Health psychology Books

Book SynopsisClinical psychologists and counsellors increasingly work with doctors, nurses, and medical therapists to implement psychological measures that increase the effectiveness, or mediate the ill effects, of medical treatment. This is a clear and concise guide to the body of knowledge in this field and to best practice in the clinical context.Trade Review"...offers an excellent introduction to the psychological aspects of healthcare..." (Journal of Health Psychology, Vol.16, No. 4, 2001) "...a well-written and lively book.." (British Journal of Health Psychology, September 2001) "This book could serve as a very useful basis for teaching a broad range of health professionals. Issues could then be picked up by course tutors to enable discussions of the more controversial areas and an opportunity for more in depth treatment of certain topics. Clinical and health psychologists would benefit from reading this book as an introduction to applied psychology in general medicine and surgery. Given the breadth of the book, most readers are going to find sections relevant to their own work and benefit from Peter Salmon's knowledge and experience of working in health care setting." (British Journal of Health Psychology, Sep 2001)Table of ContentsAPPLYING PSYCHOLOGY TO HEALTH CARE. Psychology Knowledge: Its Relevance and Limitations. Theories, Models and Objectives in Health Care. BECOMING ILL AND BEING ILL. Challenge, Stress and Coping. Psychobiology of Disease Processes: Heart Disease and Cancer. Psychology of Physical Symptoms. The Patient's Agenda: Beliefs and Intentions. The Psychological Impact of Physical Illness. Chronic Illness, Dying and Bereavement: Stages and Cycles of Adaptation. TREATMENT. Clinicians' Decisions and Patients' Adherence. Clinical Communication: Partnership and Opposition. Patient Empowerment: Information, Choice and Control. Hospitalization and Surgery. Psychological Treatment of Unexplained Physical Symptoms. Psychological Treatment of Physical Disease. Using Patients' Perspective to Evaluate Care. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn Chronic Physical Disorders, the most prominent figures in the field of behavioral medicine argue why a biopsychosocial perspective is crucial to reducing the tremendous personal and societal burden of chronic disease.Trade Review“Christensen and Antoni have edited an outstanding text that will be exceptionally helpful to both researchers and clinicians. The list of authors reads like a veritable Who’s Who in Behavioral Medicine.” Professor Francis J. Keefe, Duke Pain and Palliative Care Program “This volume provides an excellent synthesis of the cross-cutting themes and major psychosocial issues in the adjustment process for persons with chronic medical conditions. It is an essential reference for researchers, clinicians, and students of the discipline of health psychology and behavioral medicine, as well as a valuable resource for other health professionals whose research and clinical work focuses on chronic disease management.” Dr. Perry M. Nicassio, California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, and the University of California, San Diego School of MedicineTable of ContentsContributors. Introduction: Alan J. Christensen (The University of Iowa) and Michael H. Antoni (The Ohio State University). Part I: Cross-Cutting Issues:. 1. Quality of Life and Chronic Illness: Robert M. Kaplan (University of California, San Diego). 2. Social Psychological Aspects of Chronic Disease: Vicki S. Helgeson (Cernegie Mellon University) and Kerry A. Reynolds (Carnegie Mellon University). 3. Coping Processes and Adjustment to Chronic Illness: Charles S. Carver (University of Miami) and Michael F. Scheier (Carnegie Mellon University). 4. Adherence in the Management of Chronic Disorders: Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob (University of Pittsburgh), Elizabeth A. Schlenk (University of Pittsburgh) and Donna Caruthers (University of Pittsburgh). Part II: Chronic Physical Disorders:. 5. Coronary Heart Disease: Timothy W. Smith (The University of Utah) and John M. Ruiz (The University of Utah). 6. Cancer: Barbara L. Anderson (The Ohio State University) and Sharla Wells (The Ohio State University). 7. Diabetes: Linda Gonder-Frederick (University of Virginia Health System), Daniel J. Cox (University of Virginia Health System), and William L. Clarke (University of Virginia Health System). 8. Chronic Pain: Dennis C. Turk (University of Washington) and Akiko Okifuji (University of Washington). 9. HIV and AIDS: Michael H. Antoni (University of Utah). 10. End-Stage Renal Disease: Alan J. Christensen (University of Iowa) and Katherine Raichle (University of Iowa). 11. Asthma: Bruce G. Bender (University of Colorado) and Thomas L. Creer (The Ohio University). 12. Arthritis: Heather M. Burke (Arizona State University), Alex J. Zautra (Arizona State University), Amy S. Schultz (Arizona State University), John W. Reich (Arizona State University) and Mary C. Davis (Arizona State Univerisity).

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Book SynopsisPresents an integrative theory of hard-to-maintain behaviours, which includes hard-to-reduce or eliminate behaviours such as smoking and other drug use, overconsumption of food or unsafe sex, and hard to- sustain behaviours such as exercise and sun-safe behaviours.Trade Review“Borland has written a succinct but powerful account of hard to maintain behaviour changes and the next step is to integrate this into services so that the model can be empirically tested and refined.” (Drugs, Education, Prevention and Policy, 27 October 2015) Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgements xi 1 An Overview of the Theory 1 Context 4 Limitations of the existing theories 5 Core elements of CEOS 12 Conceptual underpinnings 14 The generation of behaviour 17 Capacity of the ES 19 Initiation versus maintenance of behaviour 20 The relationships between the two systems 21 Story creation within the ES 22 Biological constraints 22 Elaboration of CEOS theory 24 References 26 2 Characteristics of Hard-to-maintain Behaviours 31 Types of behaviour to change 31 What makes some behaviours hard to maintain? 34 Hard-to-reduce/resist/eliminate behaviours 37 Addictions versus other HTR behaviours 38 The example of smoking 40 Hard-to-sustain behaviours 44 Examples of HTS behaviours 45 Combinations of both kinds of behaviour change 46 Replacements and substitutes 47 What is learnt in HTM behaviour change 48 References 50 3 The Roles of the Operational and Executive Systems 54 The Operational System 55 The nature of the Operational System 55 Functions of the Operational System 60 Modifying OS functions 62 The Executive System 65 Core capacities of the ES 66 Inputs to the ES 69 Stories and the roles they play 72 What the ES can do 75 Limitations of thinking 81 Self-regulation 85 The stability of change 86 Relationship of CEOS to other dual-process theories 86 References 94 4 Environmental Influences: The Context of Change 98 The relatively stable environment 99 The social environment and social norms 102 Modelling and vicarious learning 103 Changing the broader environment 104 Regulation and legislation 106 Public education 109 The interactional environment 110 Requisites for behaviour 110 Interpersonal influences 111 References 114 5 Conceptual Influences on Change 117 Framing the problem 118 Message framing 120 Mechanisms of persuasion 122 Organisation of concepts about change 125 Core beliefs and values 126 The desirability of change 127 Influences on goal desirability 127 Priority 130 Decisional balance 131 Goal achievability 133 Analysis of the challenge (task difficulty) 133 Self-efficacy 135 Beliefs that can interfere with behaviour change 137 References 139 6 The Structure of the Change Process 142 Tasks involved in behaviour change 143 Getting behaviour change on the agenda 145 Goals 146 Making an attempt to change 148 Scripts 152 Commitments to change 154 Maintaining change: perseverance 155 Determinants of maintenance/relapse 159 Drivers of relapse 160 Maintaining appropriate beliefs 161 Influences on self-control 163 Influences on reorienting the OS 164 Recovering from setbacks 165 Feedback and evaluation 166 Repeated attempts are the norm 167 Hardening: the changing nature of the population who have not changed 169 References 171 7 Interventions for Behaviour Change 176 Internal and external perspectives on change 177 Differences between HTR and HTS behaviours 178 Enhancing executive function: optimising understanding 180 Framing: defining the problem and options for change 180 Feedback and evaluation 182 Making relevant knowledge salient 183 The occasional value of biases 185 Enhancing self-control 186 Enhancing executive functions 187 Managing and prioritising life challenges 188 Implementation intentions 189 Enhancing self-reorientation 190 Mindfulness and awareness 190 Acceptance 191 Understanding emotions and attitudes 193 Reconditioning the Operational System 194 Targeting alternatives to the desired behaviour 196 Practice 196 Use of drug therapies 197 Creating more supportive environments 197 Changing the pattern of cues to act 197 Rewards and other motivators 198 Understanding communication 198 Externalising self-control 199 The availability of what is required 200 Advocating for change 200 Integrative strategies 201 Building a revised sense of self 201 Improving recovery from setbacks 202 Optimising a script or plan for action 202 References 205 8 Using CEOS to Advance Knowledge 209 Key features of CEOS theory 209 Reframing thinking 211 Key questions to answer for behaviour change 213 Contributions of different kinds of research 213 Measuring key constructs 215 Measuring ES influences on behaviour 217 Measures of OS influences on behaviour 218 Measures of context 219 Elements of a theory-driven research agenda 220 Comparisons with other theories 221 Implications for reducing inequities 226 Concluding comments 227 References 229 Index 233

