Social Determinants of Health
A Comparative Approach
by Alan Davidson
2nd Edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press Canada
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780199032204 |
| eText ISBN | 9780199032242 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Canada |
| Publishing Year | 2019 |
| Edition | 2nd Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 384 |
Social Determinants of Health: A Comparative Approach, 2nd Edition, is a textbook that examines how societal conditions shape population well-being. It provides a macro-level examination of health determinants from a Canadian and comparative perspective, drawing on domestic and international examples.
The text analyzes how major factors such as income, employment, gender, early childhood development, and social networks interact across the lifespan. It also explores health equity, social epidemiology, housing, and the distinct factors affecting the health of Indigenous peoples.
To support student learning, chapters feature theoretical considerations, chapter summaries, critical thinking questions, and annotated lists of suggested readings and websites.
Table of Contents
Chapter Introduction: The Conventional Understanding of Health and Its Alternative
- • How We Understand Threats to Our Health
- • A New Perspective on Our Health: Rise of an Alternative View
- • Health Inequalities
- • The Basis of Health Inequalities
- • What Lies Ahead
Chapter 1: Thinking about Individual and Population Health
- • _Synopsis_
- • Levels of Analysis
- • Individual-Level Analysis of Health and Disease
- • Origins of Population Health
- • Some Notes on Terms
- • _Theoretical Considerations_
- • _Summary_
- • _Critical Thinking Questions_
- • _Annotated Suggested Readings_
- • _Annotated Websites_
Chapter 2: Health Care Services and Health Research Methods NEW
- • _Synopsis_
- • Health Care as a Determinant of Health
- • Health Care or Health?
- • Issues of Access and Equity
- • Public Health
- • Health Research Methods
- • _Theoretical Considerations_
- • _Summary_
- • _Critical Thinking Questions_
- • _Annotated Suggested Readings_
- • _Annotated Websites_
Chapter 3: Population Health and Social Epidemiology
- • _Synopsis_
- • The Emergence of the Field Social Epidemiology
- • Geoffrey Rose and the Population-Health Perspective
- • The Impact of Recent Studies on Thinking about Health
- • The Gradient in Health
- • The Building Blocks of Theory
- • _Theoretical Considerations_
- • _Summary_
- • _Critical Thinking Questions_
- • _Annotated Suggested Readings_
- • _Annotated Websites_
Chapter 4: Income, Inequality, and Health
- • _Synopsis_
- • Income and Health
- • The Gradient in Health
- • Understanding the Complex Relationship between Income and Health
- • The Inequality Hypothesis: Preston, Rodgers, Kaplan, and Wilkinson
- • The Inequality Hypothesis Under Assault
- • What Are We to Make of the Literature on Inequality and Health?
- • The Importance of Keeping Materialist Arguments Separate from Ones about Hierarchy and Control
- • Other Explanations for the Correlation between Social Inequality and Health
- • Income and Income Distribution
- • Wealth
- • Public Programs and Services
- • Poverty and Its Mitigation
- • Poverty Mitigation: Social Assistance or Welfare
- • Lower Taxes or More Public Spending?
- • _Theoretical Considerations_
- • _Summary_
- • _Thinking Questions_
- • _Annotated Suggested Readings_
- • _Annotated Websites_
Chapter 5: Childhood and the Transition to Adulthood
- • _Synopsis_
- • Early Childhood
- • Animal Studies
- • Contributions from Psychology
- • Early Childhood Policy
- • A Note on the Public School System
- • Older Children and Teens
- • _Theoretical Considerations_
- • _Summary_
- • _Critical Thinking Questions_
- • _Annotated Suggested Readings_
- • _Annotated Websites_
Chapter 6: Gender and Health
- • _Synopsis_
- • The Health of Women and Men
- • The Convergence of Health-Related Behaviour
- • The Effects of Stable Long-Term Relationships on Health
- • Distress Among Women
- • Gender Equity
- • Education and the Health of Women and Their Communities
- • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People
- • Intersex People
- • _Theoretical Considerations_
- • _Summary_
- • _Critical Thinking Questions_
- • _Annotated Suggested Readings_
- • _Annotated Websites_
Chapter 7: Social Support, Social Capital, Social Exclusion, and Racism
- • _Synopsis_
- • Social Norms, Predictability, and Human Health
- • Social Networks
- • Social Support and Health
- • Social Isolation among Older Adults
- • Social Cohesion
- • Social Capital
- • Sense of Community Belonging
- • Social Exclusion
- • Racism
- • _Theoretical Considerations_
- • _Summary_
- • _Critical Thinking Questions_
- • _Annotated Suggested Readings_
- • _Annotated Websites_
Chapter 8: Health of Indigenous Peoples
- • _Synopsis_
- • Who Are the Indigenous Peoples?
- • The Health of Indigenous Peoples
- • Understanding the Determinants of Indigenous Health
- • A Story of Dramatic Improvement
- • _Theoretical Considerations_
- • _Summary_
- • _Critical Thinking Questions_
- • _Annotated Suggested Readings_
- • _Annotated Websites_
Chapter 9: Employment, Working Conditions, and Health
- • _Synopsis_
- • The Centrality of Employment to Adult Health
- • Health and Jobs
- • Unemployment and Health
- • Changes in the Nature of Employment
- • Working Conditions and Health
- • Policies Affecting Employment, Earnings, Job Benefits, and Working Conditions
- • _Theoretical Considerations_
- • _Summary_
- • _Critical Thinking Questions_
- • _Annotated Suggested Readings_
- • _Annotated Websites_
Chapter 10: Housing and Neighbourhood
- • _Synopsis_
- • Homes and Health
- • Neighbourhood and Health
- • Urban Design, the Built Environment, and Physical Activity
- • Housing Policy and Health
- • _Theoretical Considerations_
- • _Summary_
- • _Critical Thinking Questions_
- • _Annotated Suggested Readings_
- • _Annotated Websites_
Chapter 11: Food, Food Insecurity, Nutrition, Obesity, and Health
- • _Synopsis_
- • Diet and the Health of Populations
- • What Is a Healthy Diet? Canada's Food Guide
- • The Relative Cost of Healthy Foods
- • Obesity
- • Diet and Health
- • Policies and Programs
- • _Theoretical Considerations_
- • _Summary_
- • _Critical Thinking Questions_
- • _Annotated Suggested Readings_
- • _Annotated Websites_
Chapter 12: The Environment and Health NEW
- • _Synopsis_
- • Climate Change
- • Natural Disasters
- • Modern Food Production: Factory Farming
- • Air Pollution
- • Lead, Mercury, and Arsenic
- • The Household Environment
- • Plastics
- • _Theoretical Considerations_
- • _Summary_
- • _Critical Thinking Questions_
- • _Annotated Suggested Readings_
- • _Annotated_ _Websites_
Chapter 13: Social Patterning of Behaviour
- • _Synopsis_
- • Human Behaviour and Its Context
- • Substance Misuse
- • Healthy Lifestyles
- • _Theoretical Considerations_
- • _Summary_
- • _Critical Thinking Questions_
- • _Annotated Suggested Readings_
- • _Annotated Websites_
Chapter 14: The Politics of Population Health
- • Models of Health
- • Globalization and Human Health
- • Population Health and Politics
- • _Annotated Suggested Readings_
- • _Annotated Websites_
Chapter Glossary: Glossary
Chapter References: References
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