This book covers a broad range of topics by researchers from several countries, including Canada, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The selection of papers reflects current research trends and applications at the intersection of disability and health. The book contains disability-related topics stretching across the life span from childhood obesity and the assessment of health and function in older adults. It is a core principle of 'Disability and Health' publications to combine the expertise of researchers from various disciplinary backgrounds including psychology, sociology, public health, health services research, health policy, disability studies, medicine, and rehabilitation research.
Author(s): Thilo Kroll
Edition: 1
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 242
FOCUS ON DISABILITY: TRENDS IN RESEARCH AND APPLICATION, VOLUME II......Page 3
NOTICE TO THE READER......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
WHAT IS A DISABILITY?......Page 9
WHY FOCUS ON DISABILITY AND HEALTH?......Page 10
DISABILITY CLASSIFICATION......Page 11
HEALTH PROMOTION......Page 12
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY......Page 13
LIVING WITH LONG TERM DISABLING CONDITIONS......Page 14
REFERENCES......Page 15
DISABLITY CLASSIFICATION......Page 17
ABSTRACT......Page 19
BACKGROUND......Page 20
METHODS......Page 22
RESULTS......Page 26
DISCUSSION......Page 33
CONCLUSION......Page 35
REFERENCES......Page 36
BACKGROUND......Page 39
METHODS......Page 40
RESULTS......Page 43
CONCLUSION......Page 45
REFERENCES......Page 46
WHY DO WE NEED ICF-BASED ASSESSMENTS?......Page 47
HOW CAN THE ICF FRAMEWORK BE MAPPED TO ELEMENTS OF AT ASSESSMENT?......Page 48
AT INTERVENTION PLANNING AND OUTCOMES MEASUREMENT: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE ICF?......Page 51
ARE CURRENT APPROACHES IN AT ASSESSMENT RELEVANT TO THE ICF?......Page 52
DISCUSSION: WHAT CAN BE CONCLUDED?......Page 53
REFERENCES......Page 54
ABSTRACT......Page 55
INTRODUCTION......Page 56
METHOD......Page 59
RESULTS......Page 60
DISCUSSION......Page 67
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 69
REFERENCES......Page 70
APPENDIX......Page 72
HEALTH CARE SERVICE DELIVERY......Page 73
INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH......Page 75
COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH DEFINED......Page 77
CBPR APPLICATION TO THE RESEARCH PROCESS......Page 78
IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS......Page 84
PHOTOVOICE......Page 87
CASE STUDY 1: HOMBRES: HOMBRES MANTENIENDO BIENESTAR Y RELACIONES SALUDABLES......Page 89
CASE STUDY 2: WINDOWS TO WORK: EMPLOYMENT AND PLWHA......Page 92
DISCUSSION......Page 96
REFERENCES......Page 98
INTRODUCTION......Page 105
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE ECOLOGICAL ANALOGY OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICA LMODEL OF DISABILITY STUDIES......Page 107
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH: PEER-MENTORING AND DISABILITY......Page 110
INTERVENTION RESEARCH: APPLYING PEER-MENTORING TO DISABILITY......Page 112
DISCUSSION......Page 116
REFERENCES......Page 119
ABSTRACT......Page 125
METHODS......Page 128
RESULTS......Page 129
DISCUSSION......Page 133
REFERENCES......Page 136
HEALTH EDUCATION AND PROMOTION......Page 139
INTRODUCTION......Page 141
PARENTS’ STRESS, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING......Page 142
THE TRAINING AND SUPPORT PROGRAMME......Page 145
PROCESS EVALUATION......Page 148
A CONTROLLED STUDY......Page 149
A TWELVE-MONTH FOLLOW-UP......Page 152
IMPLEMENTATION STUDIES......Page 154
REFERENCES......Page 163
BACKGROUND......Page 167
SELF-MANAGEMENT IN LTHC......Page 168
HOW SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION DIFFERS FROM PATIENT EDUCATION......Page 169
SELF-EFFICACY ENHANCEMENT......Page 172
UK FINDINGS......Page 173
FUTURE RESEARCH......Page 176
CONCLUSION......Page 178
LIVING WITH LONG-TERMDISABLING CONDITIONS......Page 179
INTRODUCTION......Page 181
MEDICAL ASPECTS OF CANCER......Page 182
FAMILY CAREGIVERS AND CANCER......Page 184
CONCLUSION......Page 190
REFERENCES......Page 191
SUMMARY......Page 197
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 198
2. METHODS AND SAMPLE......Page 201
3. RESULTS......Page 202
4. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION......Page 216
5. REFERENCES......Page 219
OBESITY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS......Page 223
2. INCREASING PREVALENCE......Page 224
3. MEDICIAL COMORBIDITIES AND ECONOMIC BURDEN......Page 225
4. OBESITY AS A MULTIFACTORAL DISEASE......Page 226
5. PSYCHOSOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF OBESITY......Page 227
6. CONCLUSION......Page 237
7. REFERENCES......Page 238
INDEX......Page 243