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Book SynopsisPart 1: Basic Concepts of Health and Illness.- Introducing the Pathways Model.- Genetic Etiology of Illness.- Psychosocial Etiology of Illness.- Psychophysiological Etiology of Illness.- Assessment in the Pathways Model.- Interventions in the Pathways Model.- Part 2: Applications to Common Illnesses.- Substance Abuse Disorders.- Depression and Anxiety.- Diabetes and Obesity.- Hypertension and Syncope.- Headache and Back Pain.- Fibromyalgia.- Gastrointestinal Disorders.- Sleep Disorders.- Part 3: Personalizing the Path to Health and Wellness.- Simple Pathways to Health and Wellness.- Developing a Wellness Plan.- Seeking Professional Help.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“Pathways to Illness, Pathways to Health provides a broad overview of the past research on complementary and alternative health techniques for both mental and physical illnesses. … The organization and outline of the book may provide a starting point for lifestyle coaches and alternative health care practitioners to find evidence for treatments … .” (Patrick L. Hill and Robin K. Young, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 59 (4), January, 2014)Table of ContentsPart 1: Basic Concepts of Health and Illness.- Introducing the Pathways Model.- Genetic Etiology of Illness.- Psychosocial Etiology of Illness.- Psychophysiological Etiology of Illness.- Assessment in the Pathways Model.- Interventions in the Pathways Model.- Part 2: Applications to Common Illnesses.- Substance Abuse Disorders.- Depression and Anxiety.- Diabetes and Obesity.- Hypertension and Syncope.- Headache and Back Pain.- Fibromyalgia.- Gastrointestinal Disorders.- Sleep Disorders.- Part 3: Personalizing the Path to Health and Wellness.- Simple Pathways to Health and Wellness.- Developing a Wellness Plan.- Seeking Professional Help.

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Book SynopsisThe concept of health is a challenge of great complexity in terms of theoretical, methodological and intervention within the idiographic frame.Health cannot be considered an abstract condition, but a means, a resource aimed at achieving objectives that relate to the ability of people to lead their lives in a productive way- individually, socially, and economically. Health is a process that is not based on the definition of standards and categories on the basis of which typifying the states of health. Rather, it has to be considered a process, on a large scale and on many entangled levels, aimed at generating a culture of the health as a resource for individuals and communities and to promote skills needed to transform these resources into developmental goals.The notion of health, indeed, defined and interpreted in terms of ""state"" and not of process, meets the immediate paradox of being an indicator of normativity by reason of which we risk a proliferation of new and potentially infinite forms of ""deviation"". The approach of the idiographic sciences (see previous volumes of the Yearbook Idiographic Science Series, by same publisher IAP) considers that every psychological process (but in general every process, from organic to the social and cultural ones) is characterized by a contextual, situated and contingent dynamics. That dynamics is always characterized by a never-ending opening of its cycles and great variability. Conditions of stagnation and hypostatization are characteristic of all forms of disease (physical, mental and social) that sclerotize relational links between people and their environments. Health is therefore a process that presents oscillation in the same way of any developmental process that has moments of crisis and rupture in order to re-organize new forms of relationship with the social and cultural environment.This book represent a fruitful way to deep many cogent issues and to dialogue with an idiographic perspective in order to discuss the concept of health, to define its cultural meanings and possible polysemy (e.g., wellness, care, hygiene, quality of life, resilience, prevention, healing, deviation/normality, subjective potentiality for development, etc.), its areas of pertinence and intervention (somatic, psychological, social) trying to offer possible alternatives to the ""normalization"" of health and creating new incentives for the reflection.Table of Contents Series Editor’s Preface: Health: The General in the Unique, Jaan Valsiner. Health: A Current Challenge for the Idiographic Sciences, Maria Francesca Freda, Raffaele De Luca Picione, Jensine. Nedergaard, and Sergio Salvatore. Section 1: The Dynamic Construction Of Borders Between Health And Illness Section 1.1: Critical Analysis Of The Health Notion. An Idiographic Lens On The Topic. Different Paths Between Generalization And Idiography. Five Inconsistencies in Scientific Discourse, Sven Hroar Klempe. The Enigmatic Soul of Health: From Balance to Inscape, Robert E. Innis. Values and the Singular Aims of Idiographic Inquiry, Tim Thornton. Psychopathology: Mental Illness and Relationship Between Idiography and Health: The Case of Transsexuals’ Experience, Roberto Vitelli. Section 1.2: Healthcare Relationship And Possible Functions Of Idiographic Approaches. Crisis of Medical Institution: An Idiographic Approach, Annalisa Venezia and Chiara Marangio. From Medicalizing Discourse to Situated Practices. From Reification to Semiotization of Processes of Sensemaking: The Function of Psychological Scaffolding in the Experience of the Disease Within the Healthcare Relationship, Raffaele De Luca Picione, Francesca Dicé, and Maria Francesca Freda. Communicative Partnership Between More Than Two: When a Child Becomes a Patient, Jensine Ingerslev Nedergaard and Elise Snitker Jensen. Section 1.3: The Care Of Social Context. The Extension Of Idiography To Wider Frames. Growing up in the Suburbs: Stories of Adolescents at Risk and of Their “Maestri di Strada”, Santa Parrello. The Generational Shift in the Family Business: Defining the Condition to Plan the Intervention, Barbara Cordella and Assunta Capasso. Section 2: Narrations Of Health And Illness Section 2.1: The Narration Of The Unspeakable. Health And Illness In One’s Own Experience. Disquieting Experiences, Borders, and Healthcare Processes, Lívia Mathias Simão and Giuseppina Marsico. “I Get Along Without You…”: On Billie Holiday, Clichés and Psychological Truth, Yair Neuman. Lessons of Pathosophy—And Implications for Medical Care, Elin Håkonsen Martinsen. Section 2.2: The Modelling Of Narratives Processes In The Clinical Context. Narrative Functions to Support the Meaning-Making Process During Cancer Traumatic Experience in Pediatric Oncology, Maria Luisa Martino and Maria Francesca Freda. The Power of Self-Narratives in Health, João Tiago Oliveira, Miguel M. Gonçalves, João Batista, and Adrián Montesano. Commentary: The Enchantment of Stories, Luca Tateo. Section 2.3: The Idiographic Challenge Of Narrations In The Research Processes. The Idiographic Science Perspective Applied to the Treatment of Younger Women with BRCA Mutation, Emanuela Saita, Sara Molgora, and Chiara Acquati. Risk and Prevention: Women’s Experiences of Barriers to Cancer Screening, Daniela Lemmo and Adele Nunziante Cesàro. The Role of Narrative in Promoting Changes in Illness Transitions of the Life-Span: An Idiographic Approach, Andrea Smorti and Chiara Fioretti. Author Biosketches.

