Louise Warwick-Booth - Contemporary Health Studies

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2 Dedication Dedication ToAlex, Maia, Milana, Meadow and Race ToEvie-Joy William – love you to the moon and back

3 Title Page Contemporary Health Studies An Introduction 2nd edition Louise Warwick-Booth Ruth Cross Diane Lowcock polity

4 Copyright Copyright © Louise Warwick-Booth, Ruth Cross & Diane Lowcock 2021 The right of Louise Warwick-Booth, Ruth Cross and Diane Lowcock to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First edition published in 2012 by Polity Press This second edition first published in 2021 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3954-3 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Warwick-Booth, Louise, author. | Cross, Ruth, author. | Lowcock, Diane, author. Title: Contemporary health studies : an introduction / Louise Warwick-Booth, Ruth Cross, and Diane Lowcock. Description: 2nd edition. | Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “A comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the field”-- Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2020033042 (print) | LCCN 2020033043 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509539529 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509539536 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509539543 (epub) Subjects: MESH: Social Determinants of Health | Health Status Indicators | Global Health | Health Promotion | Socioeconomic Factors Classification: LCC RA418 (print) | LCC RA418 (ebook) | NLM WA 30 | DDC 362.1--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020033042 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020033043 The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

5 Foreword

6 Acknowledgements

7 How to use this book

8 Introduction

9 Part I Understanding and Promoting Health 1. What is Health?Key learning outcomes Overview Definitions of health Theoretical perspectives Lay perspectives Why is this important for understanding health? Summary Questions Further reading 2. Contemporary Threats to HealthKey learning outcomes Overview Conceptualizing the identifying of threats Why and how is all this important? Summary Questions Further reading 3. Investigating HealthKey learning outcomes Overview What is research? Philosophical frameworks Research question/s Quantitative research Qualitative research Differences between quantitative and qualitative research Ethics of research Evidence-based practice Why is understanding research important? Summary Questions Further reading

10 Part II The Disciplinary Context of Health Studies 4. SociologyKey learning outcomes Overview What is sociology? Society as a determinant of health Sociological theories of health and illness Sociological critique of health promotion Why is this important for understanding health? Summary Questions Further reading 5. Social AnthropologyKey learning outcomes Overview What is social anthropology? Culture and health Experiencing illness Culture and treatment Cultural representations Culture and mental illness Cultural influences upon health Why is this important to health studies? Summary Questions Further reading 6. Health PsychologyKey learning outcomes Overview What is health psychology? How is health psychology important? Critical perspectives Summary Questions Further reading 7. Health PromotionKey learning outcomes Overview What is health promotion? Origins of health promotion Tools for understanding health promotion Principles and values Critiques of health promotion Contribution of health promotion Summary Questions Further reading

11 Part III Influences upon Health 8. Individual Characteristics and their Influence upon HealthKey learning outcomes Overview What is this all about? How do individual characteristics influence health? What does this mean? A lifespan perspective How is this relevant? Summary Questions Further reading 9. Social and Community Characteristics and their Influence upon HealthKey learning outcomes Overview Social and community networks Social support Relationship between social support and health Social capital Measuring social capital Relationship between social capital and health Settings for social and community networks Implications for policy and practice Social and community networks Summary Questions Further reading 10. The Physical Environment and its Influence upon HealthKey learning outcomes Overview What is this all about? Physical environment (living and working conditions) What does this mean? How is this relevant? Summary Questions Further reading 11. Policy Influences upon HealthKey learning outcomes Overview What is social policy? Social policy as a determinant of health Current policy issues The British Welfare State Ideological and political values Health services as a determinant of health Health in all policies The broader policy environment The importance of fiscal policy Social policy and health studies Summary Questions Further reading 12. The Global Context of HealthKey learning outcomes Overview Why is global health important? How does the global context influence health? Why is all of this important? Summary Questions Further reading 13. Synthesizing Perspectives: Case Studies for ActionKey learning outcomes Overview The determinants of health ‘rainbow’ Key strengths of the rainbow model How the rainbow model might be improved Summary

12 Glossary

13 References and suggested reading

14 Index

15 End User License Agreement

1 Cover

2 Table of Contents

3 Dedication

4 Title Page

5 Copyright

6 Foreword

7 Acknowledgments

8 How to use this book

9 Introduction

10 Begin Reading

11 Glossary

12 References and suggested reading

13 Index

14 End User License Agreement

1 Introduction Figure i.1The Dahlgren and Whitehead determinants of health rainbow

2 Chapter 2 Figure 2.1Population pyramids – Zambia

3 Chapter 3 Figure 3.1Representative sampling

4 Chapter 6 Figure 6.1The Health Belief Model Figure 6.2The Theory of Planned Behaviour Figure 6.3The Health Action Model

5 Chapter 7 Figure 7.1Tannahill’s model of health promotion Figure 7.2Beattie’s model of health promotion Figure 7.3Tones and Tilford’s model of health promotion Figure 7.4Caplan and Holland’s model of health promotion

6 Part III Figure iii.1The Dahlgren and Whitehead determinants of health rainbow

7 Chapter 8 Figure 8.1The health career

8 Chapter 9 Figure 9.1Proposed mechanisms of action for social support