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People with Spinal Cord Injuries Who gets spinal cord injuries? How do they get them? |
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How can injury and friction cause a pressure ulcer? How can they be prevented? |
What treatments are appropriate for pressure ulcers at different stages? |
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How can relieving pressure on the body help, and what are good ways to relieve pressure? |
How and where can pressure act on the body? What is shearing? How can they be prevented? |
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How are the different stages of a pressure ulcer defined? What do they look like? |
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What barriers exist to getting good health care? How can they be overcome? |
What makes a good or bad care attendant? How can you find the right attendant? |
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What cultural or language barriers might stop you from getting good health care? What can you do about them? |
What equipment is available? How can you obtain the right equipment for you? |
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Getting health care usually needs money and/or insurance. What options are available to help you? |
How can you best prevent pressure ulcers at home, or look after an existing pressure ulcer? |
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The medical system can be complicated, with lots of rules. How can you navigate it to get the best results? |
Partnering with Your Health Care Professionals How can you make sure you work well with your doctors? What are the dangers and the good practices? |
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Why is skin more at risk when it gets older? What can you do to help prevent this? |
How can alcohol or drug use make a pressure ulcer more likely? |
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What information is available about pressure ulcers? How can you find out more? |
How can exercise help prevent a pressure ulcer? What kinds of exercise are best? |
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What sorts of useful signals might your body send you? How can you interpret them to help stay healthy? |
How do eating well, and keeping your weight down, help prevent pressure ulcers? What are good food choices? |
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What are good, general techniques for helping to prevent pressure ulcers? |
Everyone knows that smoking is bad, but how can it also make a pressure ulcer more likely? |
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Sometimes there are dangers to your health that you can't control? How can you cope with them? |
What goes into making a good decision or a poor decision? How can you make good decisions about your life? |
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Do pressure ulcers "just happen"? Can they be made less likely to happen? |
What sorts of events in your life might put your health at risk? What can you do to stay healthy? |
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Sometimes mistakes do get made in the medical system. What might cause them, and how should you react? |
Unexpected events can disrupt your routines. How can you plan to stay healthy when the unexpected happens? |
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What activities might be available to you? How can you balance being active with staying healthy? |
Why might being active or productive seem more important than staying healthy? Can you do both? |
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How can a behavior become a habit, or a part of your routine? Can your body tell you when something's wrong? |
What sorts of risks are there? Can you make things less risky without avoiding challenging activity? |
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Why is it important to speak up for yourself? What are good ways of speaking up? |
How can relationships with others help you stay healthy, or put your health at risk? What about sex? |
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Why is accessibility important? How can you get access to the places you need to go? |
Why is a chaotic or confused life dangerous to your health? How can you get things together? |
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Is the place you live good for your health? How might you make it more suitable? |
Being involved in gangs or other violent behavior can hurt your body in lots of ways. How can you avoid this? |
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Living Situations Other Than a Private Home Not living in your own home can put your body at risk. What are the dangers, and how can you reduce them? |
How can having friends and family around you help keep you healthy? Can the people around you also be a danger? |
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Does it feel like someone else is responsible when bad things happen? Is this a good way to think? |
Health problems can make you depressed, but being depressed can also create health problems. What can you do to help? |
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Emotions, Attitudes and Self-Efficacy How can your emotions, and the way you approach life, help you to stay healthy? What are good attitudes? |
How can thinking carefully about your situation help you plan in advance to stay healthy? |
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Do you have religious or other spiritual beliefs? How can these beliefs affect your health? |
What sorts of stress are there, and what can cause stress? How can you help to reduce stress? |
