Handbook of research on adult and community health education : tools, trends, and methodologies /

"This book presents educational and social science perspectives on the state of the healthcare industry and the information technologies surrounding it, offering a compilation of some of the latest cutting edge research on methods, programs, and procedures practiced by health literate societies...

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Corporate Authors: IGI Global
Group Author: Wang, Victor C. X. (Editor)
Published: IGI Global,
Publisher Address: Hershey, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-4666-6260-5
Summary: "This book presents educational and social science perspectives on the state of the healthcare industry and the information technologies surrounding it, offering a compilation of some of the latest cutting edge research on methods, programs, and procedures practiced by health literate societies"--Provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: PDFs (480 pages)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781466662612
Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
Index Number: RA427
CLC: R19
Contents: "The illness that dare not speak its name": an auto-ethnographic approach to understanding adult learning in and on clinical depression / Stephen D. Brookfield -- Community-driven health-impact assessment: a promising PATH for promoting community learning and social responsibility for health / Maureen Coady -- Educating adults to talk about death and dying to assist grieving children: a community development project / Clarena Larrotta, Jos e Luis Moreno -- The power of collaborative inquiry and metaphor in meeting the health literacy needs of rural immigrant women: a case of parent education / Al Lauzon, Rachel Farabakhsh -- Technology impact on new adult behavior about health information / Lesley Farmer -- Mindfulness in health education and health promotion / Michelle Lee D'Abundo, Cara Lynn Sidman, Debbie Heller -- Learning with a curve: young women's "depression" as transformative learning / Paula S. Cameron -- Transformative learning and empathy politics: adult learning and the mitigation of conflict / Marianne Robin Russo, Victor C. X. Wang -- Self-directed learning in family medicine / Theresa J. Barrett -- Transformational learning for community health: the case of physical education teacher candidates / Carlos E. Qui nones-Padovani, Clarena Larrotta -- Choose health: tools for a healthy lifestyle / Eric T. Wanner, Jennifer Lynne Bird -- Adult education: the intersection of health and the ageing society / Linda Ellington -- Using information technology to spread awareness about communicable diseases / Twiesha Vachhrajani, Lavanya Rao, H. R. Rao -- Human patient simulations: evaluation of self-efficacy and anxiety in clinical skills performance / Grace N. Onovo -- Educational research narratives of healing / Jennifer Lynne Bird, Eric T. Wanner -- Health literacy: an essential ingredient for better health outcomes - overview of health literacy theoretical concepts / Glenda Denson Knight -- The cost of convenience: how does distance education mix with the modern-day student? / Jessica Miles -- The self-cultivation model of lifelong learning: toward post-egoic development / Avraham Cohen, Heesoon Bai, Karen Fiorini -- Student nurse simulation training incorporating disease management and telenursing for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients / Mary Ann Siciliano McLaughlin -- A personal perspective and learning experience on living a long, healthy life / John A. Henschke -- Building a psychometric instrument and data collection checklist for healthy aging initiatives / Marianne Robin Russo, Valerie C. Bryan.