Table of Contents

SECTION 1 CONTEXT
Chapter 1The health profile of ageing populations
Chapter 2Changing Attitudes to the Role of Patients in Health Care
SECTION 2 DELIVERY
Chapter 3Self-management and behaviour change: theoretical models
Chapter 4Different Types and Components of Self-Management Interventions
Chapter 5Delivery of Self-Management Interventions
Chapter 6Training and Quality Assurance of Self-Management Interventions
Chapter 7Facilitating Self-Management through Telemedicine and Interactive Health Communication Applications
SECTION 3 EVALUATION
Chapter 8Design and Evaluation of Self-Management Interventions
Chapter 9Outcomes of Self-Management Interventions
SECTION 4; SELF MANAGEMENT IN SPECIFIC CONDITIONS
10Diabetes
11Rheumatoid Arthritis
12Asthma
13Coronary Artery Disease
14Heart Failure
15COPD
16Blood Pressure
SECTION 5 CONCLUSION

About the Author

Stanton Newman is Professor of Health Psychology and Head of the Centre for Behavioural and Social Sciences at University College London, UK.

Elizabeth Steed is a Chartered Health Psychologist working at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK. In addition, she is an Honorary Research Associate at University College London, UK.

Kathleen Mulligan is a Chartered Health Psychologist and a Research Fellow at University College London, UK.