Understanding Health A Determinants Approach

by Keleher, Helen; Murphy, Berni

• ISBN13: 9780195516616
• ISBN10: 0195516613
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Understanding Health: A Determinants Approach provides students with essential knowledge to inform their future decisions and actions as health professionals. The book uncovers the role of determinants in understanding why some people are healthy and others struggle to be healthy. By applying the principles of the 'determinants of health' current and emerging developments in public health are explored comprehensively. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Berni Murphy is Lecturer in Health Promotion, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	viii
List of Tables	xi
Contributors	xiii
Acknowledgments	xviii
Abbreviations	xix
PART I DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH	1	(112)
1 Understanding Health: An Introduction	3	(6)
Helen Keleher and Berni Murphy
2 Social Determinants of Health	9	(14)
Daniel D. Reidpath
3 Environmental Determinants of Health	23	(17)
Rosemary Nicholson and Peter Stephenson
4 Biological Determinants of Health	40	(18)
Boyd Swinburn and David Cameron-Smith
5 Determinants of Health: Case Studies from Asia and the Pacific	58	(12)
Cathy Vaughan
6 Measuring Population Health Status in Australia	70	(27)
Michael Ackland and John Catford
7 Public and Population Health: Strategic Responses	97	(16)
Helen Keleher
PART II HEALTH PROMOTION ACTION: RESPONDING TO THE DETERMINANTS	113	(100)
8 Major Achievements in Public Health Since 1850	115	(12)
Damien Jolley
9 Critical Perspectives on Public Health History	127	(7)
Judith Raflery
10 Health Promotion: Origins, Obstacles, and Opportunities	134	(18)
John Catford
11 In Search of the Fourth Dimension of Health Promotion: Guiding Principles for Action	152	(18)
Berni Murphy
12 Health Promotion in Action: Case Studies from Australia	170	(17)
Bernie Marshall
13 Health Education and Communication Strategies	187	(17)
Berni Murphy
14 Health Information Online	204	(9)
Christine Spratt and Sarah Hopkins
PART III DETERMINANTS APPROACHES TO PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES	213	(105)
15 Advocacy, Activism, and Awareness Raising: Encouraging a Reluctant Community to Reduce Its Dependence on Tobacco	215	(10)
Ron Borland and Lames Balmford
16 Alcohol	225	(8)
Paul Dietze and Helen Keleher
17 Illicit Drugs	233	(7)
Paul Dietze and Helen Keleher
18 Physical Activity and Population Health	240	(6)
Jo Salmon, Clare Hume, and Kylie Ball
19 Social Exclusion	246	(6)
Helen Keleher
20 Food Insecurity and the Migrant Experience	252	(8)
Cate Burns
21 Evidence and Public Health: Data, Discourses, and Debates	260	(9)
Jan Garrard
22 Ecology, People, Place, and Health	269	(7)
Mardie Townsend and Mary Mahoney
23 Mind-body Health Connections	276	(7)
Jan Stewart
24 Understanding Disability	283	(6)
Kaye Smith and Lesley Hardcastle
25 From 'Difference' to 'Diversity': Exploring the Social Determinants of Youth Health	289	(8)
Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli
26 Social Determinants of Mental Health for Young Same-sex Attracted Men	297	(8)
Damien Ridge
27 Workplace Health	305	(7)
Andrew Noblet
28 Promoting Healthy Ageing	312	(6)
Helen Keleher
Glossary	318	(8)
References	326	(25)
Index	351