Health Psychology : An Interdisciplinary Approach to Health: Global Edition Paperback / softback
by Deborah Fish Ragin, Deborah Fish Ragin
Paperback / softback
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Health Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Approach offers a critical examination of the biopsychosocial model of health and proposes the use of the ecological model as a more comprehensive explanation of health outcomes; both of which are unique approaches in a health psychology text. The ecological model explores the impact of five systems on individual health outcomes: the individual (including physiology), the family/community, physical and social environments, healthcare systems and health policy. Unlike the biopsychological model which represents a combination of three fields-biology, psychology and sociology - the ecological model includes research and findings from medical anthropology, economics, ethnopharmacology, environmental studies, medicine and public health, in addition to biology, psychology and sociology.
Thus, it offers a truly interdisciplinary approach to the study of health. Finally, the text uniquely examines infectious diseases and chronic illnesses from a local, regional and global perspective.
The diverse perspectives illustrate the roles of each of the five systems on health.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:528 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/11/2010
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- ISBN:9780132568579
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:528 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/11/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780132568579