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Book SynopsisThe concept of health is a challenge of great complexity in terms of theoretical, methodological and intervention within the idiographic frame.Health cannot be considered an abstract condition, but a means, a resource aimed at achieving objectives that relate to the ability of people to lead their lives in a productive way- individually, socially, and economically. Health is a process that is not based on the definition of standards and categories on the basis of which typifying the states of health. Rather, it has to be considered a process, on a large scale and on many entangled levels, aimed at generating a culture of the health as a resource for individuals and communities and to promote skills needed to transform these resources into developmental goals.The notion of health, indeed, defined and interpreted in terms of ""state"" and not of process, meets the immediate paradox of being an indicator of normativity by reason of which we risk a proliferation of new and potentially infinite forms of ""deviation"". The approach of the idiographic sciences (see previous volumes of the Yearbook Idiographic Science Series, by same publisher IAP) considers that every psychological process (but in general every process, from organic to the social and cultural ones) is characterized by a contextual, situated and contingent dynamics. That dynamics is always characterized by a never-ending opening of its cycles and great variability. Conditions of stagnation and hypostatization are characteristic of all forms of disease (physical, mental and social) that sclerotize relational links between people and their environments. Health is therefore a process that presents oscillation in the same way of any developmental process that has moments of crisis and rupture in order to re-organize new forms of relationship with the social and cultural environment.This book represent a fruitful way to deep many cogent issues and to dialogue with an idiographic perspective in order to discuss the concept of health, to define its cultural meanings and possible polysemy (e.g., wellness, care, hygiene, quality of life, resilience, prevention, healing, deviation/normality, subjective potentiality for development, etc.), its areas of pertinence and intervention (somatic, psychological, social) trying to offer possible alternatives to the ""normalization"" of health and creating new incentives for the reflection.Table of Contents Series Editor’s Preface: Health: The General in the Unique, Jaan Valsiner. Health: A Current Challenge for the Idiographic Sciences, Maria Francesca Freda, Raffaele De Luca Picione, Jensine. Nedergaard, and Sergio Salvatore. Section 1: The Dynamic Construction Of Borders Between Health And Illness Section 1.1: Critical Analysis Of The Health Notion. An Idiographic Lens On The Topic. Different Paths Between Generalization And Idiography. Five Inconsistencies in Scientific Discourse, Sven Hroar Klempe. The Enigmatic Soul of Health: From Balance to Inscape, Robert E. Innis. Values and the Singular Aims of Idiographic Inquiry, Tim Thornton. Psychopathology: Mental Illness and Relationship Between Idiography and Health: The Case of Transsexuals’ Experience, Roberto Vitelli. Section 1.2: Healthcare Relationship And Possible Functions Of Idiographic Approaches. Crisis of Medical Institution: An Idiographic Approach, Annalisa Venezia and Chiara Marangio. From Medicalizing Discourse to Situated Practices. From Reification to Semiotization of Processes of Sensemaking: The Function of Psychological Scaffolding in the Experience of the Disease Within the Healthcare Relationship, Raffaele De Luca Picione, Francesca Dicé, and Maria Francesca Freda. Communicative Partnership Between More Than Two: When a Child Becomes a Patient, Jensine Ingerslev Nedergaard and Elise Snitker Jensen. Section 1.3: The Care Of Social Context. The Extension Of Idiography To Wider Frames. Growing up in the Suburbs: Stories of Adolescents at Risk and of Their “Maestri di Strada”, Santa Parrello. The Generational Shift in the Family Business: Defining the Condition to Plan the Intervention, Barbara Cordella and Assunta Capasso. Section 2: Narrations Of Health And Illness Section 2.1: The Narration Of The Unspeakable. Health And Illness In One’s Own Experience. Disquieting Experiences, Borders, and Healthcare Processes, Lívia Mathias Simão and Giuseppina Marsico. “I Get Along Without You…”: On Billie Holiday, Clichés and Psychological Truth, Yair Neuman. Lessons of Pathosophy—And Implications for Medical Care, Elin Håkonsen Martinsen. Section 2.2: The Modelling Of Narratives Processes In The Clinical Context. Narrative Functions to Support the Meaning-Making Process During Cancer Traumatic Experience in Pediatric Oncology, Maria Luisa Martino and Maria Francesca Freda. The Power of Self-Narratives in Health, João Tiago Oliveira, Miguel M. Gonçalves, João Batista, and Adrián Montesano. Commentary: The Enchantment of Stories, Luca Tateo. Section 2.3: The Idiographic Challenge Of Narrations In The Research Processes. The Idiographic Science Perspective Applied to the Treatment of Younger Women with BRCA Mutation, Emanuela Saita, Sara Molgora, and Chiara Acquati. Risk and Prevention: Women’s Experiences of Barriers to Cancer Screening, Daniela Lemmo and Adele Nunziante Cesàro. The Role of Narrative in Promoting Changes in Illness Transitions of the Life-Span: An Idiographic Approach, Andrea Smorti and Chiara Fioretti. Author Biosketches.

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Book SynopsisPhotography is ubiquitous. The visual image is the predominant form of communication. Arguably it is a very democratic medium, since billions of people all over the planet take photographs on their phones, and digital storage means that expensive printing is not necessary and therefore the practice is not prohibitive. Photography is important to political and social movements and connects people in emotionally meaningful relationships. This book explores the myriad ways in which photographs can be used: to document events, places or things; to consolidate personal identity; to pose a challenge to an idea or regime; to animate the inanimate (in other words, to breathe life into objects); to capture the fleeting and transitory; to create stories; to reveal what may be taken for granted, including seeing social practices; to enhance our perception and allow us to notice previously unnoticed details; to consolidate relationships; to represent the overlooked or marginalised; to commemorate; to authenticate; to tantalise. All these modes of photography have different possibilities, different intentions and different effects.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. A Brief Summary of the History & Development of Photography Chapter 3. How Are Photographs Distinctive? Chapter 4. Photographic Practice for Health & Wellbeing Chapter 5. Photography in Research (Summary of Photographic Research Methods;Photo-documentation, Photo-elicitation; Semiotic Analysis; Content Analysis) Chapter 6. An Introduction to Re-enactment Phototherapy Chapter 7. Therapeutic Photography Chapter 8. Suggestions for Further Reading

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Book SynopsisExploring the potential for storytelling as a creative practice for health and well-being, Michael Wilson considers how the art form might help us reconsider the power relationships in healthcare contexts and restore agency to patients, in partnership with medical professionals. Storytelling is explored not simply as a means of conveying information and experience from one person to another but as an act of listening, a process for thinking, evaluating and understanding. Wilson reflects on his over thirty of years of researching and practising storytelling, and blends his experience with a collection of case studies representing diverse approaches to storytelling for health, including theatre, stand-up comedy, writing, visual arts and digital storytelling. Most importantly, storytelling is approached not from the point of view of the medical practitioner or educator, or even the patient, but through the lens of those who tell stories as a creative and everyday practice. It is a book with the storyteller at its core.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Why Storytelling? Chapter 2. What Might Help: Some Theories and Thinking About Storytelling Chapter 3. Case Studies Chapter 4. Getting Engaged with Storytelling: Challenges and Opportunities Conclusion: Godfather Death

