Living Well with Chronic Illness : a Call for Public Health Action

The Resource Living Well with Chronic Illness : a Call for Public Health Action

Label

Living Well with Chronic Illness : a Call for Public Health Action

Title remainder

a Call for Public Health Action

Statement of responsibility

Committee on Living Well with Chronic Disease: Public Health Action to Reduce Disability and Improve Functioning and Quality of Life, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Language

eng

Summary

"In the United States, chronic diseases currently account for 70 percent of all deaths, and close to 48 million Americans report a disability related to a chronic condition. Today, about one in four Americans have multiple diseases and the prevalence and burden of chronic disease in the elderly and racial/ethnic minorities are notably disproportionate. Chronic disease has now emerged as a major public health problem and it threatens not only population health, but our social and economic welfare. Living Well with Chronic Disease identifies the population-based public health actions that can help reduce disability and improve functioning and quality of life among individuals who are at risk of developing a chronic disease and those with one or more diseases. The book recommends that all major federally funded programmatic and research initiatives in health include an evaluation on health-related quality of life and functional status. Also, the book recommends increasing support for implementation research on how to disseminate effective longterm lifestyle interventions in community-based settings that improve living well with chronic disease. Living Well with Chronic Disease uses three frameworks and considers diseases such as heart disease and stroke, diabetes, depression, and respiratory problems. The book's recommendations will inform policy makers concerned with health reform in public- and private-sectors and also managers of communitybased and public-health intervention programs, private and public research funders, and patients living with one or more chronic conditions"--Publisher's description

Cataloging source

MMU

Dewey number

362.1

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

RA644.6

LC item number

.L588 2012eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

NLM call number

WT 30

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