The authoritative clinical handbook promoting excellence and best practiceCardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation in Practice is a comprehensive, practitioner-focused clinical handbook which provides internationally applicable evidence-based standards of good practice. Edited and written by a multidisciplinary team of experts from the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (BACPR), this book is invaluable for practitioners helping people with heart disease return to health. The text provides an overview of research findings, examines the core components of cardiac rehabilitation, and discusses how to support healthier lifestyles and reduce the risks of recurrence.Now in its second edition, this textbook has been fully revised to incorporate recent clinical evidence and align with current national and international guidelines. Increased emphasis is placed on an integrated approach to cardiac rehabilitation programmes, whilst six specified standards and six core components are presented to promote sustainable health outcomes.* Describes how cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programmes can be delivered to meet standards of good practice* Covers a broad range of topics including: promoting health behaviour change to improve lifestyle risk factors, supporting psycho-social health, managing medical risk factors, and how to develop long-term health strategies* Emphasises the importance of early programme commencement with assessment and reassessment of patient goals and outcomes, and gives examples of strategies to achieve these* Discusses the role of programme audit and certification of meeting minimum standards of practice* Looks to the future and how delivery of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programmes internationally will need to meet common challengesCardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation in Practice is an indispensable resource for all health professionals involved in cardiac rehabilitation and cardiovascular disease prevention.

Foreword viiList of Contributors ixPreface xiiiChapter 1 Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation 1Jennifer Jones, Gill Furze, and John BuckleyChapter 2 Standards and Core Components in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation 21BACPR Standards Writing GroupChapter 3 Delivering Quality Standards 47Kathryn CarverChapter 4 Health Behaviour Change and Education 67Linda Speck, Gill Furze, and Nick BraceChapter 5 Lifestyle Risk Factor Management 99Jennifer Jones, John Buckley, and Gill FurzeChapter 5A Achieving Long-term Abstinence from Tobacco Use in Patients in a Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Setting 101Catriona Jennings and Robert WestChapter 5B Diet and Weight Management 127Alison Atrey and Rachel VineChapter 5C Physical Activity and Exercise 151John Buckley, Tim Grove, Sally Turner, and Samantha BreenChapter 6 Psychosocial Health 193Linda Speck, Nick Brace, and Molly ByrneChapter 7 Medical Risk Management 227Joe Mills, Susan Connolly, Barbara Conway, Marie-Kristelle Ross, Samantha Breen, and Dorothy J. FrizelleChapter 8 Long-term Management 271Sally Hinton, Ann Marie Johnson, and Gail SheppardChapter 9 Audit and Evaluation 285Patrick Doherty, Alex Harrison, Corinna Petre, and Nerina OnionChapter 10 Future Prospects and International Perspectives 305Joe Mills, Sherry L. Grace, Marie-Kristelle Ross, Caroline Chessex, Robyn Gallagher, Cate Ferry, and Vicki WadeIndex 313