Enhancing patient self-management

Enhancing patient self-management

In the context of HIV as a chronic disease, care being delivered with more constrained budgets and being more complex as many patients are ageing, the need for disease self-management is increasingly recognized. Like in other chronic diseases, HIV care and treatment guidelines increasingly promote the enhancement of health management by patients, within a framework of closer collaboration with ...

Asthma Self-Management Patient Education

Introduction Importance of Patient Self-Management Education Components of Asthma Education Asthma Self-Management Education for Adults Asthma Self-Management Education for Children Patient Considerations When Planning Asthma Education Age Culture and Health Beliefs Health Literacy Access to Care Psychosocial Factors Setting Provider Factors Does Asthma Education Reduce the Cost of Asthma Care?...

Self-management: patient section the new abds.

People have always been infatuated with abdominal exercises. Not only amongst the fitness elite, but even sedentary people want a flatter tummy! Whether it is for cosmetic purposes or to protect against back pain abdominal exercises have probably drawn more attention than any other exercises. One abdominal exercise in particular, the sit-up, has become the most famous. Unfortunately, with all t...

Diabetes Literacy. Enhancing the effectiveness of diabetes self-management education

Patient education and guided self-management plans.

Asthma can be controlled effectively with the use of the appropriate drugs. By varying the level of treatment, the associated risks and unpleasantness of the disease can be minimized. In the majority of situations, the range of possible changes is reasonably straightforward and there is no reason why patients should not be trained to take these steps themselves. Self-management plans are an eff...