DescriptionUnderstanding Health 3e introduces students to the concepts of health and examines public health and its sub-disciplines of health promotion and disease prevention. It uses a framework of determinants to discuss the factors of health and wellness. The new structure of the book easily guides students through the concepts covered. It begins by discussing the over-arching principles of health and health promotion and continues on to explore how health status and the determinants of health are measured. The book then covers how health is shaped by the determinants of health, and finally, how to use that knowledge to improve health. The book equips the students to explore the theories and helps them to understand how to put them into practice. The extensive pedagogy highlights important theory, research and practice into the concepts covered within the text.
AuthorsHelen Keleher
Colin MacDougall
Imprint NameOxford University Press
Table of ContentsPREFACE; SECTION 1: UNDERSTANDING HEALTH; 1. Concepts of health and primary health care; 2. Public health; 3. Social and economic determinants of health; 4. Health promotion: from Alma Ata to Bangkok; 5. Learning from public health history; SECTION 2: MEASURING HEALTH; 6. Measuring health; 7. Evidence in public health; 8. Using public health evidence; SECTION 3: SHAPING HEALTH; 9. What shapes behaviours?; 10. What shapes Indigenous health?; 11. How do environments shape health?; 12. Ecology and health; 13. Human rights and health; 14. Social inclusion; 15. Policy for health; SECTION 4: IMPROVING HEALTH; 16. Program planning and evaluation; 17. Health education for empowerment; 18. Social marketing; 19. Community development and partnerships; 20. Healthy cities as a settings approach; 21. Organisations, power and health promotion; 22. Competencies and careers in public health and health promotion
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