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Informationen zum Autor Lousie Warwick-Booth is course leader - health studies at Leeds Metropolitan UniversityRuth Cross is senior lecturer in health at Leeds Metropolitan UniversityDiane Lowcock is senior lecturer in health at Leeds Metropolitan University Klappentext Contemporary Health Studies: An Introduction provides a lively and accessible introduction to the current issues and key debates in this area. It contains a strong, up-to-date, global, social-scientific focus examining the human experience of health particularly emphasizing its social, political and environmental dimensions.The book's diverse content is usefully divided into three main parts. Part one sets the scene looking closely at the definition of health studies and the debates surrounding the concept of health. Part two explores different disciplines underpinning Health Studies including chapters such as sociology, psychology, anthropology and health promotion. Part three of the book explores the determinants of health and contains chapters on individual factors influencing health, policy influences on health, public health and the global context of health. Each chapter:* Opens with a list of key learning outcomes;* Contains topical learning tasks;* Poses questions for reflection and debate;* Provides an in-depth case study to summarise the key arguments made.Carefully chosen tables, figures and photographs bring the text to life, whilst the companion web-site offers additional learning resources for both students and lecturers alike.Contemporary Health Studies: An Introduction is an essential guide for undergraduate health students written by three authors who have a wealth of teaching experience in this subject area. Their book will inspire readers to consider the human experience of health within contemporary global society as it is mediated by individual, societal and global contexts. Zusammenfassung Contemporary Health Studies: An Introduction provides a lively and accessible introduction to the current issues and key debates in this area. It contains a strong! up-to-date! global! social-scientific focus examining the human experience of health particularly emphasizing its social! political and environmental dimensions. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figuresList of tablesList of case studiesList of learning tasksForewordHow to get the most out of using this bookIntroductionPart 1: Understanding and promoting health1. What is health?2. Contemporary Threats to Health3. Investigating healthPart 2: Disciplinary context4. Sociology5. Social anthropology and health6. Health Psychology7. Health PromotionPart 3: Influences upon Health8. Individual Characteristics which influence health9. Community Characteristics and their influence upon health11. Policy Influences upon health12. The global context of health13. Synthesising Perspectives: Case Studies for ActionGlossaryReferences...
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List of figuresList of tablesList of case studiesList of learning tasksForewordHow to get the most out of using this bookIntroductionPart 1: Understanding and promoting health1. What is health?2. Contemporary Threats to Health3. Investigating healthPart 2: Disciplinary context4. Sociology5. Social anthropology and health6. Health Psychology7. Health PromotionPart 3: Influences upon Health8. Individual Characteristics which influence health9. Community Characteristics and their influence upon health11. Policy Influences upon health12. The global context of health13. Synthesising Perspectives: Case Studies for ActionGlossaryReferences
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'An excellent introduction to the many facest of health studies ... I recommend this book to all health professionals, students of health studies, public health and behavioural sciences.' Nursing Times 'An accessible introduction to today's contemporary health issues.' Nursing Standard, 4 star review 'An excellent text which will provide the student of health studies, public health and health promotion with fundamental knowledge and understanding of a wide range of important disciplinary and theoretical issues. The content and structure of the book and the chapters within it are highly appropriate and it will prove an invaluable key resource on a wide range of health related courses.' Angela Scriven, Brunel University 'A key companion to understanding and debating today's contemporary health issues in both learning and practical settings. Engaging and accessible, this topical textbook is an essential buy for students and health professionals interested in health and its many dimensions.' Nova Corcoran, University of Glamorgan
