Self-management education: History, definition, outcomes, and mechanisms

Autor: Halsted R. Holman, Kate Lorig
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 26:1-7
ISSN: 1532-4796
0883-6612
DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm2601_01
Popis: Self-management has become a popular term for behavioral interventions as well as for healthful behaviors. This is especially true for the management of chronic conditions. This article offers a short history of self-management. It presents three self-management tasks--medical management, role management, and emotional management--and six self-management skills--problem solving, decision making, resource utilization, the formation of a patient-provider partnership, action planning, and self-tailoring. In addition, the article presents evidence of the effectiveness of self-management interventions and posits a possible mechanism, self-efficacy, through which these interventions work. In conclusion the article discusses problems and solutions for integrating self-management education into the mainstream health care systems.
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