Social and behavioral foundations of public health
By: edited by Jeannine Coreil.
Contributors: Coreil, Jeannine.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Sage Publications; Sage
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9781412957045
Subjects: Public health -- Social aspects; Public health -- Psychological aspects; Social medicine; Social Medicine; Public Health
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why study social and behavioral factors in health?; title: Historical perspectives on population and disease; title: Social epidemiology / Jeannine Coreil; title: Behavioral and social science theory; title: Health and illness behavior; title: The social environment and health / Jeannine Coreil; title: Social reactions to disease; title: Comparative health cultures; title: Health disparities, diversity, and cultural competence / Jeannine Coreil; title: Reproductive health / Wendy L. Hellerstedt; title: Adolescent health / Mimi Nichter; title: Aging and public health / Carson Henderson and Neil Henderson; title: Planning health promotion & disease prevention programs / Eric Buhi, Rita DeBate, and Robert McDermott; title: Community-based approaches to health promotion / Carol Bryant; title: Social marketing in public health / Carol Bryant; title: Approaches to policy and advocacy / Linda Whiteford; title: Childhood overweight & obesity / Rita DeBate, Carol Bryant, and Marissa Zwald; title: Mental health and illness / Stephanie L. Marhefka; title: Prevention of unintentional injuries / Karen Liller; title: Violence and public health / Martha Coulter; title: Occupational health / Paul Spector and Chu-Hsiang Chang.