Effective Health Behavior in Older Adults / Edition 1

by K. Warner Schaie PhD, Howard Leventhal PhD, Sherry Willis PhD

Overview

In what ways do health behaviors and societal mechanisms help or discourage individuals in assuming responsibility for their health? Highly-esteemed and diverse contributors examine the health behaviors of older adults and the ways in which these behaviors are affected by societal trends.

The volume begins with a discussion of the personal attributes affecting health behaviors and responsible health care choices in older adults. Additional topics explored include: Psychosocial factors in the prevention of cardiovascular disease; behavioral interventions such as the role of exercise in preventing chronic illness; and how societal structures such as reimbursement patterns and changes in health insurance affect initiation, change, and maintenance of health behaviors.

This is a valuable resource for professionals and students interested in individual development, the study of health behavior and chronic disease, health economics, and social policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826124012
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	10/31/2002
Series:	Springer Series on the Societal Impact on Aging Series
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 9.32(h) x 0.93(d)

About the Author

K. Warner Schaie, PhD, is the Evan Pugh Professor of Human Development and Psychology at Pennsylvania State University. He also holds an appointment as Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of Washington.

Howard Leventhal, PhD, is the Board of Governors Professor of Health Psychology and member of the Institute for Health and Department of Psychology at Rutgers University.

Sherry L. Willis, PhD, is a professor of human development at Pennsylvania State University.

Table of Contents

Preface
• Biosocial Considerations in Chronic Illness Perceptions and Decisions, T. Hickey
• Linear and Dynamical Thinking about Psychosocial Factors and Cardiovascular Risk, J. Suls and R. Martin
• Commentary: Acute and Chronic Psychological Processes in Cardiovascular Disease, D.W. Johnston
• A Cognitive-Affective Analysis of Cancer Behavior in the Elderly: Are you as Healthy as You Feel? S.M. Miller, et al.
• Commentary: Beyond the Socio-Demographics: From Prediction to Explanation of the Effects of Gender and Social Deprivation in Recovery from Myocardial Infarction, M. Johnston, et al.
• Psychosocial Factors in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, L.H. Powell
• Ethnicity and Psychosocial Factors in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, K.E. Whitfield, T.A. Baker, and D.T. Brandon
• Getting Help to Those Most Likely to Benefit: Patient Characteristics and Treatment Success, J.C. Barefoot
• Exercise Interventions and Aging, J.A. Blumenthal and E.C.D. Gullete
• Commentary: Challenges to using Exercise Interventions in Older Adults, E.A. Burns
• How Provider Payment Policies Affect the Health Care Seeking Behavior of the Elderly, B. Stuart
• Commentary: Third-party Payors and the Patient-Professional Relationship, B. Dowd
• Commentary: Factors Affecting Health Care Seeking Behavior of the Elderly, P.S. German
• The Potential for Health Care Organizations to Promote Maintenance and Change in Health Behaviors Among the Elderly, W. Rakowski and M. Clark
• Commentary: Health Maintenance Organizations for the Elderly Patient? E. Leventhal
• Commentary: Health Care Organizational Structure, Prevention, and Health Behavior Among the Elderly, S. Crystal
Afterword: Health Behavior and the Elderly: How Do We Understand Its Determinants and Their Goals? H. Leventhal