Melvin Delgado

Older Adult-Led Health Promotion in Urban Communities (eBook, PDF)

Models and Interventions

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The subject of how best to address the current and future health needs of older adult residents in this country's urban marginalized communities is one that has also received considerable attention in academic, policy, and practice arenas in the past decade. A variety of models have been put forth to achieve the goal of health in these communities but one of the most promising recommendations has been the use of health promotion as a vehicle for reaching and empowering communities of color in both rural and urban America. Older adult-led interventions, as addressed in various sections of this book, is one of the latest and most promising approaches towards health promotion that is grass-roots and community participatory based. Older adult-led health promotion represents an emerging field with tremendous implications for addressing the health needs of marginalized urban older adults in the United States and international.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780742568877
• Artikelnr.: 38221202

Autorenporträt

Melvin Delgado, MSW, PhD, is professor of social work at Boston University. He is the former chair of Macro Practice. He has over forty years of practice, research, and scholarship focused on urban population groups, specifically within the Latinx community. Delgado's research has addressed a variety of social issues and needs, and he has published over thirty books on urban community practice topics. He is currently the editor of the Oxford University book series on social justice and youth community practice. He is the author of Sanctuary Cities, Communities, and Organizations: A Nation at a Crossroads, Urban Youth Trauma: Using Community Intervention to Overcome Gun Violence, and many other books.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Setting the Context
Chapter 2 Overview
Chapter 3 Older Adult Demographic Profile and Trends
Chapter 4 Civic Engagement & Older Adults
Chapter 5 Older Adult Healthcare Needs
Part 6 Health Promotion Theory & Practice
Chapter 7 Health Promotion Field
Chapter 8 Older Adult-Led Health Promotion
Chapter 9 New Arenas & Settings for Older Adult Health Promotion
Part 10 Health Promotion Research & Ethics
Chapter 11 Research & Evidence-Based Older Adult Health Promotion
Chapter 12 Ethical Dilemmas & Health Promotion with Older Adults
Part 13 Reflections from the Field
Chapter 14 Case Study
Chapter 15 Future Rewards & Challenges for the Field