Alan Davidson (Associate Professor Em Associate Professor Emeritus

Social Determinants of Health

A Comparative Approach

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Produktbeschreibung

The only text that accessibly examines the social determinants of health from a Canadian, contemporary, and comparative perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, Canada
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 181mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 606g
• ISBN-13: 9780199032204
• ISBN-10: 0199032203
• Artikelnr.: 55388289

Autorenporträt

Alan Davidson is associate professor emeritus in the Health and Social Development department in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at UBC-Okanagan.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: The Conventional Understanding of Health and Its
Alternative
* How We Understand Threats to Our Health
* A New Perspective on Our Health: Rise of an Alternative View
* Health Inequalities
* The Basis of Health Inequalities
* What Lies Ahead
* 1. Thinking about Individual and Population Health
* Synopsis
* Levels of Analysis
* Individual-Level Analysis of Health and Disease
* Origins of Population Health
* Some Notes on Terms
* Theoretical Considerations
* Summary
* Critical Thinking Questions
* Annotated Suggested Readings
* Annotated Websites
* 2. Health Care Services and Health Research Methods NEW
* Synopsis
* Health Care as a Determinant of Health
* Health Care or Health?
* Issues of Access and Equity
* Public Health
* Health Research Methods
* Theoretical Considerations
* Summary
* Critical Thinking Questions
* Annotated Suggested Readings
* Annotated Websites
* 3. Population Health and Social Epidemiology
* Synopsis
* The Emergence of the Field Social Epidemiology
* Geoffrey Rose and the Population-Health Perspective
* The Impact of Recent Studies on Thinking about Health
* The Gradient in Health
* The Building Blocks of Theory
* Theoretical Considerations
* Summary
* Critical Thinking Questions
* Annotated Suggested Readings
* Annotated Websites
* 4. Income, Inequality, and Health
* Synopsis
* Income and Health
* The Gradient in Health
* Understanding the Complex Relationship between Income and Health
* The Inequality Hypothesis: Preston, Rodgers, Kaplan, and Wilkinson
* The Inequality Hypothesis Under Assault
* What Are We to Make of the Literature on Inequality and Health?
* The Importance of Keeping Materialist Arguments Separate from Ones
about Hierarchy and Control
* Other Explanations for the Correlation between Social Inequality and
Health
* Income and Income Distribution
* Wealth
* Public Programs and Services
* Poverty and Its Mitigation
* Poverty Mitigation: Social Assistance or Welfare
* Lower Taxes or More Public Spending?
* Theoretical Considerations
* Summary
* Thinking Questions
* Annotated Suggested Readings
* Annotated Websites
* 5. Childhood and the Transition to Adulthood
* Synopsis
* Early Childhood
* Animal Studies
* Contributions from Psychology
* Early Childhood Policy
* A Note on the Public School System
* Older Children and Teens
* Theoretical Considerations
* Summary
* Critical Thinking Questions
* Annotated Suggested Readings
* Annotated Websites
* 6. Gender and Health
* Synopsis
* The Health of Women and Men
* The Convergence of Health-Related Behaviour
* The Effects of Stable Long-Term Relationships on Health
* Distress Among Women
* Gender Equity
* Education and the Health of Women and Their Communities
* Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People
* Intersex People
* Theoretical Considerations
* Summary
* Critical Thinking Questions
* Annotated Suggested Readings
* Annotated Websites
* 7. Social Support, Social Capital, Social Exclusion, and Racism
* Synopsis
* Social Norms, Predictability, and Human Health
* Social Networks
* Social Support and Health
* Social Isolation among Older Adults
* Social Cohesion
* Social Capital
* Sense of Community Belonging
* Social Exclusion
* Racism
* Theoretical Considerations
* Summary
* Critical Thinking Questions
* Annotated Suggested Readings
* Annotated Websites
* 8. Health of Indigenous Peoples
* Synopsis
* Who Are the Indigenous Peoples?
* The Health of Indigenous Peoples
* Understanding the Determinants of Indigenous Health
* A Story of Dramatic Improvement
* Theoretical Considerations
* Summary
* Critical Thinking Questions
* Annotated Suggested Readings
* Annotated Websites
* 9. Employment, Working Conditions, and Health
* Synopsis
* The Centrality of Employment to Adult Health
* Health and Jobs
* Unemployment and Health
* Changes in the Nature of Employment
* Working Conditions and Health
* Policies Affecting Employment, Earnings, Job Benefits, and Working
Conditions
* Theoretical Considerations
* Summary
* Critical Thinking Questions
* Annotated Suggested Readings
* Annotated Websites
* 10. Housing and Neighbourhood
* Synopsis
* Homes and Health
* Neighbourhood and Health
* Urban Design, the Built Environment, and Physical Activity
* Housing Policy and Health
* Theoretical Considerations
* Summary
* Critical Thinking Questions
* Annotated Suggested Readings
* Annotated Websites
* 11. Food, Food Insecurity, Nutrition, Obesity, and Health
* Synopsis
* Diet and the Health of Populations
* What Is a Healthy Diet? Canada's Food Guide
* The Relative Cost of Healthy Foods
* Obesity
* Diet and Health
* Policies and Programs
* Theoretical Considerations
* Summary
* Critical Thinking Questions
* Annotated Suggested Readings
* Annotated Websites
* 12. The Environment and Health NEW
* Synopsis
* Climate Change
* Natural Disasters
* Modern Food Production: Factory Farming
* Air Pollution
* Lead, Mercury, and Arsenic
* The Household Environment
* Plastics
* Theoretical Considerations
* Summary
* Critical Thinking Questions
* Annotated Suggested Readings
* Annotated Websites
* 13. Social Patterning of Behaviour
* Synopsis
* Human Behaviour and Its Context
* Substance Misuse
* Healthy Lifestyles
* Theoretical Considerations
* Summary
* Critical Thinking Questions
* Annotated Suggested Readings
* Annotated Websites
* 14. The Politics of Population Health
* Models of Health
* Globalization and Human Health
* Population Health and Politics
* Annotated Suggested Readings
* Annotated Websites
* Glossary
* References
* Index