Why are Mexican women more likely to experience nonfatal diseases than their male counterparts? To unravel this mystery, Kaja Finkler explores the relationship between patterns of social interaction, cultural expectations, and gender ideologies. In Women in Pain, she examines th…
"This collection of essays looks at the role the European Union could and should play in promoting healthier lifestyle, in light of the moral, philosophical, legal and political challenges associated with the regulation of individual choices. By tackling the main non-communicabl…
"This collection of essays looks at the role the European Union could and should play in promoting healthier lifestyle, in light of the moral, philosophical, legal and political challenges associated with the regulation of individual choices. By tackling the main non-communicabl…
Available online or as a five-volume print set, this is the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and international reference work on all aspects of the social scientific study of health and illness. The online version will be regularly updated with new research and theoretica…
Welche psychosozialen Bedingungen tragen zur Entstehung von organischen und psychischen Krankheiten bei? Was erhält Menschen gesund? Welche Rolle spielt dabei Stress? Dieses Lehrbuch stellt in der 2., überarbeiteten und erweiterten Auflage eine systematische Einführung in die Ge…
"Health Behavior: Theory, Research, and Practice, Fifth Edition, is a thorough introduction to the practice of health education and health promotion, covering the theories, applications, and research of most use to public health students and practitioners. Through four editions,…
"Health Behavior: Theory, Research, and Practice, Fifth Edition, is a thorough introduction to the practice of health education and health promotion, covering the theories, applications, and research of most use to public health students and practitioners. Through four editions,…
Angesichts der enormen technologischen Fortschritte und unseres Wissens über unsere äußere Natur benötigen wir ein neues Gleichgewicht in der Vertiefung und Erweiterung des Wissens und der Kompetenzen unseres "Weltinnenraums" (Rilke), unseres Bewusstseins. Dies erfordert eine zu…
This text explores the boundaries between bodies and society with special reference to uncovering the cultural components of health and the ways in which bodies are categorized according to a form of culturally embedded 'health orthodoxy'
Introduction: Cinema and hygiene -- Public sphere as Petri dish; or, "Special case studies of motion picture theaters which are known or suspected to be foci of moral infection"--"Noninfected but infectible" : contagion and the boundaries of the visible -- From inner to outer sp…
Examines the role of health communication within the context of health promotion and disease prevention, with special reference to public health intervention in multicultural communities.
