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Informationen zum Autor Professor Pranee Liamputtong, Personal Chair in Public Health at the School of Public Health, La Trobe University. Pranee has a particular interest in issues related to cultural and social influences on childbearing, childrearing and women's reproductive and sexual health. She has published books and a large number of papers in these areas. Dr Rebecca Fanany, Lecturer in the School of Public Health, La Trobe University. Her research interests include the ways in which health is conceptualised; the interaction between language, culture, religion and health practices; and health status in the context of social and cultural change. Dr Glenda Verrinder, Senior Lecturer in the La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University. Her current teaching, research and publications reflect her interest in population health with respect to health promotion and ecological sustainability. Klappentext Health, Illness and Wellbeing: Perspectives and Social Determinants introduces students to the important ideas that underlie the field of public health today. Written for beginning students, it provides an overview of the forces and trends that combine to shape the health of individuals, communities, and populations, within a conceptual framework of determinants of health. Zusammenfassung Health! Illness and Wellbeing: Perspectives and Social Determinants introduces students to the important ideas that underlie the field of public health today. Written for beginning students! it provides an overview of the forces and trends that combine to shape the health of individuals! communities! and populations! within a conceptual framework of determinants of health.
