Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health

M. (Marie) Jeannine Coreil; Carol A. Bryant; Joseph Neil Henderson

ISBN 10: 0761917446 / ISBN 13: 9780761917441

Edité par SAGE Publications, Inc, 2000

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Synopsis :

This book applies a rich body of knowledge and theory from social and behavioral sciences to contemporary health issues. A guiding principle of the book is the importance of social context and cultural construction in the analysis of health problems. It addresses the multiple layers of influence on health, enlarging the dominant "risk factor" approach to health behavior by giving sufficient attention to the social environment

The book draws from many disciplines (sociology, anthropology, social psychology, demography, gerontology, economics, and history), and uses examples and case studies specifically from the forefront of public health. The book is especially useful for the way that it discusses core concepts and models and applies them to real world problems.

Présentation de l'éditeur: This book is intended as a core textbook for courses in public health that examines current issues in health from a social and behavioral science perspective. It is a cross-disciplinary course (public health, medical sociology, health psychology, medical anthropology) and thus there are many ways to teach the course based on a particular instructor's perspective. The authors wrote the book because they were dissatisfied with the way other texts apply social science to public health and found that many texts being used were from related fields such as medicine, nursing or general health.The authors are planning to do a major revision based on reviews they have collected and the reviews we have collected. We believe the revised edition will essentially be a new text based on rich feedback. They will include new theory, new cases, new research, and a rich ancillary package. They will also reduce the frameworks presented to make the book more readable to students.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public ...
Éditeur : SAGE Publications, Inc
Date d'édition : 2000
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Fair
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket