Editors: Pranee
Liamputtong, Rebecca Fanany & Glenda Verrinder (editors)
Oxford
University Press, Melbourne, 2012
This book
provides an introduction to some of the important ideas that underlie the field
of public health and health promotion today. It is intended for readers who want to
understand the forces and trends that combine to shape the health of
individuals, communities, and populations. As such, this book provides the
basis for a career in any of the health sciences where insight into the meaning
of health will allow for the development of effective practice and greater
sensitivity to the needs of the individuals and communities. This book introduces a range of topics
related to health and well-being in the context of a conceptual framework of
determinants of health. An examination
of biological, environmental, social, cultural and economic determinants of
health allows a number of current issues in public health and health promotion
to be understood in terms of their causes and interrelationships. A
determinants approach was chosen because it allows the reader to better
comprehend the many factors that impact on health and to see the relationships
between these factors. An understanding
of the biological, environmental, social and cultural determinants of health
supports the more nuanced conception of health required of health professionals
in order to practice effectively in the modern health care context. It also provides the background against which
best practice must be determined. The
chapters included are intended to supply some of the building blocks for the
development of professional skills, abilities, and attributes in the
understanding of health, in minimising disease, and promoting health across
populations. This book sits neatly
within the conference themes, particularly ‘Social,
Environmental and Cultural Issues in Health Promotion’.
Questions
for discussion:
1.
Why do we have to pay attention to determinants
of health in health promotion?
2.
What
determinants of health that we might see more relevant to marginalised
people in a local context?
3.
What
determinants of health that we might see more relevant to individuals and
communities in a global context?
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