Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health

by Jeannine Coreil

• ISBN13: 9781412957045
• ISBN10: 1412957044
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-21
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
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Summary

This book is intended as a core textbook for courses in public health that examines current issues in health from a social and behavioral science perspective. It is a cross-disciplinary course (public health, medical sociology, health psychology, medical anthropology) and thus there are many ways to teach the course based on a particular instructor's perspective. The authors wrote the book because they were dissatisfied with the way other texts apply social science to public health and found that many texts being used were from related fields such as medicine, nursing or general health.The authors are planning to do a major revision based on reviews they have collected and the reviews we have collected. We believe the revised edition will essentially be a new text based on rich feedback. They will include new theory, new cases, new research, and a rich ancillary package. They will also reduce the frameworks presented to make the book more readable to students.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview

Why Study Social and Behavioral Factors in Health?

Historical Perspectives on Population and Disease

Social Epidemiology

Theoretical Foundations

Behavioral and Social Science Theory

Health and Illness Behavior

The Social Environment and Health

Sociocultural Context of Health

Social Reactions to Disease

Comparative Health Cultures

Health Disparities, Diversity, and Cultural Competence

Special Populations Through the Life Cycle

Reproductive Health

Adolescent Health

Aging and Public Health

Intervention, Methods, and Practice

Planning Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs

Community-Based Approaches to Health Promotion

Social Marketing in Public Health

Approaches to Policy and Advocacy

Special Topics

Childhood Overweight & Obesity

Mental Health and Illness

Prevention of Unintentional Injuries

Violence and Public Health

Occupational Health

Afterword: New Directions

Environmental Health **DROPPED**

Ethical Issues in Public Health **DROPPED**

Social Marketing in Public Health **DROPPED

Community-Based Approaches to Health Promotion **DROPPED**

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