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Social Determinants of Health

Social Determinants of Health

A Comparative Approach

9780199032204
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The only text that accessibly examines the social determinants of health from a Canadian, contemporary, and comparative perspectiveFeaturing thought-provoking Canadian and international examples throughout, this text takes a macro-level look at the many ways in which social factors - such as income, education, employment, gender, and support systems - interact to determine health across the lifespan.
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OUP Canada
88324
9780199032204
9780199032204

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Publication date
2019
Issue number
2
Cover
paperback
Pages count
384
Weight (g)
588
  • 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? Canadas 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;
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