose.
Audience: According to the author, the book is developed for the graduate nursing student, with all areas of specialization in mind. The author herself hails from a diverse background with a rich history in a variety of academic settings. These include diploma, baccalaureate, RN, graduate and doctoral programs as well as administrative responsibilities, curriculum development, consultation and program development. This extensive experience is foundational and gives credit to the author's authority in the subject matter.
Features: The author's attempt to bridge the "disease perspective" and "person perspective" is clearly evident in how this book is formatted. Section one is entitled Conceptual Basis of Health Promotion. Emphasis is given to the exploration of health promotion and healing, along with discussion pertaining to health belief systems, models and theories. Cultural influence as well as legal and ethical perspectives are also explored. The final chapter in section one looks at frameworks for health assessment from a holistic perspective and includes both Western biomedical physical assessment and Eastern traditions. Section two is entitled The Disease Worldview. This section focuses on two critical areas. The first looks at social cognitive theories pertaining to health behavior change. The second takes a look at global health from a public health perspective. The interrelations between human beings and their environment are explored. Section three is entitled The Person Worldview and focuses on the helping relationship with emphasis on care not cure. The author's discussion of healing in the first part of this section includes key aspects of helping relationships such as presence, respect, caring, and genuineness. This section also explores health promotion from a community perspective with community level strategies. Section four, Integrative Nursing Interventions to Promote Health and Healing, is developed as a comprehensive introduction into noninvasive therapeutic interventions. Some of these noninvasive interventions include touch and body work techniques such as massage therapy; herbal and aromatherapy; relaxation; energy field harmony such as color and music therapy; and physical activity and energy exercise such as Tai Chi.
Assessment: This is a much-needed comprehensive book that integrates conceptual and theoretical lifestyle approaches to health promotion and healing practices. The integrative approach is a challenging step that is well worth the author's efforts and the book may serve either as a required or recommended textbook in graduate programs.
3 Stars from Doody
Book Details
Published
April 1, 2003
Publisher
SLACK Incorporated
Pages
469
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781556425875