This book describes the latest advances in health education and patients' self-management
addressing core questions such as: How can you motivate a patient to adopt a healthier
lifestyle and how can you support their self-management? Though there is a broad consensus
within the nursing profession on the importance of health promotion and the promotion of
self-management nursing professionals often struggle with the underlying theoretical and
practical aspects involved as well as the right type of intervention to use and how to
evaluate the results. The book departs from international trends which primarily underline the
importance of prevention and focus on such issues as the increase in the number of people with
chronic health problems and co-morbidity the empowerment of patients and the technological
developments in the health care system. In the first chapters it examines health at the micro-
meso- and macro-level combined with epidemiological health indicators. The following chapters
focus on prevention health promotion and self-management while also broadly discussing
prevention. The book then turns to the development and purpose of as well as plans for health
promotion and health education. The Intervention Mapping protocol is the starting point
addressing questions such as how to motivate a patient to other healthier behavior.
Subsequently the field of health promotion is extended to disease prevention patient
education and self-management. On the basis of patients' needs the book describes methods and
interventions to promote self-management in detail. Self-management and chronic health problems
are also highlighted along with the patient's social network in connection with
self-management and eHealth. Lastly the book explores the relationship between nursing and
health promotion as well as disease prevention nursing diagnoses nursing interventions and
care results. Additionally this edition includes two trainings on 'Promoting the
self-management of the patient ' and on 'What is the role of the nursing professional in
promoting self-management of the patient?'. This book is intended for bachelor and master
courses for nursing professionals and is linked to the CanMeds competencies of health promoters
and reflective evidence-based working professionals.
