Contemporary Health Studies: An IntroductionISBN: 978-0-7456-5022-7
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320 pages
July 2012, Polity
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List of figures
List of tables
List of case studies
List of learning tasks
Foreword
How to get the most out of using this book
Introduction
Part 1: Understanding and promoting health
1. What is health?
2. Contemporary Threats to Health
3. Investigating health
Part 2: Disciplinary context
4. Sociology
5. Social anthropology and health
6. Health Psychology
7. Health Promotion
Part 3: Influences upon Health
8. Individual Characteristics which influence health
9. Community Characteristics and their influence upon health
11. Policy Influences upon health
12. The global context of health
13. Synthesising Perspectives: Case Studies for Action
Glossary
References
List of tables
List of case studies
List of learning tasks
Foreword
How to get the most out of using this book
Introduction
Part 1: Understanding and promoting health
1. What is health?
2. Contemporary Threats to Health
3. Investigating health
Part 2: Disciplinary context
4. Sociology
5. Social anthropology and health
6. Health Psychology
7. Health Promotion
Part 3: Influences upon Health
8. Individual Characteristics which influence health
9. Community Characteristics and their influence upon health
11. Policy Influences upon health
12. The global context of health
13. Synthesising Perspectives: Case Studies for Action
Glossary
References
