Advances in Health Psychology Critical Approaches

by Horrocks, Christine; Johnson, Sally

• ISBN13: 9780230275386
• ISBN10: 0230275389
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Building on the strengths of critical health psychology, this edited volume for undergraduate and postgraduate students offers cutting edge coverage of current thinking in the field. With a focus on contemporary issues, academics and practitioners consider how the movement can continue to contribute to social and political change.

Author Biography

Christine Horrocks is Professor of Applied Social Psychology and Head of the Department of Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Sally Johnson is Lecturer at the University of Bradford, UK and a health psychologist. She leads the Applied Health and Social Psychology Group based in the Division of Psychology.

Table of Contents

Introduction - How can we advance health psychology?; C. Horrocks and S. Johnson
Working with the tensions between critique and action in critical health psychology; S. Johnson
Critical health psychology and the scholar-activist tradition; M. Murray
Changing Behaviour: Can critical psychology influence policy and practice?; W. Stainton Rogers
Social class, socioeconomic status and ‘health-risk’ behaviours: A critical analysis; K. Day
Men’s health: thinking about gender mainstreaming and gender sensitive services; C. Horrocks
Working without sacrifice: Discourse, femininity and occupational risk; B. Rickett
The emancipatory potential of critical approaches to promoting sexual health: Exploring the possibilities for action; K. Milnes
Taking the Lead: Authority and Power in the National Health Service; P. Nicholson, E. Rowland, P. Lokman and R. Fox
Re-visiting Pandora’s Box: Primary healthcare ‘directive’ and ‘participatory practices with women experiencing domestic violence; V. Lavis and C. Horrocks
Feminist health psychology and abortion: Towards a politics of transversal relations of commonality; C. Macleod
Being creative around health: participative methodologies in critical community psychology; R. Lawthom, C. Kagan, M. Richards, J. Sixsmith and R. Woolrych
Discursive psychology and its potential to make a difference; B. de Kok
“I forget my problems – the problems are in the soil”: Encountering nature in allotment gardening; N. King