Health Psychology in Global Perspective

by Frances E. Aboud

• ISBN13: 9780761909415
• ISBN10: 0761909419
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-09
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

What do we know about health in other countries? How can we use explanations from health psychology to understand health issues around the world? This volume uses health psychology to compare health issues faced by people in developing and developed countries.Taking a broad social science perspective, Frances E Aboud brings mainstream health psychology concepts to bear on the problems of international health. She also: integrates findings from psychology with literature from other disciplines such as epidemiology, education, anthropology and nursing; and brings cross-cultural issues to bear on concepts and theories in health psychology. International health statistics and social science research methods applied to health i

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Introduction	ix
Preface	xi
What Is International Health Psychology?	1	(28)
The History of a Salt Solution	5	(1)
How Many Hats Can You Wear?	6	(22)
Student Activity	28	(1)
Social Science Measures for Health Research	29	(38)
Social Science Variables	30	(2)
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods	32	(3)
Focus Group Discussion	35	(7)
Systematic Nonparticipant Observation	42	(5)
Participant Observation	47	(4)
Key Informant Interviews	51	(6)
Structured Self-Report Measures	57	(9)
Student Activity	66	(1)
Family Planning and Contraceptive Use	67	(27)
The Case in Favor of Family Planning	69	(6)
How Couples Weigh the Costs and Benefits of Children	75	(3)
The Prevalence of Contraception Use	78	(7)
What Makes a Family Planning Program Effective?	85	(7)
Student Activities	92	(2)
The AIDS/HIV Pandemic	94	(29)
Michaela Hynie
Modes of HIV Transmission	97	(2)
Measuring the Magnitude of AIDS and HIV	99	(2)
International Prevalence Rates and Patterns	101	(4)
Prevention Strategies: Whom and What to Target	105	(11)
Interventions to Prevent HIV Infection	116	(6)
Student Activity	122	(1)
Community Participation and Agency Involvement	123	(31)
What Does It Mean to Participate?	125	(3)
Benefits and Costs of Participation	128	(2)
Ways to Raise Community Participation	130	(6)
Two International Participation Schemes	136	(4)
Frameworks for Evaluating Community Participation	140	(10)
NGOs Who Promote Participation	150	(3)
Student Activity	153	(1)
Nutrition for Child Growth and Development	154	(31)
Measuring Malnutrition	156	(4)
Prevalence of Malnutrition	160	(2)
Causes of Malnutrition	162	(7)
Health and Psychosocial Consequences of Malnutrition	169	(11)
Treatment and Community Prevention Programs	180	(4)
Student Activity	184	(1)
Alcohol Use and Abuse	185	(25)
Definitions and Measures of Problem Drinking	187	(6)
International Rates of Alcohol Use and Abuse	193	(6)
Personal and Social Consequences of Alcohol Abuse	199	(4)
Risk Factors for Alcohol Abuse	203	(2)
Alcohol Prevention Programs	205	(4)
Student Activity	209	(1)
Health Education and Promotion	210	(34)
Concepts and Components of Health Education	211	(21)
Family Planning in Ethiopia	214	(2)
Community Norms for Face Washing in Tanzania	216	(4)
Interactive Radio for Children in Bolivia	220	(3)
Dyadic Problem Solving on Child Feeding in the Philippines	223	(2)
Mobilizing Students for Sanitation in Bangladesh	225	(2)
Home Management of Diarrhea in Gambia	227	(3)
School Feeding Programs	230	(2)
Learning From Successes and Mistakes	232	(1)
Taking Theories into the Field	233	(6)
The Case for Education	239	(4)
Student Activity	243	(1)
Mental Health and Illness	244	(27)
Definition and Classification	245	(1)
Community Measurement Instruments	246	(5)
Is Mental Illness Universal or Culture Specific?	251	(5)
Prevalence of Mental Illness	256	(2)
Social and Personal Consequences	258	(2)
Risk Factors	260	(4)
Prevention and Treatment	264	(5)
Student Activity	269	(2)
A Final Note: Where Do You Go From Here?	271	(4)
Glossary	275	(14)
References	289	(22)
Author Index	311	(11)
Subject Index	322	(5)
About the Author	327	(2)
About the Contributors	329