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Book SynopsisThis book aims at shifting the emphasis from a general vision of gender-based violence to a more opaque, yet equally destructive one, that related to "proximity violence".The first type of violence is exercised in multiple situations and in the generality of relationships experienced by people involving others who are both strangers to and intimate with each other. Proximity violence provides and includes a fiduciary kind of "proximity", of "dependent intimacy", where the trust that the victim places in the other (her tormentor) favours the exercise of violence itself, allowing it to take place, thus making it practically imperceptible when not actually normal, in extreme cases.In turn, this confidence is comparable to "a veil of Maja" which, in conditions of vulnerability typical of victims, attenuates the consequences of the violence undergone or the omens of what becomes violent action.The conceptual triad: proximity violence, vulnerability, resistance-resilience is explored here, in the three main chapters and in the details aimed at identifying, in the final chapter, the mutual interconnections. This book will be of particular interest and use to undergraduate and graduate students of sociology and gender studiesTable of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis open access book is a thorough update and expansion of the 2017 edition of The Handbook of Salutogenesis, responding to the rapidly growing salutogenesis research and application arena.Revised and updated from the first edition are background and historical chapters that trace the development of the salutogenic model of health and flesh out the central concepts, most notably generalized resistance resources and the sense of coherence that differentiate salutogenesis from pathogenesis. From there, experts describe a range of real-world applications within and outside health contexts. Many new chapters emphasize intervention research findings. Readers will find numerous practical examples of how to implement salutogenesis to enhance the health and well-being of families, infants and young children, adolescents, unemployed young people, pre-retirement adults, and older people. A dedicated section addresses how salutogenesis helps tackle vulnerability, with chapters on at-risk children, migrants, prisoners, emergency workers, and disaster-stricken communities. Wide-ranging coverage includes new topics beyond health, like intergroup conflict, politics and policy-making, and architecture. The book also focuses on applying salutogenesis in birth and neonatal care clinics, hospitals and primary care, schools and universities, workplaces, and towns and cities. A special section focuses on developments in salutogenesis methods and theory.With its comprehensive coverage, The Handbook of Salutogenesis, 2nd Edition, is the standard reference for researchers, practitioners, and health policy-makers who wish to have a thorough grounding in the topic. It is also written to support post-graduate education courses and self-study in public health, nursing, psychology, medicine, and social sciences. Table of ContentsPARTS AND CHAPTERS (Revised Chapters Indicated by Δ)Part I Salutogenesis from its origins to the presentWhat is new in the 2nd Edition?Maurice B. MittelmarkThis is a two-page summary of the entire book, and explains the rationale for a new edition so soon after the 1st edition. It also brags a bit about the popularity of the 1st edition.Mileposts in the development of salutogenesis as a thriving academic arenaBengt LindströmThis new chapter gives Bengt a chance to tell the recent history of salutogenesis' development as a scientific arena, which only he can do justice to. It indicates names, places, events, and key developments that are the mileposts of our field’s development since the mid-1990’s.Δ Meanings of Salutogenesis: The Salutogenic Model of Health, The Sense of Coherence, and the broader salutogenic orientationMaurice B Mittelmark and Georg F. BauerThis returning chapter gets a very light polishing.Δ A profile of Aaron Antonovsky by two who knew him well (1923-1994)Avishai Antonovsky and Shifra SagyThis returning chapter gets a very light polishing.Δ Antonovsky’s development of the salutogenesis ideaEva LangelandThis returning chapter gets a very light polishing. Eva takes over as sole author, with a footnote thanking the original contributions of Hege Vinje and Torill Bull, both of whom are unavailable this time round, and both of whom have told us they are delighted that Eva is taking over the reins.Salutogenesis meeting places: The Society for Theory and Research on Salutogenesis, the Global Working Group on Salutogenesis, and the Center on Salutogenesis at the University of ZurichGeorg F. BauerThis new chapter gives Georg the opportunity to tell readers about our infrastructure to support salutogenesis’ development, and it is a sort of follow-up to Bengt’s earlier chapter. Georg promotes the Society and our web site.Part II Key concepts in the salutogenic model of healthSummary by Part Editor Monica ErikssonA one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.Δ The Sense of Coherence: The concept and its relationship to healthMonica Eriksson and Bengt LindströmThis returning chapter plans to be lightly polished, but Monica may have more ambitious plans.Δ The Sense of Coherence: measurement issuesMonica Eriksson and Paolo ContuThis returning chapter plans to be at least lightly polished, but perhaps the updated version is to be more extensive, with Paulo coming on as an enthusiastic new co-author (Maurice is coming off from his co-author role in the 1st edition).Δ Salutogenesis: generalised resistance resourcesOrly Idan, Monica Eriksson, Michal Al-Yagon and Ruca MaassThis returning chapter aims to be lightly polished.Δ Salutogenesis: specific resistance resourcesMaurice B. Mittelmark, Marguerite Daniel and Helga UrkeThis returning chapter is lightly polished.Part III The sense of coherence in the life courseSummary by Part Editor Claudia Meier MagistrettiThis Part emphasizes the centrality of cultural contexts at all life course phases, and also the importance of learning in the life course.A one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.The development of the sense of coherence in pre-, peri- and early postnatal lifeClaudia Meier Magistretti, Soo Downe, Shefaly Shorey, Bengt LindströmThis new chapter proposed by Claudia has several interested, possible co-authors, but authorship and order is still not decided.Δ The sense of coherence in families and childrenOrly Idan, Orna Braun-Lewensohn, Bengt Lindström and Malka MargalitThis returning chapter gets a very light polishing.Δ The sense of coherence in adolescenceOrna Braun-Lewensohn, Orly Idan, Bengt Lindström and Malka MargalitThis returning chapter gets a very light polishing.Δ The sense of coherence in older peopleMaria Koelen, Monica Eriksson and Mima CattanThis returning chapter gets a very light polishing. Not sure if Mima is available this time.Effectiveness of interventions to enhance the sense of coherence over the life courseClaudia Meier Magistretti, Bengt Lindström, Monica ErikssonThis new chapter may have co-authors, but it is still TBD.Part IV Salutogenesis beyond healthSummary by Part Editor Shifra SagyA one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.Salutogenesis beyond health: interdisciplinary research advancesShifra Sagy, Anan Srour and Adi ManCollective sense of coherence: advances of the concept from the individual to group levelsShifra Sagy, Anan Srour and Adi ManaSalutogenesis, the sense of coherence and intergroup relationsShifra Sagy, Anan Srour and Adi SrourΔ Positive Psychology and its relation to salutogenesisStephen Joseph and Shifra SagyA very light polishing of the 1st-edition chapter.The application of salutogenesis in political settingsGeir Arild Espnes, Ruca Elisa Maass, Mathieu Roy, Delors Juvinyà Canal and Bengt LindströmThis is a new chapter proposed by Geir and with Ruca, Mathieu, Delors and Bengt expressing eagerness to contribute. Shall this chapter address only health politics, and/or political processes more generally? What about equity, social justice, equal opportunity? It should be more than just health if it is to in this Part. It is important for Geir and potential co-authors to discuss this thoroughly, in concert with Shifra, so we can decide where in the book it is really at home.The application of salutogenesis to preservation of the environmentTrevor Hancock is to be contacted by Bengt Lindström about taking lead author responsibility for this chapterPart V Salutogenesis and community-based health promotionSummary by Part Editor Maurice MittelmarkA one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.Δ The application of salutogenesis in communities and neighbourhoodsLenneke Vaandrager and Lynn KennedyA light polishing is in order, but maybe Lenneke and Lynn have more ambitious plans - TBD.The application of salutogenesis to communitywide mental health promotionVibeke Koushede and Robert DonovanThis new chapter is centered on the ABCs of mental health project in Denmark, and hopefully also the Act-Belong-Commit project in Australia if Robert is interested in participating… Vibeke needs to contact him about this. Both programmes are mental health promotion campaigns using a community approach. Nina Helen Mjösund from Norway might be a good addition to this chapter, but she has not been contacted about this as yet. It is up to Vibeke to decide whether to contact Nina or not.Δ The application of salutogenesis in cities and townsRuca Elisa Karin Maass, Monica Lillefjell and Geir Arild EspnesThis most likely gets a light polishing.The application of salutogenesis in neonatal and infant care settingsSoo Downe (pending confirmation), Claudia Meier Magistretti, Bengt Lindström, Shefaly ShoreyThis new chapter is proposed by Claudia, and the other persons listed have all indicated great interest in this topic. Claudia plans to have discussions with Soo and Shefaly about their participation.The application of salutogenesis in early childcareBengt Lindström and Helga UrkeThis is a new chapter that Bengt and Helga are already in contact about, both ready and eager to collaborate on this.The application of salutogenesis for active, engaged ageing at homeMélanie LevasseurThis chapter and author is a suggestion by Mathieu, and Mélanie is quite happy to take the lead.Digital health promotion and the advancement of salutogenesisPauline Bakibinga, Luis Saboga-Nunes, Georg F. BauerThis new chapter was proposed some time ago (at our Zurich meeting) by Pauline, and Luis and Georg have indicated keen interest. Pauline needs to get a dialogue going between this author grouping to outline the contents of the chapter.Salutogenesis post-graduate education: Experience from the European Perspective on Health Promotion Summer courses, 1991 to the presentVaandrager, L. Bonmati, A., Contu, P., Ortiz Barreda, G., Masanotti, G., Hofmeister, A., Boonekamp, G., Kennedy, L., Pocetta, G., Juvinya, D., Garista, P., Lindstrom, B. & Wrzesińska, M.Maurice is delighted that this group has agreed to participate with a description of this capacity-building summer school on health promotion, in which salutogenesis has permeated every nook and cranny!Part VI Salutogenesis in health-promoting organisations and environmentsSummary by Part Editor Georg F. BauerA one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.Δ The application of salutogenesis in organisationsGeorg F. Bauer and Gregor J. JennyThis gets a light polishing.Δ The application of salutogenesis at workGregor J. Jenny, Georg F. Bauer, Katharina Vogt and Steffen TorpThis gets a light polishing.Δ The application of salutogenesis in restorative settingsEike von Lindern, Freddie Lymeus and Terry HartigThis gets a light polishing.Δ Salutogenic architectureJan A. GolembiewskiThis gets a light polishing, but knowing Jan it might well be more than that.Salutogenesis for organisational leaders and decision makers: Case studies illustrating what is possibleMathieu Roy and Sally FergusonThis new chapter is under early discussion by Mathieu and Sally.Δ The application of salutogenesis in schoolsBjarne Bruun Jensen, Wolfgang Dür and Goof BuijsThis gets a light polishing.Δ The application of salutogenesis in universitiesMark Dooris, Sharon Doherty and Judy OrmeThis gets a light polishing.Δ The application of salutogenesis in the training of health professionalsLiv Hansen Ausland and Eva LangelandThis gets a light polishing. Liv has kindly agreed to take lead author responsibility as Hege Vinje is unable to do it.The Application of Salutogenesis in Military SettingsAvishai AntonovskyThis new chapter is enthusiastically proposed by Avishai; Maurice is unaware if Avishai plans to ask co-authors to contribute.Part VII The application of salutogenesis in health careSummary by Part Editor Jürgen M. PelikanA one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.Δ The application of salutogenesis in hospitalsChristina Dietscher, Ulrike Winter and Jürgen M. PelikanThis gets a light polishing.The application of salutogenesis in primary health careDaniela Rojatz, Peter Nowak, Jürgen M. PelikanThis is a new chapter, covering an area that was missed in the 1st edition.Δ The application of salutogenesis in mental healthcare settingsEva LangelandThis gets a light polishing by Eva, without Hege who was co-author in the first edition.Δ The application of salutogenesis in vocational rehabilitation settingsMonica Lillefjell, Ruca Elisa Karin Maass and Camilla IhlebækThis gets a light polishing.Δ The application of salutogenesis in residential care settingsViktoria Quehenberger and Karl KrajicThis gets a light polishing.Δ The application of salutogenesis in chronic care settingsIsabelle Aujoulat, Lawrence Mustin, François, Julie Pélicand and James RobinsonThis gets a light polishing.The application of salutogenesis in midwifery practiceSally Ferguson and Deborah DavisA very welcome new chapter!Sense for coherence: An emerging concept for salutogenesis practice?Claudia Meier MagistrettiAlso a very welcome new chapter; Maurice is not sure it belongs here and needs to hear more from Claudia about its main theme.PART VIII Salutogenesis in challenging social circumstances and environmentsSummary by Part Editor Bengt LindströmA one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.Δ The salutogenic approach to childcare in Sub-Saharan Africa: A focus on children who thrive in the face of adversityDickson Amugsi, Pauline Backibinga, Dennis MatandaThis offering is from three of Maurice's former PhD students, from Ghana, Kenya and Uganda, a real lift for participation in the book from Africa!Salutogenesis and migrationMarguerite Daniel and Fungisai Puleng Gwanzura OttemöllerThis is from two of Maurice's closest colleagues here in Bergen, whose research is centered right on this topic.Salutogenesis as a framework for child protectionGaby Margarita Ortiz BarredaGaby plans to recruit co-authors; she is a new, very productive member of Maurice's Department.Salutogenesis in Dementia CareJan Golembiewski, Lenneke Vaandrager, Monica Eriksson (pending her interest)Jan is doing a lot of work on this subject these days, and he is very enthusiastic to take this chapter on in addition to his returning chapter elsewhere in this book.Salutogenesis as a framework for social recovery after disasterMathieu Roy and Mélissa GénéreuxA new chapter proposed by Mathieu.Salutogenesis and the mental health of first respondersAvishai AntonovskyA new chapter proposed by Avishai; he may recruit co-authors.Salutogenesis in PrisonsJames Woodall, Nick de Viggiani, Rachael Dixey, and Jane SouthThis new chapter ‘replaces’ the 1st-edition chapter by Henning et al on correctional officers. It now covers prisons more comprehensively.Part IX Salutogenesis theory and methods: developments and innovationsSummary by Part Editor Lenneke VaandragerA one-page overview of the highlights of this part; really just an abstract of the Part.Evolution of the ‘health’ concept in salutogenesisJürgen M. Pelikan and Georg F. BauerA new chapter these fellows have been dying to write for ages!An Integrated Health Development Model: Interaction Paths of Pathogenesis and SalutogenesisGeorg F. BauerGeorg has written about this integration before, but we need it in our book!Theoretical issues in the further development of the sense of coherence constructJacek HochwälderMaurice recruited Jacek after reading some of his newer work on salutogenesis as theory. He has a forthcoming journal publication on this subject that is impressive.Qualitative approaches to the study of the sense of coherenceAvishai Antonovsky, Lenneke Vaandrager, Susana Arveklev Höglund, Ulla Hällgren Graneheim, Berit Lundman (Pending expressions of interest from the last four)This is Avishai’s proposal, supported enthusiastically by Monica and LennekeThe dynamic interrelatedness of the sense of coherence componentsLuis Saboga-NunesThis is Luis’ proposal, as a member of the Working Group.Context-sensitive evaluation of salutogenic interventionsLenneke VaandragerLenneke is tremendously excited about writing this chapter!Salutogenesis and health literacy – how do these concepts relate?Jürgen M. Pelikan, Luis Saboga-NunesThese two are already in contact about this chapter; they may ask other health literacy aficionados to participate.Fostering salutogenesis and Indigenous CommunitiesMargareth Santos Zanchetta, Melissa Stevenson, Joanna Anneke Rummens, Michelle Peltier and two collaborators, Jessica Sherk and Matthias Nunno.Maurice recruited Margareth and her team after reading her work on this subject; this chapter really adds depth and context to the book.Salutogenesis in academic literature other than English: A comparative analysisBengt LindströmBengt and Maurice had the idea to include other languages in this way, thinking that it might be too early to update the languages Part from the 1st edition. This analysis plans to use, among other material, the chapters in this Part of the 1st edition.

