Health Management, Health Promotion, and Disease Prevention in Gerontechnology

Author(s):  
T. J. McCALLUM ◽  
EMILY M. AGREE ◽  
JEAN F. COPPOLA
2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter Melchart ◽  
Axel Eustachi ◽  
Yanqing Wellenhofer-Li ◽  
Wolfgang Doerfler ◽  
Evelin Bohnes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Shuang Wang ◽  
Yi-Ni He ◽  
Bin Wu ◽  
Ying Wu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Dyslipidemia is a factor that affects the occurrence and development of many chronic diseases. With its prevalence increasing each year, dyslipidemia has caused substantial disease and economic burdens in China and around the world. Appropriate health management is imperative for people with risk factors for dyslipidemia. We established a new model of health management services (integration of general practice and personalized disease prevention in health management, IGPDP) to more appropriately manage people with risk factors for dyslipidemia. Methods: The experiment was conducted in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. We selected 5 administrative districts with populations of more than 100,000. Twenty-three community health service centers with a daily average of more than 50 outpatients were selected. A total of 5,032 subjects with risk factors for dyslipidemia who met the inclusion criteria were included in this study. Using prospective cohort study methods, the subjects were followed up for 24 months. The subjects were randomly divided into the control and test groups, and they received traditional health management services or IGPDP. We analyzed and compared changes in disease prevention, health protection, and health promotion between the two groups.Results: In terms of disease prevention, we found that after the intervention, subjects' behavioral risk factors (smoking habits, diets, sedentary lifestyles) and health literacy improved. In terms of health protection, we observed a decrease in Body mass index (BMI), a gradual improvement in blood lipid levels, and an overall increase in quality of life scores. In terms of health promotion, after the intervention, the proportion of the subjects who were willing to accept the contracted services of general practitioners increased.Conclusion: IGPDP can effectively cultivate healthy lifestyles, improve health literacy, reduce biological risk factors, decrease risk of dyslipidemia, and improve quality of life of subjects. IGPDP is conducive to improving the quality of the service of general practitioners, increasing the trust of the general public, and facilitating the establishment of a hierarchical medical system.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Shuang Wang ◽  
Yi-Ni He ◽  
Bin Wu ◽  
Ying Wu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Dyslipidemia is a factor affecting the occurrence and development of many chronic diseases. With its prevalence increasing year by year, dyslipidemia has caused a huge burden of disease and economy in China and even the world. Appropriate health management is imperative for people with risk factors for dyslipidemia. However, the traditional health management service models mainly focus on the population with chronic diseases. Therefore, we need to establish new models of health management services to more appropriately manage people with risk factors for dyslipidemia. Methods: Among the 5 administrative districts with a population of more than 100,000 in Shenyang, 23 community health service centers with an average daily outpatient number of more than 50 were selected. A total of 5,032 subjects with risk factors for dyslipidemia who met the inclusion criteria were included in this study. Using prospective cohort study methods. The subjects were followed up for 24 months. They were randomly divided into control group and test group , and received integration of general practice and personalized disease prevention in health management (IGPDP) or traditional health management services, respectively. We analyzed and compared changes in disease prevention, health protection, and health promotion between the two groups at baseline, 12 months after the intervention, and 24 months after the intervention.Results: In terms of disease prevention, we found that after the intervention, participants' behavioral risk factors (smoking, diet, sedentary) improved and their health literacy improved. In terms of health protection, we observed a decrease in BMI (biological risk factor), a gradual improvement in blood lipid levels, and an overall increase in quality of life scores. In terms of health promotion, after the intervention, the proportion of the subjects willing to accept the contracted services of general practitioners increased.Conclusion: IGPDP can effectively cultivate healthy lifestyle of subjects, improve health literacy, reduce biological risk factors, reduce the risk of dyslipidemia, and improve subjects' quality of life. IGPDP is conducive to improving the service quality of general practitioners, the trust of the general public, and facilitating the establishment of a hierarchical medical system.


2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shava Cureton ◽  
LaShawn Hoffman ◽  
David Collins ◽  
Lisa M. Goodin ◽  
Elizabeth Armstrong-Mensah

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-145
Author(s):  
Sheena Chhabra ◽  
Apurva Bakshi ◽  
Ravineet Kaur

Nutraceuticals have been around for quite some time. As the nomenclature suggests, they are placed somewhere between food (nutra-) and medicine (-ceuticals) in terms of their impact on human health. Researches have focused on the impact of various types of nutraceuticals on health, their efficacy in health promotion and disease prevention, and often on suitable uses of certain categories of nutraceuticals for specific health issues. However, we are still far from utilizing the immense potential of nutraceuticals for benefiting human health in a substantial manner. We review the available scholarly literature regarding the role of nutraceuticals in health promotion, their efficacy in disease prevention and the perception of nutraceuticals' health benefits by consumers. Thereafter we analyze the need for regulation of nutraceuticals and various provisions regarding the same.


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