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Promoting Adolescent Health
A Dialog on Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Promoting Adolescent Health: A Dialog on Research and Practice is a collection of essays that discusses the insights provided by professionals into the problems of encouraging adolescent health. The book presents the open dialog between the views of pediatrics, cardiologists, psychologists, health...
by Paul Bywaters, Eileen McLeod
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
What impact can social work make on inequalities in health?
Social Work, Health and Equality opens up a new direction in the practice and theory of social work. Focussing on the profound human suffering which arises from social inequalities in health, it:
* shows how social work can make a significant...
Understanding the Sociology of Health
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Understanding the Sociology of Health continues to offer an easy to read introduction to sociological theories essential to understanding the current health climate. Up-to-date with key policy and research, and including case studies and exercises to critically engage the reader, this book shows how...
Health Care Reform and Globalisation
The US, China and Europe in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
In the post-Cold War, post financial crisis era, health care is an issue of critical political, personal and economic concern. In the US, plans to address a troubled health care model were met by vocal opposition. In the UK and post-communist Europe, attempts to introduce aspects of that model have...
by Jung Min Choi, John W Murphy, Karen A. Callaghan
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
This progressive resource brings the innovative power of narrative medicine to the forefront of community public health care. Chapters describe community involvement across a continuum of control, from health consultants describing problems and suggesting solutions to health committees designing programs...
Social Work Visions from Around the Globe
Citizens, Methods, and Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Increase the effectiveness of the services you provide to clients
Social Work Visions from Around the Globe examines the fundamental principles and dilemmas of social work with people whose health is under threat. This valuable resource was compiled from material presented at the Third International...
The Sociology of Health Promotion
Critical Analyses of Consumption, Lifestyle and Risk
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Promotion of health has become a central feature of health policy at local, national and international levels, forming part of global health initiatives such as those endorsed by the World Health Organisation. The issues examined in The Sociology of Health Promotion include sociology of risk, the...
Introducing Mental Health Nursing
A service user-oriented approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
Introducing Mental Health Nursing offers a systematic overview of both the science and the art of caring for people experiencing mental health problems. It addresses the attitudes, knowledge and skills required to provide care for service users across all health-care settings, from specialist mental...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2002
Providing a critical review of the current state of health promotion research. This book re-conceptualises the field of health promotion as collaborative and integrating enterprise, rather than as a battlefield for disciplinary and intellectual clashes.
It makes a significant contribution to ongoing...
Eating Behavior and Obesity
Behavioral Economics Strategies for Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Obesity is one of the most pressing health issues affecting our country. This unique volume is the first to apply behavioral economicsóthe integration of psychological and economic knowledgeóto the study of eating behavior. The text demonstrates how this discipline can be used to understand why...
by David J. Fine, Brian W. Amy, Peter J. Fos
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Managerial Epidemiology for Health Care Organizations provides readers with a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the application of epidemiological principles to the delivery of health care services and management of health care organizations. As health administration becomes evidence- and...
Place and Health as Complex Systems
A Case Study and Empirical Test
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
The history of public health has focused on direct relationships between problems and solutions: vaccinations against diseases, ad campaigns targeting risky behaviors. But the accelerating pace and mounting intricacies of our lives are challenging the field to find new scientific methods for studying...
Mental Health Promotion
Paradigms and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Mental health promotion is an emerging field of interest to many health professionals. This book traces its history, defines it and distinguishes it from mental illness prevention. Mental health is viewed as a positive concept and seperate from mental illness and psychopathology. Based on original...
Transparent Communication of Health Risks
Overcoming Cultural Differences
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Recent research in health decision making has shown that many patients, even those with a college education, have difficulties grasping a host of numerical concepts, including percentages and probabilities. Yet, basic numeracy and graph literacy are essential for understanding information relevant...