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Book Synopsis With the development of effective antiretroviral therapies (ART) in the mid-1990s, HIV became a treatable although serious condition, and people who are adherent to HIV medications can attain normal or near-normal life expectancies. Because of the success of ART, people 50 and older now make up a majority of people with HIV in high-income countries and other places where ART is accessible. The aging of the HIV epidemic is a global trend that is also being observed in low- and middle-income countries, including countries in sub-Saharan Africa, where the greatest number of older people with HIV reside (3.7 million). While globally over half of older adults with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa, we have little information about the circumstances, needs, and resiliencies of this population, which limits our ability to craft effective policy and programmatic responses to aging with HIV in this region. At present, our understanding of HIV and aging is dominated by information from the U.S. and Western Europe, where the epidemiology of HIV and the infrastructure to provide social care are markedly different than in sub-Saharan Africa. Aging with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa addresses this gap in our knowledge by providing current research and perspectives on a range of health and psychosocial topics concerning these older adults from across this region. This volume provides a unique and timely overview of growing older with HIV in a sub-Saharan African context, covering such topics as epidemiology, health and functioning, and social support, as well as policy and program implications to support those growing older with HIV. There are very few published volumes that address HIV and aging, and this is the first book to consider HIV and aging in sub-Saharan Africa. Most publications in this area focus on HIV and aging in Uganda and South Africa. This volume broadens the scope with contributions from authors working in West Africa, Botswana, and Kenya. The range of topics covered here will be useful to professionals in a range of disciplines including psychology, epidemiology, gerontology, sociology, health care, public health, and social work.Table of Contents1. Foreword Mark Brennan-Ing 2. Epidemiology of HIV in the older African population F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé The HIV epidemic has been associated with a younger population, but this no longer holds true. Before effective treatment was available, AIDS mortality in sub-Saharan Africa was rising, peaking in the early 2000s. Then, with the introduction of antiretroviral therapy, life expectancy of people living with HIV increased. Their survival resulted in a higher prevalence of HIV in the over-50 population, creating a double burden of diseases, where HIV coexists with noncommunicable conditions. This double burden places extra stress on an already weak primary health system, especially in rural settings. Older people are also acquiring HIV. Prevention campaigns mainly target young people. People over 50 may therefore engage in high-risk sexual behavior that exposes them to infection, resulting in higher than expected HIV incidence. It is crucial to understand how older people perceive their risk of contracting HIV in order to institute effective preventive measures. 3. Multiple chronicities: Aging bodies, wellbeing, and chronic HIV in Eastern Africa Josien de Klerk The concept of multiple chronicities is used to argue that living with chronic HIV is not a singular experience. Building on ethnographic work in two rural settings (Tanzania) and an urban setting (Kenya), this chapter frames older people’s living with the virus as a social experience, blurring the distinction between being infected and being affected by loss and prolonged caregiving. In East African where HIV is endemic, older people’s personal and family histories with the virus shape the multiplicity of chronic HIV. The embodied experience of chronic HIV for older people is not only about how the virus behaves in the older body but also about the management of traumatic memories of caregiving and loss. HIV interplays with other chronic conditions, such as noncommunicable diseases and economic conditions. The presentation of a senior service model that acknowledges HIV as multiple chronicity exemplifies how models of HIV care could be developed in endemic contexts. 4. Comorbid conditions occurring in older adults on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Botswana: A retrospective cross-sectional cohort study of patient data Kabo Matlho Although people over the age of 50 account for more than 20% of those living with HIV in Botswana, they are largely underrepresented in HIV research and tailored interventions. Yet the interaction of aging and HIV may involve an increased risk for and exacerbation of chronic illnesses such as tuberculosis (TB); cardiovascular, kidney, and liver diseases; diabetes; hypertension; and cancers, as well as cognitive decline. These comorbidities complicate treatment and potentially increase mortality. This study gauged the existence and magnitude of comorbidities within the aging HIV cohort in Botswana using data from patients age 35 and older who were on first-line antiretroviral therapy. The data show a higher rate of specific comorbidities in adults 50 and older compared with those age 35-49. TB was particularly prevalent in older men, and hypertension was most prevalent among older women. Multimorbidity is pronounced among those aging with HIV in Botswana. Guidelines and policies need to adapt to the changing demographics and evolving challenges. 5. Expectations of health and illness in older age through the lens of the HIV-epidemic in Uganda Joseph Mugisha & Janet Seeley We focus on how the experience of living through the HIV epidemic shapes older people’s responses to (and fears about) chronic illness and health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the example of Uganda, we examine the ways in which the particular time people encountered HIV in their lives affects their understanding and perception of ill health and concerns about the risks HIV continues to pose. For example, older people who nursed their relatives through HIV-related illness prior to the availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) continue to see HIV as a death sentence; those living with HIV and on ART, schooled in the discipline of taking their tablets daily, doubt the seriousness of conditions for which there is a curative treatment. We draw on the work of Leventhal and colleagues (2016) and concepts from the “Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation” of how the response to information on an asymptomatic chronic condition may be shaped by people’s experience of other conditions, such as HIV. 6. Sexual behavior among older adults with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa Mark Brennan-Ing, Jennifer E. Kaufman, Kristen Porter, Catherine MacPhail, Janet Seeley, S. E. Karpiak, Francois Venter, Monica Kuteesa, Louise Geddes, & Joel Negin We have little information about sexual health among older adults with HIV (OAH) in sub-Saharan Africa, limiting our ability to mount effective secondary prevention efforts. This information is vital since adults remain sexually active well into old age and may be a vector for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. We used data from OAH from Uganda (N=101) and South Africa (N=108) and made comparisons on sexual health and risk behaviors. Substantial proportions of OAH in both countries were sexually active, but there were significant differences in HIV disclosure and condom use. Findings suggest that secondary HIV prevention for OAH requires greater attention. Differences in sexual activity and sexual risk among OAH in South Africa and Uganda point to cultural and social influences, warranting caution against broad generalizations about OAH in sub-Saharan Africa. There is a need for tailored policy and programmatic solutions to address sexual health. 7. “Ask those who are ahead about a buffalo”: Well-being of grandparents with HIV in Uganda and South Africa Kristen Porter, Catherine MacPhail, Janet Seeley, S. E. Karpiak, Francois Venter, Monica Kuteesa, Louise Geddes, Joel Negin, & Mark Brennan-Ing Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the region most profoundly affected by HIV/AIDS in the world. The United Nations (April 2019) reported that of 98 countries, it is most common for older adults to be living with younger children in countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Older sub-Saharan African adults are frequently involved in grandchild care, but little is known on how this impacts the grandparents’ well-being. While more is known about grandparents caring for HIV-positive grandchildren (i.e., “AIDS orphans”), the impact of caring for grandchildren on HIV-positive grandparents is nascent. This chapter draws upon a cross-sectional study of older grandparents living with HIV in Uganda and South Africa (N=209). Using a stress process framework, the role of potential stress factors (e.g., cohabitating with grandchild, comorbidities, health-related quality of life) on psychological well-being is examined. 8. Mental health in older people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A review and future research recommendations Charlotte Bernard & Nathalie de Rekeneire In sub-Saharan Africa, as elsewhere, increasing use of HIV medical services and antiretroviral therapy (ART) mean that HIV is now considered a chronic disease. With aging, people living with HIV experience not only physiological complications but also neuropsychological and social issues. Two mental health disorders are mainly observed in this population: HIV associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) and depression. The prevalence of HAND remains high despite ART use, and the aging process may exacerbate it. Both HAND and depression negatively affect ART adherence, HIV outcomes, and quality of life. These public health issues could cause significant burden on healthcare systems and human resources, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, the world region least prepared to deal with HIV. This chapter presents a review of the current knowledge about neurocognitive impairment and depression in older people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. We then propose recommendations for future research. 9. ‘The support keeps me strong’: Social support of older people living with HIV in South Africa Catherine MacPhail, Megan Mattingly, Victor Minichiello, Francois Venter, Stephen Karpiak, & Mark Brennan-Ing Much is known of the experience of older South Africans as caregivers and resources for younger generations affected by HIV, but less is known of social support experienced by those aging with HIV. This chapter presents data from qualitative interviews conducted with 15 South Africans over 50 years of age living with HIV in inner-city Johannesburg. Contrary to reports of stigma and lack of support in developed countries, the majority experienced amplified social and practical support within their families, if not outside of them, particularly from adult children. Women were additionally supported by siblings and men particularly by their spouses. Practical and physical support in daily tasks and other activities specifically associated with HIV was more commonly mentioned than emotional support. At the same time, participants noted that their own caregiving roles did not diminish. In particular, they continued to financially support extended family members, and women remained a significant source of domestic labor. 10. A comparison of social support resources among older adults with HIV in Uganda and South Africa Mark Brennan-Ing, Jennifer E. Kaufman, Kristen Porter, Catherine MacPhail, Janet Seeley, S. E. Karpiak, Francois Venter, Monica Kuteesa, Louise Geddes, & Joel Negin Research on older adults with HIV (OAH) finds they have high rates of comorbid conditions in addition to HIV, suggesting they will require increasing assistance from their informal social networks. But data are scarce on social network dynamics of OAH in sub-Saharan Africa. To address this gap, we examined social support resources among OAH from Uganda (N=101) and South Africa (N=108). There are significant differences between OAH in these two countries in the composition of their social networks, support provided, and perceptions of social support sufficiency. Despite high levels of informal support in both countries, sizable proportions felt that support from family and friends was insufficient to meet their needs. Given the significant differences between countries, research is needed to better understand the cultural/societal factors affecting social care among older adults with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Further, policy and program initiatives to meet unmet support needs are sorely needed. 11. Reprogramming HIV prevention and service provision for older adults Jepchirchir Kiplagat People age 50 and older represent 12% of people living with HIV (PLWH) in western Kenya, and the number is expected to rise. The situation calls for tailoring approaches to both prevention and care. To achieve the country’s goal of 80% of PLWH knowing their status, there is an urgent need to include older adults in prevention messaging and testing services. Door-to-door HIV testing and counselling would decrease travel and transportation barriers for older adults. In terms of care, it is challenging to manage HIV in addition to comorbid conditions that are common among older adults. When services are fragmented, seeking care for multiple conditions is expensive and makes adherence more difficult. In addition, both neurocognitive disorders and visual impairment affect medication adherence among older people – particularly those living alone. Meeting the needs of older adults will require transforming healthcare facilities to integrate services and sharing information between providers. 12. Policy innovations for an aging HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan AfricaRuth Finkelstein The population of older adults with HIV is approaching four million and will continue to grow in the foreseeable future. While the aging of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere represents a success story for antiretroviral therapy, this success also brings challenges, as these older adults have increasing needs for health and social care due to multimorbidity resulting from HIV and age-related chronic conditions. The aging of people with HIV in this region is further complicated by the lack of financial, healthcare, and community-based resources that support healthy aging, like those available in high-income countries. In this chapter, we outline several policy initiatives needed to support older adults with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa to meet the challenges of this aging epidemic.

