Health Studies: An Introduction - Softcover

Naidoo, Jennie

 
9781137348678: Health Studies: An Introduction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1137348674 ISBN 13: 9781137348678
Verlag: Red Globe Press, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

This new edition of a very successful textbook provides an up-to-date, broad and authoritative introduction to studying health. With chapters including biology, epidemiology, anthropology, politics and psychology, it is the only book to explore all the major disciplines and highlight how they can contribute to our understanding of health in one single volume.

Comprehensive, accessible and written by leading experts in the different fields, this is the introductory text for all students of health studies. 

New to this Edition:
- A whole new chapter on geography and health: it explores the relationship between people's health and the natural and built environments
- New example features in every chapter which apply each discipline to contemporary health issues -from the increase in obesity to the impact of changing social and welfare policies- along with bullet points that highlight the latest research in the field
- A complete update on both the design and layout ensures an even more navigable and enjoyable read for current students, along with new contributions from experts from across the globe

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Jennie Naidoo is Principal Lecturer in Health Promotion and Public Health at the University of the West of England, UK.

Jane Wills is Senior Lecturer in Health Promotion and Public Health at South Bank University, UK.

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This new edition of a very successful textbook provides an up-to-date, broad and authoritative introduction to studying health. With chapters including biology, epidemiology, anthropology, politics and psychology, it is the only book to explore all the major disciplines and highlight how they can contribute to our understanding of health in one single volume.

Comprehensive, accessible and written by leading experts in the different fields, this is the introductory text for all students of health studies.

Highlights of this third edition include:

• A whole new chapter on Geography and health: it explores the relationship between people's health and the natural and built environments

• New example features in every chapter which apply each discipline to contemporary health issues- from the increase in obesity to the impact of changing social and welfare policies- along with bullet points that highlight the latest research in the field

• A complete update on both the design and layout ensures an even more navigable and enjoyable read for current students, along with new contributions from experts from across the globe.

Designed to engage readers and assist learning, each chapter features a Case Study on food, diet and obesity as a contemporary health issue; Questions for discussion, reading and reflection; Thinking about to enable the reader to use their experience to understand and apply concepts; Examples to illustrate concepts, methodologies and explore contemporary issues and Connections which make clear links to other chapters.

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Verlag
Red Globe Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1137348674
ISBN 13 
9781137348678
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
3
Anzahl der Seiten
476
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