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The Cult and Science of Public Health

Author : Kevin Dew
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857453394
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book The Cult and Science of Public Health written by Kevin Dew and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contemporary manifestations of public health rituals and events, people are being increasingly united around what they hold in common--their material being and humanity. As a cult of humanity, public health provides a moral force in society that replaces 'traditional' religions in times of great diversity or heterogeneity of peoples, activities and desires. This is in contrast to public health's foundation in science, particularly the science of epidemiology. The rigid rules of 'scientific evidence' used to determine the cause of illness and disease can work against the most vulnerable in society by putting sectors of the population, such as underrepresented workers, at a disadvantage. This study focuses on this tension between traditional science and the changing vision articulated within public health (and across many disciplines) that calls for a collective response to uncontrolled capitalism and unremitting globalization, and to the way in which health inequalities and their association with social inequalities provides a political rhetoric that calls for a new redistributive social programme. Drawing on decades of research, the author argues that public health is both a cult and a science of contemporary society.

Religion as a Social Determinant of Public Health

Author : Ellen L. Idler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199362203
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Book Synopsis Religion as a Social Determinant of Public Health by : Ellen L. Idler

Download or read book Religion as a Social Determinant of Public Health written by Ellen L. Idler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading scholars in the social sciences, public health and religion examine the embodied sacred practices of the world's religions, the history of alignment and tension between religious and public health institutions and the role of religious institutions in health and development efforts around the globe.

Why Religion and Spirituality Matter for Public Health

Author : Doug Oman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319739662
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Why Religion and Spirituality Matter for Public Health written by Doug Oman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reviews the exploding religion/spirituality (R/S) and health literature from a population health perspective. It emphasizes the distinctive Public Health concern for promoting health and preventing disease in societies, nations, and communities, as well as individuals. Part I offers a rigorous review of mainstream biomedical and social scientific theory and evidence on R/S-health relations. Addressing key gaps in previous literature, it reviews evidence from a population health viewpoint, surveying pertinent findings and theories from the perspective of Public Health subfields that range from Environmental Health Sciences to Public Health Nutrition to Health Policy & Management and Public Health Education. In Part II, practitioners describe in detail how attending to R/S factors enhances the work of clinicians and community health practitioners. R/S provides an additional set of concepts and tools to address opportunities and challenges ranging from behavior and institutional change to education, policy, and advocacy. Part III empowers educators, analyzing pedagogical needs and offering diverse short chapters by faculty who teach R/S-health connections in many nationally top-ranked Schools of Public Health. International and global perspectives are highlighted in a concluding chapter and many places throughout the volume. This book addresses a pressing need for Public Health research, practice and teaching: A substantial evidence base now links religious and spiritual (R/S) factors to health. In the past 20 years, over 100 systematic reviews and 30 meta-analyses on R/S-health were published in refereed journals. But despite this explosion of interest, R/S factors remain neglected in Public Health teaching and research. Public Health lags behind related fields such as medicine, psychology, and nursing, where R/S factors receive more attention. This book can help Public Health catch up. It offers abundant key resources to empower public health professionals, instructors, and students to address R/S, serving at once as a course text, a field manual and a research handbook.

The Public Health Movement

Author : American Academy of Political and Social Science
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book The Public Health Movement written by American Academy of Political and Social Science and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Public Health

Author : Pranee Liamputtong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108456456
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Public Health written by Pranee Liamputtong and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides students with an overview of Australian and international public health issues and contexts.

The Imperative of Health

Author : Deborah Lupton
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446265846
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book The Imperative of Health written by Deborah Lupton and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1995-06-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this reappraisal of public health and health promotion in contemporary societies, Deborah Lupton explores public health and health promotion using contemporary sociocultural and political theory, particularly that building on Foucault′s writings on subjectivity, embodiment and power relations. The author examines the implications of the new social theories for the study of health promotion and health communication to analyze the symbolic nature of public health practices, and explores their underlying meanings and assumptions.

Social, Political and Cultural Dimensions of Health

Author : Kevin Dew
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319315080
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Social, Political and Cultural Dimensions of Health written by Kevin Dew and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprehensively explores social, political and cultural dimensions of health in contemporary society. It addresses many issues and pertinent questions, including the following: Are we over diagnosed and over medicated? How can patients participate in their own care? Do pharmaceutical companies coerce us into medication regimes? What drives inequalities in health outcomes? What is the experience of health care for indigenous communities? Why do different countries have such different health care systems? How do we respond to life-changing conditions? Can we achieve a ‘good death’? How do new genetics shape our identities? Is public health a force of liberation or disempowerment? The book incorporates the range of levels of influence on health, covering individual patient experiences, the health professions, multinational corporations, the state, global organisations as well as examining trends in social organisation, cultural expression and technological developments. It volume provides an accessible, yet in-depth, overview and discussion of the sociology of health. The chapters include an illustrative case study and further readings relating to the topic.

Science Needs for Microbial Forensics

Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Science Needs for Microbial Forensics: Developing an Initial International Roadmap
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780309302456
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Science Needs for Microbial Forensics written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Science Needs for Microbial Forensics: Developing an Initial International Roadmap and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For these reasons, building awareness of and capacity in microbial forensics can assist in our understanding of what may have occurred during a biothreat event, and international collaborations that engage the broader scientific and policy-making communities are likely to strengthen our microbial forensics capabilities. One goal would be to create a shared technical understanding of the possibilities--and limitations--of the scientific bases for microbial forensics analysis. Science Needs for Microbial Forensics: Developing Initial International Research Priorities, based partly on a workshop held in Zabgreb, Croatia in 2013, identifies scientific needs that must be addressed to improve the capabilities of microbial forensics to investigate infectious disease outbreaks and provide evidence of sufficient quality to support legal proceedings and the development of government policies.

