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The social origins of health and well-being / edited by Richard Eckersley, Jane Dixon and Bob Douglas.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001Description: xix, 347 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521890217
  • 9780521890212
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.461 21
Contents:
1. A general model of the social origins of health and well-being / Jake Najman -- Part I. Historical, Global and Cultural Perspectives: -- 2. Healthier progress: historical perspectives on the social and economic determinants of health / John Powles -- 3. Health inequalities in the New World Order / David Legge -- 4. Globalisation and environmental change: implications for health and health inequalities / Colin Butler, Bob Douglas and Tony McMichael -- 5. Culture, health and well-being / Richard Eckersley -- Part II. Explaining Health Inequalities: -- 6. Income inequality and health: in search of fundamental causes / Gavin Turrell -- 7. Mediation of the effects of social and economic status on health and mortality: the roles of behaviour and constitution / Richard Taylor -- 8. Migrants, money and margarine: possible explanations for Australia-New Zealand mortality differences / Alistair Woodward, Colin Mathers and Martin Tobias -- 9. Income, income inequality and health in New Zealand / Philippa Howden-Chapman and Des O'dea -- 10. Equity in access to health care / Stephen Duckett -- Part III. Social Organisation and Health: -- 11. Human settlements: health and the physical environment / Peter Newman -- 12. Work and health: the impact of structural workforce changes and the work environment / Anne-Marie Feyer and Dorothy Broom -- 13. Health, inequities, community and social capital / Robert Bush and Fran Baum -- Part IV. Developmental and Biological Perspectives: -- 14. Health inequalities: the seeds are sown in childhood, what about the remedies? / Graham Vimpani -- 15. Family, early development and life course: common risk and protective factors in pathways to prevention / Judy Cashmore -- 16. Health inequalities: is the foundation for these laid before the time of birth? / Terry Dwyer, Ruth Morley and Leigh Blizzard -- 17. How social factors affect health: neuro-endocrine interactions / Kerin O'dea and Mark Daniel -- Part V. Implications for Policy, Interventions and Health Research: -- 18. The sociology of Aboriginal health policy and modelling in social epidemiology / Ian Anderson -- 19. Does our limited analysis of the dimensions of poverty limit the way we seek solutions? / Elizabeth Harris, Don Nutbeam and Peter Sainsbury -- 20. Developmental prevention in a disadvantaged community / Ross Homel, Gordon Elias and Ian Hay -- 21. Rethinking evaluation for policy action on the social origins of health and well-being / Beverly Sibthorpe and Jane Dixon.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. A general model of the social origins of health and well-being / Jake Najman -- Part I. Historical, Global and Cultural Perspectives: -- 2. Healthier progress: historical perspectives on the social and economic determinants of health / John Powles -- 3. Health inequalities in the New World Order / David Legge -- 4. Globalisation and environmental change: implications for health and health inequalities / Colin Butler, Bob Douglas and Tony McMichael -- 5. Culture, health and well-being / Richard Eckersley -- Part II. Explaining Health Inequalities: -- 6. Income inequality and health: in search of fundamental causes / Gavin Turrell -- 7. Mediation of the effects of social and economic status on health and mortality: the roles of behaviour and constitution / Richard Taylor -- 8. Migrants, money and margarine: possible explanations for Australia-New Zealand mortality differences / Alistair Woodward, Colin Mathers and Martin Tobias -- 9. Income, income inequality and health in New Zealand / Philippa Howden-Chapman and Des O'dea -- 10. Equity in access to health care / Stephen Duckett -- Part III. Social Organisation and Health: -- 11. Human settlements: health and the physical environment / Peter Newman -- 12. Work and health: the impact of structural workforce changes and the work environment / Anne-Marie Feyer and Dorothy Broom -- 13. Health, inequities, community and social capital / Robert Bush and Fran Baum -- Part IV. Developmental and Biological Perspectives: -- 14. Health inequalities: the seeds are sown in childhood, what about the remedies? / Graham Vimpani -- 15. Family, early development and life course: common risk and protective factors in pathways to prevention / Judy Cashmore -- 16. Health inequalities: is the foundation for these laid before the time of birth? / Terry Dwyer, Ruth Morley and Leigh Blizzard -- 17. How social factors affect health: neuro-endocrine interactions / Kerin O'dea and Mark Daniel -- Part V. Implications for Policy, Interventions and Health Research: -- 18. The sociology of Aboriginal health policy and modelling in social epidemiology / Ian Anderson -- 19. Does our limited analysis of the dimensions of poverty limit the way we seek solutions? / Elizabeth Harris, Don Nutbeam and Peter Sainsbury -- 20. Developmental prevention in a disadvantaged community / Ross Homel, Gordon Elias and Ian Hay -- 21. Rethinking evaluation for policy action on the social origins of health and well-being / Beverly Sibthorpe and Jane Dixon.

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