Understanding Health

by Keleher, Helen; MacDougall, Colin

• ISBN13: 9780195574906
• ISBN10: 0195574907
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

A Book About Health, What Shapes it and How We Take Action to Improve It.

Author Biography

Helen Keleher is a Professor and Head of the Department of Health Social Science in the School of Public Health and Preventive. Medicine at Monash University. Colin Macdougall is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health and Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity at Flinders University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. viii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Contributors	p. x
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Understanding Health	p. 1
Concepts of Health and Primary Health Care	p. 3
Public Health	p. 17
Understanding the Determinants of Health	p. 33
Health Promotion	p. 47
Learning from Public Health History	p. 67
Milestones in the History of Health Promotion	p. 75
Measuring Health	p. 77
Measuring Health	p. 79
Evidence in Public Health	p. 95
Using Evidence in Public Health Practice	p. 105
Public Health and Health Promotion Associations	p. 121
Shaping Health	p. 123
What Shapes Behaviours?	p. 125
Social Determinants of Indigenous Health	p. 143
Natural Environments as Determinants of Health	p. 157
Environment, Sustainability and Health	p. 171
Human Rights and Health	p. 183
Social Inclusion	p. 193
Policy for Health	p. 203
Key Resources about the Socio-economic Determinants of Health	p. 217
Improving Health	p. 219
Program Planning and Evaluation	p. 221
Health Education for Empowerment	p. 235
Social Marketing	p. 249
Community Development and Partnerships	p. 259
Healthy Cities as a Setting Approach	p. 271
Organisations, Power and Health Promotion	p. 283
Competencies and Careers in Public Health and Health Promotion	p. 299
Resources on Health Equity	p. 311
Glossary	p. 313
References	p. 322
Index	p. 350
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