Elder Mistreatment: Implications for Public Health Dentistry

Elder mistreatment has increasingly been recognized as a serious and complex health issue affecting large numbers of elders each year. Health professionals have been found to lack knowledge regarding assessment, diagnosis, intetvention, and reporting criteria of this problem. In dentistry, there...

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Main Author: Howard J. Cowen, DDS, MS; Perle Slavik Cowen, RN, PhD
Format: Koleksi Audio Visual
Language: Bahasa Inggris
Published: Blackwell Synergy 2001
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spelling oai:lib.umy.ac.id:931522021-06-16T13:12:33ZElder Mistreatment: Implications for Public Health DentistryHoward J. Cowen, DDS, MS; Perle Slavik Cowen, RN, PhD Elder mistreatment has increasingly been recognized as a serious and complex health issue affecting large numbers of elders each year. Health professionals have been found to lack knowledge regarding assessment, diagnosis, intetvention, and reporting criteria of this problem. In dentistry, there have been recent calls formore research and publications as wellas requests forprofessional policy statements and guidelines. Public health dentistry, with its emphasis on prevention, can lend guidance and leadership at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. This article reviews the types and prevalence of elder mistreatment, discusses predisposing variables, and offers an ecological model that serves as a guide to interventions directed at all levels of elder mistreatment prevention.Blackwell Synergy2001Koleksi Audio Visual Bahasa Inggrishttp://oaipmh-jogjalib.umy.ac.idkatalog.php?opo=lihatDetilKatalog&id=93152
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Howard J. Cowen, DDS, MS; Perle Slavik Cowen, RN, PhD
Elder Mistreatment: Implications for Public Health Dentistry
description Elder mistreatment has increasingly been recognized as a serious and complex health issue affecting large numbers of elders each year. Health professionals have been found to lack knowledge regarding assessment, diagnosis, intetvention, and reporting criteria of this problem. In dentistry, there have been recent calls formore research and publications as wellas requests forprofessional policy statements and guidelines. Public health dentistry, with its emphasis on prevention, can lend guidance and leadership at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. This article reviews the types and prevalence of elder mistreatment, discusses predisposing variables, and offers an ecological model that serves as a guide to interventions directed at all levels of elder mistreatment prevention.
format Koleksi Audio Visual
author Howard J. Cowen, DDS, MS; Perle Slavik Cowen, RN, PhD
author_sort Howard J. Cowen, DDS, MS; Perle Slavik Cowen, RN, PhD
title Elder Mistreatment: Implications for Public Health Dentistry
title_short Elder Mistreatment: Implications for Public Health Dentistry
title_full Elder Mistreatment: Implications for Public Health Dentistry
title_fullStr Elder Mistreatment: Implications for Public Health Dentistry
title_full_unstemmed Elder Mistreatment: Implications for Public Health Dentistry
title_sort elder mistreatment: implications for public health dentistry
publisher Blackwell Synergy
publishDate 2001
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