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Book SynopsisAlternative medicine (AM) is popular; about 40% of the US general population have used alternative treatment in the past year, and in Germany this figure is around 70%. The global market is expected to reach nearly US $ 200 billion by 2025, with most of these funds coming directly out of consumers’ pockets. Consumers are bombarded with misleading and false information on AM and therefore prone to making wrong, unwise, or dangerous therapeutic decisions, endangering their health and wasting their money. This book is a reference text aimed at guiding consumers through the maze of AM. This second edition includes over 50 additional treatments as well as updates on many others. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Why Evidence.- The Attractiveness of Alternative Medicine.- The Unattractiveness of Alternative Medicine.- Ethical Problems in Alternative Medicine.- Other Issues.- Diagnostic Techniques.- Medicines and Oral Treatments.- Physical Therapies.- Other Therapies.- Umbrella Terms.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Book introduction: Young adult drinking styles.- Part 1: Changing trends of young adult alcohol use.- Chapter 2: Have recent declines in adolescent drinking continued into young adulthood?.- Chapter 3: Alcohol, Young Adults and the New Millennium: Changing Meanings in a Changing Social Climate.- Chapter 4: Shifting Tides: Life Transitions, High-risk Drinking, and ‘Maturing Out’.- Part 2: Diversity in young adult drinking.- Chapter 5: Gender, drinking, and drunkenness: From discourses of gender difference to youthful femininities and masculinities.- Chapter 6: Young adult drinking in low- and middle-income countries (alcohol use in Africa or Asia).- Chapter 7: 'Understanding experiences/ perceptions of young Muslim women in the Danish youth alcohol culture'.- Part 3: Young adults who drink little or no alcohol.- Chapter 8: Non-drinkers and Non-drinking: A Review, A Critique and Pathways to Policy.- Chapter 9: “It seems like even more of a reason to drink”: A Literature Review of Temporary Abstinence Challenges (TAC) and Evidence Concerning Immediate Post Challenge Drinking Plans Among Young Adults'.- Chapter 10: “No time for a hangover”: The role of No and Low Alcohol drinks in young people’s lives.- Chapter 11: “I always joke that I became a bit of a prude”: Exploring the contemporary context and young women’s lived experiences of sober dating in the UK from sociological, (auto-)ethnographic, insider research.- Part 4: Young adult drinking spaces: staying inside; going outside; digital spaces.- Chapter 12: Social Media, Alcohol Marketing, and Young Adults’ Drinking Cultures.- Chapter 13: Friendship and Alcohol Use Among Young Adults: What Do We Know and Where Could Things Go?.- Chapter 14: Into The Woods: Contextualising atypical intoxication by young adults in music festivals and nightlife tourist resorts.- Chapter 15: Home Drinking and Solitary Home-based Drinking Practices Among Young Adults.- Part 5: Young adult drinking styles since COVID-19: policy and practice.- Chapter 16: What the COVID-19 pandemic taught us about violence associated with alcohol consumption.- Chapter 17: Alcohol & Mental Health in Young Adults.- Chapter 18: Conclusion and reflections on future directions.

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Book SynopsisChristoph Klotter widmet sich der Frage, auf welche Weise Ernährungsgewohnheiten unsere kulturelle und soziale Identität prägen und warum ausgerechnet das Thema Essen so wichtig für unser Selbstverständnis ist. Der Autor erläutert die Geschichte der Esskultur von Pythagoras und Platon bis hin zu den Ernährungsformen der modernen Avantgarde. Dabei geht er auf die Bedeutung von Essgewohnheiten innerhalb der Familie, verbreitete Essstörungen, Bewegungen wie Vegetarismus und Veganismus sowie kulturelle und ethische Fragen des Fleischkonsums ein.Trade Review“... ist eine leicht verständliche und kompakte Abhandlung über die Ernährungsgewohnheiten des Menschen mit zahlreichen interessanten Aspekten und Zusammenhängen.” (Sandra Fuchs, in: Psychologie FoxBlog, sanfuchs1979.wordpress.com, 8. Mai 2016)Table of ContentsKultur und Soziales.- Personale Identität.- Das Fleisch, die Moral, die Identität.

