Health Psychology in Global Perspective,9780761909415

Health Psychology in Global Perspective

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780761909415
ISBN10: 0761909419
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-03-09
Publisher(s): Sage Publications, Inc
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Summary

What do we know about health in other countries? How can we use explanations from health psychology to understand health issues around the world? This volume uses health psychology to compare health issues faced by people in developing and developed countries.Taking a broad social science perspective, Frances E Aboud brings mainstream health psychology concepts to bear on the problems of international health. She also: integrates findings from psychology with literature from other disciplines such as epidemiology, education, anthropology and nursing; and brings cross-cultural issues to bear on concepts and theories in health psychology. International health statistics and social science research methods applied to health i

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Introduction ix
Preface xi
What Is International Health Psychology?
1(28)
The History of a Salt Solution
5(1)
How Many Hats Can You Wear?
6(22)
Student Activity
28(1)
Social Science Measures for Health Research
29(38)
Social Science Variables
30(2)
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
32(3)
Focus Group Discussion
35(7)
Systematic Nonparticipant Observation
42(5)
Participant Observation
47(4)
Key Informant Interviews
51(6)
Structured Self-Report Measures
57(9)
Student Activity
66(1)
Family Planning and Contraceptive Use
67(27)
The Case in Favor of Family Planning
69(6)
How Couples Weigh the Costs and Benefits of Children
75(3)
The Prevalence of Contraception Use
78(7)
What Makes a Family Planning Program Effective?
85(7)
Student Activities
92(2)
The AIDS/HIV Pandemic
94(29)
Michaela Hynie
Modes of HIV Transmission
97(2)
Measuring the Magnitude of AIDS and HIV
99(2)
International Prevalence Rates and Patterns
101(4)
Prevention Strategies: Whom and What to Target
105(11)
Interventions to Prevent HIV Infection
116(6)
Student Activity
122(1)
Community Participation and Agency Involvement
123(31)
What Does It Mean to Participate?
125(3)
Benefits and Costs of Participation
128(2)
Ways to Raise Community Participation
130(6)
Two International Participation Schemes
136(4)
Frameworks for Evaluating Community Participation
140(10)
NGOs Who Promote Participation
150(3)
Student Activity
153(1)
Nutrition for Child Growth and Development
154(31)
Measuring Malnutrition
156(4)
Prevalence of Malnutrition
160(2)
Causes of Malnutrition
162(7)
Health and Psychosocial Consequences of Malnutrition
169(11)
Treatment and Community Prevention Programs
180(4)
Student Activity
184(1)
Alcohol Use and Abuse
185(25)
Definitions and Measures of Problem Drinking
187(6)
International Rates of Alcohol Use and Abuse
193(6)
Personal and Social Consequences of Alcohol Abuse
199(4)
Risk Factors for Alcohol Abuse
203(2)
Alcohol Prevention Programs
205(4)
Student Activity
209(1)
Health Education and Promotion
210(34)
Concepts and Components of Health Education
211(21)
Family Planning in Ethiopia
214(2)
Community Norms for Face Washing in Tanzania
216(4)
Interactive Radio for Children in Bolivia
220(3)
Dyadic Problem Solving on Child Feeding in the Philippines
223(2)
Mobilizing Students for Sanitation in Bangladesh
225(2)
Home Management of Diarrhea in Gambia
227(3)
School Feeding Programs
230(2)
Learning From Successes and Mistakes
232(1)
Taking Theories into the Field
233(6)
The Case for Education
239(4)
Student Activity
243(1)
Mental Health and Illness
244(27)
Definition and Classification
245(1)
Community Measurement Instruments
246(5)
Is Mental Illness Universal or Culture Specific?
251(5)
Prevalence of Mental Illness
256(2)
Social and Personal Consequences
258(2)
Risk Factors
260(4)
Prevention and Treatment
264(5)
Student Activity
269(2)
A Final Note: Where Do You Go From Here? 271(4)
Glossary 275(14)
References 289(22)
Author Index 311(11)
Subject Index 322(5)
About the Author 327(2)
About the Contributors 329

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