A History of Public Health

Author : George Rosen
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421416018
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book A History of Public Health written by George Rosen and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-04 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For seasoned professionals as well as students, A History of Public Health is visionary and essential reading.

Health, Civilization and the State

Author : Dorothy Porter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134637187
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Health, Civilization and the State written by Dorothy Porter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the social, economic and political issues of public health provision in historical perspective. It outlines the development of public health in Britain, Continental Europe and the United States from the ancient world through to the modern state. It includes discussion of: * pestilence, public order and morality in pre-modern times * the Enlightenment and its effects * centralization in Victorian Britain * localization of health care in the United States * population issues and family welfare * the rise of the classic welfare state * attitudes towards public health into the twenty-first century.

Routledge International Handbook of Critical Issues in Health and Illness

Author : Kerry Chamberlain
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000408426
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Routledge International Handbook of Critical Issues in Health and Illness written by Kerry Chamberlain and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Issues in Health and Illness is a multidisciplinary reference book that brings together cutting-edge health and illness topics from around the globe. It offers a range of theoretical and critical perspectives to provide contemporary insights into complex health issues that can offer ways to address inequitable patterns of illness and ill health. This collection, written by an international pool of expert academics from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, is unique in providing theoretical and critical analyses on key health topics, considering power and broader social structures that influence health and illness outcomes. The chapters are organised in three parts. The first covers medical contexts; here, chapters provide commentary and critical analysis of the history of medicine, medicalisation, pharmaceuticalisation, services and care, medical technology, diagnosis, screening, personalised medicine, and complementary and alternative medicine. The second part covers life contexts; chapters include a range of life contexts that have implications for health, including gender, sexuality, reproduction, disability, ethnicity, indigeneity, inequality, ageing, and dying. The third part covers shifting contextual domains; chapters consider contemporary areas of life that are rapidly changing, including bioethics, digital health, migration, medical travel, geography and "place", commercialisation, globalisation, and climate change. The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Issues in Health and Illness is a key contemporary reference text for scholars, students, researchers, and professionals across disciplines, including sociology, psychology, anthropology, geography, medicine, public health, and health science.

Encyclopedia of Health Research in the Social Sciences

Author : Kevin Dew
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800885695
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Health Research in the Social Sciences written by Kevin Dew and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring state-of-the-art contributions from leading experts in their respective fields, the Encyclopedia of Health Research in the Social Sciences explores an extensive range of topics, concepts, research approaches and theoretical orientations aimed at providing guidance for those undertaking health research.

Evidence-Based Healthcare in Context

Author : Jon Adams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351938053
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Evidence-Based Healthcare in Context written by Jon Adams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With new methods of treatment standardisation resulting in various benefits for patient outcomes, evidence-based medicine and evidence-based practice have emerged as defining features of western healthcare provision in recent years. Most health professions are now adopting some form of 'evidence-based' framework for clinical training and practice. However, the rise of evidence-based healthcare has drawn sustained criticism regarding the limits of trial based evidence, the reductive character of epidemiological study designs, and the potential for an erosion of the importance of lay perspectives and clinical judgement. Evidence-Based Healthcare in Context introduces readers to the social, cultural and historical underpinnings of 'evidence' in healthcare, critically examining questions about what constitutes ’evidence’ and ’effectiveness’ from perspectives outside medicine, including those of patients, complementary medicine and midwifery. It focuses on the application of contemporary theoretical debates around the nature of medical and health knowledge, providing readers with a series of critical analyses of the production, application and translation of 'evidence' in a range of healthcare contexts. Featuring cutting edge work from leading social scientists in the UK, US, Canada, Norway, Australia and New Zealand, this volume draws on the latest empirical research to provide a thorough critical overview of this important field of health research.

The Evolution and Significance of the Modern Public Health Campaign

Author : Charles-Edward Amory Winslow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution and Significance of the Modern Public Health Campaign written by Charles-Edward Amory Winslow and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Encyclopedia of Public Health

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780028653549
Total Pages : 1480 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Public Health written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Realising Health

Author : Philip Conford
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527558312
Total Pages : 605 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Realising Health written by Philip Conford and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-19 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the history of the Pioneer Health Centre in Peckham, South London, and the various offshoots to which it gave rise. A world-renowned experiment in health-creation, it was nevertheless forced to close in 1950; but its example and ideas have continued to inspire doctors, public health workers and community-builders. The text investigates the reasons why the Pioneer Health Centre and other initiatives have found it difficult to make headway. It looks at factors such as financial and administrative problems, various vested interests (including those of pharmaceutical companies and the medical profession), and, underlying these considerations, the tension between the principles of Hygiea (the goddess of healthy living) and Aesculapius (the god of healing and surgery). Our culture values those who try to put things right more than those who try to ensure they do not go wrong in the first place. The book opens with a thorough examination of the concept of health, sets the Pioneer Health Centre in its socio-historical context, and shows how a number of contemporary projects have been developed along broadly similar lines. It draws on many primary sources and on interviews with people committed to the cause of “realising health”.

The Palgrave Handbook of Social Theory in Health, Illness and Medicine

Author : F. Collyer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113735562X
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Book Synopsis The Palgrave Handbook of Social Theory in Health, Illness and Medicine by : F. Collyer

Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Social Theory in Health, Illness and Medicine written by F. Collyer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-reaching handbook offers a new perspective on the sociology of health, illness and medicine by stressing the importance of social theory. Examining a range of classic and contemporary female and male theorists from across the globe, it explores various issues including chronic illness, counselling and the rising problems of obesity.