Chronic Disease Self-Management Support: Public Health Perspectives

Frontiers in Public Health

Teresa J. Brady¹ 

关键词: self-management support;    evidence-based interventions public health;    life course;    prevention research;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2014.00234

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a longstanding commitment to developing and promoting evidence-based strategies to prevent or delay disease and disability (1, 2). Significant among these strategies is support for self-management of chronic diseases. About one-half of all U.S. adults have at least one chronic condition (3) and over two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years or older have two or more chronic conditions (4). Given that the risk of developing a chronic disease increases with advancing age (5), the dramatic aging of the U.S. population underscores the importance of chronic disease self-management supports. Further, effective self management of chronic conditions is essential to achieving a state of health, which is proposed to reflect “the ability to adapt and to self manage” (6).

【 授权许可】

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