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Book SynopsisInga-Marie Hübner untersucht gesundheitliche Veränderungen von Personen beim Übergang in den Ruhestand, indem quantitative Querschnitts- und Longitudinalanalysen mit qualitativen, explorativen Analysen kombiniert werden. Hierbei werden besonders die im sozialen Kontext erlebten Wahrnehmungen der eigenen Alternsprozesse als bedeutsame Einflussfaktoren für die subjektive Bewertung der Gesundheit/des Wohlbefindens herausgestellt. Table of ContentsVeränderung der Gesundheit/des Wohlbefindens bei älteren Menschen.- Übergang in den Ruhestand aus stresspsychologischer und salutogenetischer Perspektive.-Subjektive Alternsprozesse und ihre Bedeutsamkeit für die Gesundheit/das Wohlbefinden.- Gesundheit/Wohlbefinden im sozialen Kontext mit Schwerpunkten auf die Partnerschaft und freundschaftliche Beziehungen.

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Book SynopsisCirca jeder 3. Patient in der Urologie ist ein Tumorpatient. In der Uroonkologie sind es meist ältere, an Prostatakrebs erkrankte Männer, die nicht gelernt haben, über Ihre Gefühle zu sprechen. Aber auch jüngere Männer leiden, besonders unter begleitenden sexuellen Funktionsstörungen.In diesem Praxisbuch werden die Grundlagen der psychosozialen Uroonkologie erläutert wie auch die Diagnostik und Therapie. Es schildert die Besonderheiten der männlichen Patientengruppe, stellt die wichtigsten Tumorentitäten kurz dar und richtet den Blick auch auf psychische Komorbiditäten. Intensiv werden Patientenängste, z. B. Progredienzangst, Sexualität, Tod thematisiert und Sie erhalten zahlreiche Tipps, wie Sie ein Patientengespräch führen und Hilfen anbieten können. Hinweise und Übersichten für den Arbeitsalltag zur Diagnostik und Therapie und Praxistipps zum Umgang mit der meist älteren, männlichen Patientengruppe erleichtern die Gesprächsführung und erweitern das Hilfsangebot für den Patienten. Das Buch basiert auf der Fachexpertise eines renommierten Autorenteams und spiegelt den aktuellen Stand der Wissenschaft wider. Es erfolgen viele Verweise und Erläuterungen zur S3-Leitlinie „Psychoonkologische Diagnostik, Beratung und Behandlung von erwachsenen Krebspatienten“.Für Urologen, Onkologen, Psychotherapeuten und jeden Arzt, der urologische Tumorpatienten behandelt, und diesen wertvollen Baustein in der Krebstherapie professionell nutzt - für mehr Lebensqualität des Patienten. Trade Review“... Zu den Besonderheiten der Urologie schließt das vorgestellte Lehrbuch die bislang als deutlich wahrgenommene Lücke in der psychoonkologischen Literatur auf Fachbuch-Ebene. Den Herausgebern und neun weiteren Autoren ist es hervorragend gelungen, die psychosoziale Uroonkologie in allen relevanten Facetten darzustellen. Die komplexe Thematik wird auf 220 Seiten sehr übersichtlich unter Verwendung verständlicher Schemata und informativer Abbildungen kompetent, kompakt und interessant vermittelt — Lehrbuch und Nachschlagewerk gleichermaßen ...” (Dieter Jocham, in: Der Urologe, 1. April 2023) Table of ContentsGrundlagen der psychosozialen Uroonkologie.- Psychische Komorbiditäten.- Psychoonkologische Diagnostik.- Das bio-psychosoziale Konzept.- S3-Leitlinie.- Psychosoziale Belastung bei urolog. Tumorerkrankungen.- Psychosoziale Interventionen.- Behandlungsmethoden.- Krebs und Familie.- Krebs und Sexualität.- Krebs und Beruf.- Psychoonkologische Versorgungsstrukturen.

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Book SynopsisMit einer nachhaltigen Lebensstilveränderung, die auf ausreichend Bewegung und ausgewogener Ernährung basiert, können viele chronische Krankheiten (Übergewicht, Bluthochdruck, Diabetes, metabolisches Syndrom) gelindert, geheilt oder deren Ausbruch verhindert werden. Betroffenen fällt es schwer, den Lebensstil dauerhaft umzustellen.Häufig sind Interventionsprogramme nicht auf eine nachhaltige Verhaltensänderung ausgerichtet und berücksichtigen die motivationalen Faktoren der Individuen zu wenig. Betroffene fallen daher nach einiger Zeit in alte Muster zurück. Das angewandte Forschungsprojekt „Nachhaltiger Lifestyle Change“, das in diesem Buch behandelt wird, beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie das „Dranbleiben“ an einem gesunden Lebensstil aus Sicht der Motivationspsychologie und der Dienstleistungsorientierung unterstützt werden kann.Dieses Fachbuch richtet sich an Personen im Gesundheitswesen und der Gesundheitsversorgung (Gesundheitspsychologinnen und -psychologen, Ärztinnen und Ärzte, Ernährungsberaterinnen und -berater, u.a.) wie auch der angewandten Forschung und erklärt, wie betroffene Personen beim "Dranbleiben" an einem gesunden Lebensstil unterstützt werden können. Über diese sogenannte Aufrechterhaltungsphase eines gesunden Lebensstils gibt es in der Forschung und Praxis Erkenntnislücken, die das vorliegende Buch schliesst: Welche Massnahmen unterstützen Betroffene erfolgreich bei einer nachhaltigen Lebensstiländerung? Welche Rolle spielt die Motivation sowie die Motivationsorientierung bei der Aufrechterhaltung eines gesunden Lebensstils? Wie sieht die Phase der Aufrechterhaltung aus und welche Customer Journey durchlaufen Betroffene? Welche Rolle spielen die Betroffenen selbst und die anderen Player im Gesundheitsökosystem bei einer langfristigen Lebensstiländerung? Konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen, die sich aus den Erkenntnissen ableiten lassen, werden praxisnah in einer Toolbox zusammengefasst.Table of Contents​Teil I: Einführung und Grundlagen.- 1. Herausforderungen einer nachhaltigen Lebensstiländerung.- 2. Psychologische Grundlagen und Erkenntnisse aus der Wirkungsforschung.- 3. Grundlagen und Erkenntnisse aus dem Dienstleistungsmanagement und der Gesundheitsökonomie.- Teil II: Empirische Studien.- 4. Praxistaugliche Massnahmen für einen nachhaltigen Lebensstilwandel.- 5. Akzeptanz motivationsorientierter Verhaltensänderungstechniken und Relevanz der Akteurinnen und Akteure im Ökosystem.- 6. Wirkung der Nutzung digitaler Massnahmen.- 7. Analyse der Customer Journey im Gesundheitsökosystem.- 8. Die Rolle von Apotheken innerhalb des Gesundheitsökosystems.- Teil III: Handlungsempfehlungen und Toolbox.- 9. Fazit.-10. Toolbox für die Aufrechterhaltung eines gesunden Lebensstils.  

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Book SynopsisSeit 1939 gibt es in Deutschland Heilpraktiker. Heute sehen ihn immer mehr Konsumenten als eine echte Alternative zur konventionellen Medizin. Doch was steckt wirklich hinter diesem Beruf? Edzard Ernst geht dieser Frage auf den Grund. Er erläutert die Geschichte, Befugnisse, Methoden und Therapieansätze der Heilpraktiker. Sein Ziel ist es, dem Verbraucher durch klar verständliche, evidenzbasierte Analysen einen Zugang zur Thematik zu ermöglichen, Missverständnisse auszuräumen, und kritisches Denken zu fördern. Die Gefahren, die er dabei aufdeckt, stellen die dringliche Frage nach der Sinnhaftigkeit des Heilpraktiker-Berufs in den Raum. Der Faktencheck zum aktuellen Gesundheitsdisput. Trade Review“... „Vorsicht Heilpraktiker“ ist ein fesselndes Buch, das in klarer, verständlicher Sprache, sachlich fundiert ohne Fachjargon, einen kritischen Blick auf die Praktiken alternativer Heilmethoden wirft ....” (Dr. Gerfried Pongratz, in: Humanistischer Verband Österreich, humanisten.at, 12. April 2023)“... Dies ist nach meinem besten Wissen das umfassendste Buch zur Entstehungsgeschichte, zur gegenwärtigen Verortung der Heilpraktiker im Gesundheitssystem, zu seinen Angeboten und deren Bewertung aus der Sicht der evidenzbasierten Medizin ...” (Norbert Schmacke, in: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, Jg. 48, Heft 2, 2023)Table of ContentsINHALTSVERZEICHNIS1. Einleitung2. Geschichte3. Die derzeitige Situation4. Berufsvoraussetzungen und rechtliche Grundlagen5. Ausbildung und Pruefung6. Das Standardlehrbuch7. Die Ethik der Heilpraktiker8. Glaubensbekenntnisse der Heilpraktiker9. Werbung durch Heilpraktiker10. Kritik an der ‘Schulmedizin’11. Befugnisse, Pflichten und Aufsicht12. Welche Leiden behandeln Heilpraktiker?13. Diagnostische Verfahren der Heilpraktiker14. Therapeutische Verfahren der Heilpraktiker15. Sektorale Heilpraktiker16. Gefahren durch Heilpraktiker17. Blick in die Zukunft18. Anhang 119. Anhang 220. Index

