| Description |
xxxii, 421 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. Health, illness and well-being: an introduction / Pranee Liamputtong, Rebecca Fanany, Glenda Verrinder -- PART 1. Perspectives of health, illness, and well-being. 2. Introduction to pathogens and impacts on health and illness / Elizabeth Brown -- 3. Introduction to epidemiology / Rebecca Fanany -- 4. Human genetics and inheritance: biological, social, cultural, and environmental perspectives / Sandra Taylor -- 5. Chronic illness and the genome / Chris L. Peterson, Evan Willis -- 6. Ageing and health: biological, social, and environmental perspectives / Colette Browning, Chyrisse Heine -- 7. Introduction to health promotion / Alana Hulme Chambers, Rae Walker -- 8. Anthropogenic change and human health / Rebecca Fanany -- 9. Climate change: drivers and health impacts, mitigation, and adaptation strategies for the health sector / Glenda Verrinder, Adrian Verrinder -- 10. Health and the living environment / Cameron Earl, Jaco Terblanche, Emma Patten --PART 2. Social determinants of health, illness, and well-being. 11. Social determinants of health: historical developments and global implications / Bruce Rumbold, Virginia Dickson-Swift -- 12. Health as a social construct / Claire Henderson-Wilson -- 13. Health throughout the life course / Christopher Fox -- 14. Language, culture, and health / Rebecca Fanany -- 15. Deviance, difference, and stigma as social determinants of health / Pranee Liamputtong, Somsri Kitisriworapan -- 16. Health and the media / Linda Portsmouth -- 17. Health and social justice / Ann Taket -- 18. The economics of health and disease / Rob Carter -- 19. The social determinants and the healthcare system / Yvonne Parry, Eileen Willis -- Glossary |
| Summary |
Provides an introduction to some of the important ideas that underlie the field of public health today. It shows the forces and trends that combine to shape the health of individuals, communities and populations. It provides the basis for a career in any of the health sciences where insight into the meaning of health will allow for the development of effective practiceand greater sensitivity to the needs of the community |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-406) and index |
| Subject |
Effect of environment on human beings
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Familial diseases.
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Health.
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Heredity, Human.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
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Human heredity
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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Health Promotion.
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Health Status Disparities.
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Risk Factors.
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| Author |
Fanany, Rebecca, editor
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Liamputtong, Pranee, 1955- editor
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Verrinder, Glenda, editor
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| LC no. |
2012471641 |
| ISBN |
9780195576122 (paperback) |
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