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M L Teague

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PubMed1986

Comprehensive health assessment: an algorithmic model.

Most professional communities advocate and employ an assessment of some kind before initiating an action of change. The closer that health promotion programs parallel such models, the easier it will be for their products to be accepted in the health community. This article describes such a comprehensive algorithmic health assessment model, applicable to therapeutic recreation. The focus of the model is on the conceptual interplay between health assessment and the design of prescriptive health promotion plans that are tailored to the individual client. References and general recommendations for applying this model to special populations are provided.

Health Promotion↗
PubMed1986

Litigation: a growing threat to community centers.

Many therapeutic recreation professionals are employed in community centers (e.g., boarding homes, nursing homes, sheltered workshops). Recently, community centers have become vulnerable to litigious action through negligence lawsuits. The trends toward substantive immunity and least restrictive environment have fueled such law-suits. This article addresses the reasons behind litigious action in community centers. Liability principles and administrative problem areas are then used by the authors for drawing preventive recommendations.

Community Health Centers↗
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An analysis of the 1990 Public Health Service physical fitness and exercise objectives for older Americans.

As part of the 1990 Health Objectives for the Nation Report, the Public Health Service (PHS) specified a 50% participation of older adults in aerobic activity. A review of national population based surveys indicated that older Americans are very unlikely to attain this objective. The authors' review of epidemiological and empirical literature, however, suggested that both high activity/high fitness and high activity/low fitness physical activities contribute to health. Moreover, the underlying dimension of the health goal for older Americans is to increase or maintain functional independence. Physical activities that emphasize flexibility, strength, and balance are essential components in maintaining activity in daily living skills for older Americans. A recommendation for cardiovascular health, based upon recent empirical studies, is that older adults should optimally attain a leisure time physical activity (LTPA) expenditure of 150 to 400 K-cal per day. The authors' analysis of the 1985 National Health Interview Survey; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, indicated that only 22 percent of older Americans are attaining the minimal 150 K-cal threshold in LTPA. The authors subsequently argued that the physical fitness goal for older Americans should be revised to include not only aerobic activity but flexibility, strength, and balance.

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