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Book SynopsisDieses prägnante Lehrbuch aus der Lehrbuchreihe Angewandte Psychologie Kompakt enthält die wichtigsten psychologischen Theorien und Konzepte rund um das Trendthema Gesundheitspsychologie. Es ist speziell für Studierende konzipiert, die sich einen schnellen und eingängigen Überblick über die Thematik sowie einen starken Praxisbezug wünschen. Die sorgfältige Didaktik, Klausurfragen, digitale Zusatzmaterialien und Zusammenfassungen stellen eine optimale Grundlage für das Verstehen des Lehrstoffes und die Prüfungsvorbereitung im Bereich der Gesundheitspsychologie dar. Durch zahlreiche Anwendungsbeispiele, Reflexionsfragen, eingebundene Audioclips und Online-Zusatzmaterialien ist es in einzigartiger Weise anwendungsorientiert und weckt dadurch Lust, das Gelernte gedanklich weiterzuentwickeln und in verschiedensten Kontexten umzusetzen. Zusätzlich sind Fragen und Antworten zum Selbsttest über die SN Flashcards Lern-App inkludiert. Der Zugangscode befindet sich im gedruckten Buch. Table of ContentsDas Fach Gesundheitspsychologie.- Gesundheit und Krankheit.- Was uns krank macht.- Was uns gesund macht.- Modelle des Gesundheitsverhaltens.- Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung.- Betriebliche Gesundheitsförderung.- Epilog: Vom Krankheitsstigma zum Gesundheitsdiktat?.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book takes a multidisciplinary approach to provide a holistic understanding of late old age, and situates the aged person within the context of family, caregivers, clinical and other institutions. All through the book, the author discusses preparedness for an aging individual as well as the society in the Indian context. The book highlights inevitable but mostly neglected health issues like depression, dementia, fall, and frailty and provides detailed analyses of solutions that are practicable in low resource settings. It also brings up intergenerational differences and harmony in the context of holistic care of older Indians. Alongside clinical perspectives, the book uses narratives of elderly patients to dwell on the myriad of problems and issues that constitute old age healthcare. Demonstrating cases that range from the most influential to the most underprivileged elderly in India, the book enlightens multiple caregivers—doctors, nurses, and professional caregivers as well as family members—about the dynamic approach required in dealing with complex issues related to late old age. The narratives make the book relatable and interesting to non-academic readers, with important lessons for gerontological and geriatric caregiving. It is also of use to older adults in preparing for active aging. Table of Contents1. Understanding Frailty: The Science and Beyond.- 2. Living with Failing Memory: From a Caregiver’s Perspective.- 3. Panorama of Cancer.- 4. Meaningful Engagement: An Option or Not.- 5. Constipation: Much more than a Symptom.- 6. Fall: A Geriatric Syndrome with Endless Agony.- 7. Stroke, Premorbid Status and Resilience.- 8. Discussion about Sexual Health: Is it Age Inappropriate?.- 9. Treat or Not to Treat.- 10. Successful Ageing: An Opportunity and Responsibility for All.

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Book SynopsisBehavior is hard to change, especially when habits are well-ingrained into our daily lives and lifestyle. Yet, many people are desperate to change their behaviors, especially when it comes to health-related habits that can contribute to significant health problems.Health Behavior Change: Proven Strategies for a Longer and Healthier Life presents readers with a wide variety of evidence-based best practices in cognitive behavioral therapy that can help individuals change their health behaviors for good. The simple and straightforward workbook features a collection of questions and exercises that inspire thoughtful reflection and action. Dedicated sections of the workbook tackle individual behaviors--including diet, exercise, alcohol, smoking, sleep, and more--allowing readers to focus on topics that are of interest to them. Principles and tools for health behavior change are outlined in each chapter, providing readers with the tools they need to initiate long-term behavioral transformation.Based on Thomas G. Plante's experiences teaching health psychology to college students for over 30 years and treating clinical patients struggling with health behavior efforts for over 40 years, Health Behavior Change is an ideal resource for anyone interested in improving their health and well-being through evidence-based best practices. The workbook is also a useful tool for clinicians treating patients who wish to make behavioral-based health changes in their lives.

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Book SynopsisThis innovative volume introduces Twinleyâs concept of âThe Dark Side of Occupationâ. Focused on less explored and under-addressed occupations, it is an idea which challenges traditional assumptions around the positive, beneficial, health-promoting relationship between occupation and health. Emphasising that peopleâs individual experiences of occupations are not always addressed and may not always be legal, socially acceptable, or conducive to good health, the book investigates how these experiences can be explored theoretically, in practice and research, and in curriculum content for those learning about occupation. Beginning with a discussion of some assumptions and misunderstandings that have been made about the concept, the substantive chapters present and analyse tangible examples of the conceptâs applicability. This ground-breaking and practice-changing text provides ideas for future research and highlights contemporary, internationally relevant issues and concerns, sucTable of Contents1.The Dark Side of Occupation: An introduction to the Naming, Creation, Intent, and Development of the Concept Section I Theorising the Dark Side of Occupation 2.The Dark Side of Occupation: Accumulating Insights from Occupational Science 3.The Dark Side of Occupation: An Historical Review of Occupational Therapy 4.The Whole of the Moon: How Our Occupational Lens Helps or Hinders Our Exploration of the Dark Side of Occupation 5.Ontological and Epistemological Considerations in Understanding Occupations in Extreme and/or Oppressive Contexts: "Doing Non Violent Resistance" in Palestine Section II Researching the Dark Side of Occupation 6.Homelessness and Occupation 7.Occupational Transition from Smoker to Non-Smoker: The Perceived Consequences in Women’s Lives 8.Self-Defeating Behaviour in an Individual with Borderline Personality Disorder from An Occupational Perspective 9.Exploring the Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse Trauma in the Context of the Occupation of Work Section III Occupational Therapy Practice 10.Challenges for Occupational Therapists Working with Clients who Choose Illicit, Immoral or Health-Compromising Occupations 11.Substance Use and Recovery as Part of Daily Life: A Zimbabwean Perspective of Substance Use as an Occupation among Young Adults Living with HIV 12.The Dark Side of Occupation in an Eating Disorder Intensive Day Service 13.Occupational Engagement in Forensic Settings: Exploring the Occupational Experiences of Men Living within a Forensic Mental Health Unit 14.The Development of an Assessment which Provides a Practical Application of the Concept of the Dark Side of Occupation for Practitioners and Students Section IV Occupational Therapy Education 15.Occupational Therapy Sounds Too Nice: Reflections from a Recently Trained Occupational Therapist 16.The Dark Side of Studying at University 17.How the Dark Side of Occupation can be Instructed in a Course: Learning from Occupational Therapy 18.Not Everything is Rosy and Not Everyone Wants to Fix their Garden: An Australian Example of Integrating the Dark Side of Occupation into Curriculum for Final Year Students 19.The Value of Exploring the Dark Side of Occupation in Pre-Registration Occupational Therapy Education, Using Homelessness as a Case Study 20.The Dark Side of Occupation: A Conversation of our Evolution and our Future

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Book SynopsisInvestigating Pop Psychology provides the basic tools required to make evidence-informed decisions and thoughtfully distinguish science from pseudoscience through the application of scientific skepticism. Psychologists conduct scientific investigations into a lot of strange things including alien encounters, horoscopes, dream interpretation, superstition, and extrasensory perception (ESP). Through a digestible, open-minded format combined with relevant and topical case studies such as energy psychology, demonic possession, and horoscopes, this book offers an engaging read which encourages students to think critically about the information they are exposed to during their academic careers and beyond. By taking a fresh look into investigations regarding pseudoscience and fringe science in pop psychology, it celebrates the science of psychology while also providing warnings about the problem of pseudoscience in pop psychology. Providing tips on how to considTable of Contents1. Examining Claims in Pop Psychology 2. Phrenology and Neuroscience 3. Extrasensory Perception, Psychokinesis, and Sensation 4. Dream Interpretation and Consciousness 5. Superstition and Learning 6. Alien Encounters and Memory 7. Learning Styles and Cognition 8. Brain Training and Intelligence 9. Psychosexual Stages and Development 10. Horoscopes and Emotion 11. Spectrophilia and Sexuality 12. Alternative Medicine and Health 13. Selling Flimflam and Social Influences 14. Projective Tests and Personality 15. Demonic Possession & Disorders 16. Energy Psychology and Therapy 17. Postscript: How to Resist False Claims

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