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9780131962972

Health Psychology An Interdisciplinary Approach to Health

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    9780131962972

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  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-10-26
  • Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

Health Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Approachoffers a critical examination of the biopsychosocial model of health and proposes the use of the ecological model as a more comprehensive explanation of health outcomes; both of which are unique approaches in a health psychology text.#xA0;#xA0; #xA0; The ecological model explores the impact of five systems on individual health outcomes: the individual (including physiology), the family/community, physical and social environments, healthcare systems and health policy.#xA0; Unlike the biopsychological model#xA0; which represents a combination of three fields-biology, psychology and sociology -#xA0; the ecological model#xA0; includes research and findings from medical anthropology, economics, ethnopharmacology, environmental studies, medicine and public health, in addition to biology, psychology and sociology. Thus, it offers a truly interdisciplinary approach to the study of health. #xA0; Finally, the text uniquely examines infectious diseases and chronic illnesses from a local, regional and global perspective. The diverse perspectives illustrate the roles of each of the five systems on health.

Author Biography

 

Deborah Fish Ragin is a Professor of Psychology at Montclair State University, as well as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NYC where she is also involved in research. 

 

Ragin is a reviewer for the international journal Social Science and Medicine, and the Journal for Interpersonal Violence, and is on the Editorial Board for the American Journal of Nursing.

 

 

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY VIEW OF HEALTH

CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHODS

CHAPTER 3: GLOBAL  COMMUNICABLE AND CHRONIC DISEASE

CHAPTER 4: THEORIES AND MODELS OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE

CHAPTER 5: RISKY HEALTH BEHAVIORS

CHAPTER 6: EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

CHAPTER 7: STRESS AND COPING

CHAPTER 8: HIV AND AIDS

CHAPTER 9: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

CHAPTER 10: CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT AND ARTHRITIS

CHAPTER 11: CANCER

CHAPTER 12: HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS AND HEALTH POLICY: EFFECTS ON HEALTH OUTCOMES

CHAPTER 13: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGISTS’ ROLE: RESEARCH, APPLICATION AND ADVOCACY

 

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