Health Psychology
eBook - ePub

Health Psychology

An Interdisciplinary Approach

  1. 670 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Health Psychology

An Interdisciplinary Approach

About this book

Now in its fourth edition, Health Psychology takes a truly interdisciplinary approach to studying health psychology, and offers a comprehensive overview of the subareas within this fascinating subject.

Fully revised to reflect current research and studies, and now in full color, the book includes new content on the impact of COVID-19 and greater coverage of health diversity. It unpacks the issue of social inequities in health by addressing how race and social economies have been traditionally confounded. The author achieves this by focusing on five systems that affect individual health outcomes: individual, family/community, social/physical environment, health care systems, and health policy. The social ecological perspective on health psychology creates a depth of understanding of the diverse facets of health, and examines health from a global perspective by exploring the impact of infectious and chronic illnesses both regionally and globally. This new edition has been packed with updated statistics and references, as well as helpful video links infused throughout, to actively engage readers in each topic.

While grounded in psychology, the book incorporates perspectives from anthropology, biology, economics, environmental studies, medicine, public health, and sociology, and will be of particular interest to undergraduate students in health psychology and public health and for masters' students of health psychology.

For additional instructor resources, please visit www.routledge.com/9781032292557, which includes lecture slides, an instructor manual, and test bank.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781040132388
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Endorsements
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Brief Contents
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. About the Author
  11. 1. An Interdisciplinary View of Health
  12. 2. Research Methods
  13. 3. Theories and Models of Health Behavior Change
  14. 4. Global, Communicable, and Chronic Disease
  15. 5. Risky Health Behaviors: Part I
  16. 6. Emotional Health and Well-Being
  17. 7. Stress and Coping
  18. 8. Psychoneuroimmunology
  19. 9. Cardiovascular Disease
  20. 10. Chronic Pain Management and Arthritis
  21. 11. Cancer
  22. 12. Health Care Systems and Health Policy: Effects on Health Outcomes
  23. 13. The Health Psychologist's Role: Research, Application, and Advocacy
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index