Contemporary health studies : an introduction / Louise Warwick-Booth, Ruth Cross, and Diane Lowcock. -- 2nd edition. -- Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2021. – (61.041/W311/2nd ed.)

Contents

        Detailed contents
        Foreword
        Acknowledgements
        Figures
        Tables
        Case studies
        Learning tasks
        How to use this book
        Introduction
 Part I Understanding and Promoting Health
      1 What is Health?
      2 Contemporary Threats to Health
      3 Investigating Health
Part II The Disciplinary Context of Health Studies
      4 Sociology
      5 Social Anthropology
      6 Health Psychology
      7 Health Promotion
Part III Influences upon Health
      8 Individual Characteristics and their Influence upon Health
      9 Social and Community Characteristics and their Influence upon Health
     10 The Physical Environment and its Influence upon Health
     11 Policy Influences upon Health
     12 The Global Context of Health
     13 Synthesizing Perspectives: Case Studies for Action
        Glossary
        References and suggested reading
        Index