Health studies : an introduction / edited by Jennie Naidoo and Jane Wills.

1. Why Study Health? / Jennie Naidoo and Jane Wills
2. Human Biology and Health / S. H. Cedar
3. Epidemiology and Health / Nicola Crichton and Anne Mulhall
4. Sport and Exercise Science and Health / Katya N. Mileva and Lisa Zaidell
5. Geography and Health / Peter Anthamatten
6. Health Psychology / Jane Ogden
7. Sociology and Health / Mat Jones
8. Social Policy and Health / John Eversley and Bob Pitt
9. Health Economics / David Cohen and Chris Flood
10. Politics and Health / Clare Bambra, Katherine Smith, and Lynne Kennedy
11. Organization and Management of Health and Healthcare / Vicki Taylor, Hilary Scott, and Martin Walter
12. History and Health / Louise Hill Curth

This new edition of Health Studies provides an authoritative and contemporary introduction to the study of health. With chapters including epidemiology, psychology, human and environmental geography, and anthropology, it is the only book to explore in one volume all of the core disciplines that contribute to understanding health. It illustrates how the complexity of health problems such as obesity should be viewed with an interdisciplinary perspective. Each chapter explains the disciplinary approach and then its theoretical and research approaches with examples.
A highlight of this 4th edition is a new chapter on sports and exercise science providing another scientific chapter on physiology which is applied and will be of interest to all those thinking of employment in sports or leisure industry.
The book is accessible and learner-centered and each chapter features: a connections feature that links the chapters together; learning tasks; questions for reflection and debate; examples to illustrate concepts, methodologies and to explore contemporary issues; a case study on obesity, food and diet.
Comprehensive, accessible and written by leading experts in the different fields, this is the introductory text for all students of health studies.