Contemporary Health Studies. Louise Warwick-Booth
Rural Ghana: the impact of the physical environment on health
11 Chapter 11Case Study 11 Policy approaches to reducing inequalities
12 Chapter 12Case Study 12 Action on the global social determinants of health
13 Chapter 13Case Study 13 MalariaCase Study 14 Cervical cancerCase Study 15 NeighbourhoodsCase Study 16 COVID-19
List of Learning Tasks
1 Chapter 1Learning tasks 1.1 Defining healthLearning tasks 1.2 Comparing definitionsLearning tasks 1.3 Influences upon healthLearning tasks 1.4 Different people, different definitions
2 Chapter 2Learning tasks 2.1 The significance of health threatsLearning tasks 2.2 Hypertension and healthLearning tasks 2.3 HPV media coverageLearning tasks 2.4 Analysing trends in life expectancy
3 Chapter 3Learning tasks 3.1 Where do I begin in thinking about my research project?Learning tasks 3.2 Choosing an appropriate method for your projectLearning tasks 3.3 Sampling for your projectLearning tasks 3.4 Appraising evidence for your project
4 Chapter 4Learning tasks 4.1 Developing your sociological thinking about healthLearning tasks 4.2 Thinking about social influences upon healthLearning tasks 4.3 Stigma and health: biographical disruptionLearning tasks 4.4 The social construction of disability
5 Chapter 5Learning tasks 5.1 Reflecting upon why culture mattersLearning tasks 5.2 Exploring your own lay beliefsLearning tasks 5.3 Healthworld, culture and environmentLearning tasks 5.4 Cultural representations of mental illness
6 Chapter 6Learning tasks 6.1 Reflection on changing behaviourLearning tasks 6.2 Reflection on changing behaviourLearning tasks 6.3 Determinants of health behaviourLearning tasks 6.4 Limitations of models of behaviour change
7 Chapter 7Learning tasks 7.1 What do you think health promotion is?Learning tasks 7.2 Applying Beattie’s model of health promotionLearning tasks 7.3 Behaviour-change campaignsLearning tasks 7.4 Ethics in health promotion
8 Chapter 8Learning tasks 8.1 Individual characteristics and healthLearning tasks 8.2 The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and ChildrenLearning tasks 8.3 Personality and motivationLearning tasks 8.4 The nature/nurture debate and individual differences
9 Chapter 9Learning tasks 9.1 Your social network mapLearning tasks 9.2 Measuring social capitalLearning tasks 9.3 Example of a connected community?Learning tasks 9.4 Communities and social capital
10 Chapter 10Learning tasks 10.1 The physical environment and healthLearning tasks 10.2 Food scares and healthLearning tasks 10.3 Community-led total sanitation (CLTS)Learning tasks 10.4 The influence of the working environment upon health
11 Chapter 11Learning tasks 11.1 The UK media and policy influenceLearning tasks 11.2 Making health policy workLearning tasks 11.3 Ideological beliefsLearning tasks 11.4 Policy sectors and health implications
12 Chapter 12Learning tasks 12.1 Global health challengesLearning tasks 12.2 Investigating the impact of health professional migrationLearning tasks 12.3 Globalization, the environment and healthLearning tasks 12.4 Were the Millennium Development Goals a success?
13 Chapter 13Learning tasks 13.1 Using Dahlgren and Whitehead as an analytical toolLearning tasks 13.2 Strategies for tackling health problemsLearning