Changing Patient Behavior: Improving Outcomes in Health and Disease Management / Edition 1

by Richard Patterson

Overview

This comprehensive anthology on disease management focuses onintegrating health behavior change strategies into diseasemanagement practices. Changing Patient Behavior offers a solid,systematic approach to developing and implementing strategies toinfluence the patient's behavior in the context of health anddisease management programs.
Nationally known disease management authority Richard Pattersonhas assembled a stellar lineup of contirubtions from fifteen majorhealth experts, creating an indispensable guide to making thepatient integral to the management of his or her own health.RichardPatterson is executive vice president, director of development forHealthAnswers, Inc., a business-to-business health management andwellness services company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787952792
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	11/03/2000
Series:	J-B AHA Press , #4
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.22(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

RICHARD PATTERSON is executive vice president, director of development for HealthAnswers, Inc., a business-to-business health management and wellness service company. He was the founder and managing director of Hastings Outcomes Management, a health and disease management company located in Pennington, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Foreword (J. Prochaska).

The New Focus: Integrating Behavioral Science into DiseaseManagement (R. Patterson).

THE ROLE OF PATIENT BEHAVIOR IN HEALTH AND DISEASEMANAGEMENT.

Utilizing Theories and Constructs Across Models of BehaviorChange (K. Glanz & B. Oldenburg).

Applying the Theory: Models of Behavior Change (C. Cafiero &F. Carness).

FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: THE FOUNDATION FOR CHANGINGHEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIOR.

Changing Behavior and Environment: How to Plan Theory- andEvidence-Based Disease Management Programs (L. Bartholomew, etal.).

Using Telephone-Based Interventions (T. Mason).

METHODS AND OPTIONS FOR BEHAVIOR CHANGE INTERVENTIONS.

Implementing Behavior Change Methods (C. Cafiero & F.Carness).

Connecting People and Technologies for Disease Management (D.Newton & N. Sofian).

Measuring and Improving the Intervention (M. Toscani & L.Pizzi).

Selecting Variables and Constructs to Measure (J.Biskupiak).

Afterword.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

This guide to disease management introduces strategies of improving outcomes of the management of chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, and asthma. Its systematic approach centers on integrating the patient into the overall process. Contributors examine the complex set of motivators affecting health-related behavior, and offer suggestions on how to influence this behavior in ways that improve the patient's overall physical condition. The book also includes models of behavior change that can be customized to fit the individual patient. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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