Promoting Treatment Adherence provides health care providers with a comprehensive set of information and strategies for understanding and promoting treatment adherence across a wide range of treatment types and clinical populations. The?information is presented in a practical how-to manner, and is intended as a resource that practitioners can draw from to improve?skills in promoting treatment adherence.?Promoting Treatment Adherence provides health care providers with a comprehensive set of information and strategies for understanding and promoting treatment adherence across a wide range of treatment types and clinical populations. The?information is presented in a practical how-to manner, and is intended as a resource that practitioners can draw from to improve?skills in promoting treatment adherence.? Health professionals can use this book to identify the best available evidence for improving adherence and apply it to their clinical practice. ...establishes its place in a broadly used medical school reference library where it can be accessed by a variety of health care providers, including students in medicine, physical therapy, nutrition, and nursing. PART I: INTRODUCTION Ch 1: Patient Adherence and Nonadherence to Treatments: An Overview for Health Care Providers - Eric R. Levensky and William T. O'Donohue PART II: ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES IN PROMOTING ADHERENCE Ch 2. Integrating Regimen Adherence Assessment Into Clinical Practice - Kristin A. Riekert Ch 3: Assessing Readiness for Adherence to Treatment - Janice M. Prochaska, James O. Prochaska, and Sara S. Johnson Ch 4: Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Treatment Adherence Using Behavioral Analysis and Modification Techniques - Elaine M. Heiby and Carrie Lukens PART III: SPECIFIC STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES FOR PROMOTING TREATMENT ADHERENCE&lc