Contemporary health studies : an introduction /
Warwick-Booth, Louise.
Contemporary health studies : an introduction / by Louise Warwick-Booth, Ruth Cross, Diane Lowcock. - Cambridge : Polity, 2012. - 320 p.
Comprend des re�f. bibliogr. et un index.
[Table of Contents] 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
An accessible introduction to all aspects of current debates surrounding the social-scientific dimensions of health, this book is divided into three sections which map out the field, examine its disciplinary underpinnings and then focus on specific determinants of health.
9780745650210 (hbk.) : �64.99 9780745650227 (pbk.) : �19.99 0745650228 9780745650210 074565021X 9780745650227
Health.
Social medicine.
Social medicine.
Health.
Public health & preventive medicine
Economics
Health and Wellbeing.
Health.
Social medicine.
Health Status Indicators.
Health Promotion.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Global Health.
RA418
306.461 WAR
2012 H-090 WA 900.1
Contemporary health studies : an introduction / by Louise Warwick-Booth, Ruth Cross, Diane Lowcock. - Cambridge : Polity, 2012. - 320 p.
Comprend des re�f. bibliogr. et un index.
[Table of Contents] 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
An accessible introduction to all aspects of current debates surrounding the social-scientific dimensions of health, this book is divided into three sections which map out the field, examine its disciplinary underpinnings and then focus on specific determinants of health.
9780745650210 (hbk.) : �64.99 9780745650227 (pbk.) : �19.99 0745650228 9780745650210 074565021X 9780745650227
Health.
Social medicine.
Social medicine.
Health.
Public health & preventive medicine
Economics
Health and Wellbeing.
Health.
Social medicine.
Health Status Indicators.
Health Promotion.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Global Health.
RA418
306.461 WAR
2012 H-090 WA 900.1