Health Promotion and Maintenance is the latest book from the Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment Program, sixth edition (PSAP-VI). This eighth book in the series provides a broad coverage of theory and practice on the aspects that affect health promotion and the maintenance of health. The book is divided into three learning modules. The first module covers required components for healthy lives, including chapters on behavior change, health literacy, access and disparities, and quality of life and patient-reported outcomes. The second module covers health promotion and wellness through involvement, with chapters on advocacy, leadership, and community engagement. The third module focuses on provision and promotion of services that affect health and health maintenance. The first chapter covers promotion of services; other chapters cover self-care and emergency preparedness. Each chapter has an extensive annotated bibliography that identifies key research articles, books, and other resources relevant to the major content areas. Health Promotion and Maintenance is designed to assist pharmacists who want to:

• Develop an approach to facilitate behavior change when given patient characteristics;
• Assess health literacy implications for managing medication use;
• Appraise the interrelationship of access and health disparities and assess the impact of these variables on the nation’s health;
• Assess the strengths and weaknesses of general and condition-specific health-related quality-of-life measures;
• Design active advocacy approaches for patients and communities that increase the value of the pharmacist to the public;
• Apply leadership principles to pharmacy practice;
• Assess the benefits of community engagement for the community and for pharmacy practice and its potential impact on public policy;
• Use a marketing mind-set in approaching health promotion and maintenance;
• Develop a self-care practice focused on select areas of intervention based on defined areas of concern; and
• Apply lessons learned from terrorist, bioterrorist, communicable diseases, and natural disasters to improve emergency preparedness plans.

Health Promotion and Maintenance was released on October 15 and is the eighth release in the 11-book PSAP-VI series. The book is available in both print and online formats. Continuing pharmacy education credit is available for those who successfully complete the self-assessment examinations provided with each module. The three modules offer a combined total of 11.5 hours of continuing pharmacy education credit. The sixth edition of PSAP features several improvements over previous editions, including all-online testing; answer books supplied as PDF files; shorter, more concise chapters; and expanded annotated bibliographies.

Other books in the PSAP-VI series are Cardiology; Nephrology; Neurology and Psychiatry; Science and Practice of Pharmacotherapy; Infectious Diseases; Pulmonary and Critical Care; Women’s and Men’s Health; Gastroenterology and Nutrition; Oncology; and Chronic Illnesses.

PSAP is dedicated to offering the most up-to-date and comprehensive information available regarding recent drug therapy advances. Each book will expand your knowledge in the therapeutic area covered. PSAP is priced as detailed (please note that shipping charges will apply):

For specific information pertaining to the release dates of future books, projected continuing education credits, and Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) program numbers for each book, visit www.accp.com/bookstore/p6_se.aspx, where you can place your order quickly and conveniently through the online bookstore. Use code BR0707 when ordering PSAP-VI.

PSAP-VI has been approved by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS) for use in Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) recertification. ACCP is accredited by ACPE as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.