Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health

This thoroughly updated edition of Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health emphasizes the importance of social environmental and cultural dimensions of health by examining current issues in health from a wide range of social and behavioral science perspectives. The book uses a social-ecological framework to address multilevel influences on health and applies key concepts in current research and practice. Editor Jeannine Coreil and thirty contributing authors use examples from the forefront of public health to illustrate the relevance of core competencies in the field for diverse real-world problems.

This edition includes five new chapters (Environmental Health; Public Health Ethics; Communication and Media; Global Health; Homelessness), four expanded chapters, updated content within foundational chapters, and revised/expanded ancillaries. More than half of the chapters have been written by new contributors. The changes reflect contemporary developments and challenges in public health, especially the COVID-19 pandemic and the politics of public health. Ancillary materials link book content to current competencies in public health education.

A field-defining resource for more than two decades, this work serves as a core textbook for graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in public health and allied fields.

Contents and Contributors Include:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Introduction and Overview
Chapter 1. Why Study Social and Behavioral Factors in Public Health? - Jeannine Coreil
Chapter 2. Historical Perspectives on Population and Disease - Jeannine Coreil
Chapter 3. Social Epidemiology - Jeannine Coreil
Part II. Theoretical and Ethical Foundations Chapter 4. Behavioral and Social Science Theory - Jeannine Coreil
Chapter 5. Introduction to Applied Public Health Ethics - Kory Trott and Lisa M. Lee
Chapter 6. The Social Environment and Health - Jeannine Coreil
Chapter 7. Health and Illness Behavior - Jeannine Coreil
Part III. Sociocultural Context of Health
Chapter 8. Social Reactions to Disease - Jeannine Coreil
Chapter 9. Culture and Health - Jeannine Coreil
Chapter 10. Health Disparities, Diversity, and Cultural Competence - Jeannine Coreil
Part IV. Intervention, Methods, and Practice
Chapter 11. Planning Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs and Interventions - Andrew Springer, Cristina Barroso, Angela Rabl, and Alexandra van den Berg
Chapter 12. Community-Engaged Approaches to Health Promotion and Social Marketing - John S. Luque and Mahmooda Khaliq
Chapter 13. Communication and Media in Public Health - Cathy Lang and Deborah Glik
Part V. Special Populations
Chapter 14. Childhood Obesity Prevention and Management - So Hyun Park
Chapter 15. Public Health and Aging in the United States - Brian Downer, Mariella Gutierrez, and Kyriakos S. Markides
Chapter 16. Homelessness and Public Health - Paul Smits and M. Scott Young
Part VI. Special Topics
Chapter 17. Mental Health and Substance Abuse: Implications for Public Health - Kristin Tellez-Monnery and Michael J. McDermott
Chapter 18. Violence and Unintentional Injuries in Public Health - Abraham Salinas, Martha Coulter, and Karen Liller
Chapter 19. Reproductive Health - Cheryl A. Vamos, Richard Powis, and Morgan Richardson Cayama
Chapter 20. Socio-Behavioral Factors in Environmental Health - Sharon Croisant, Krista Bohn, C. Claire Hallmark, and Lance Hallberg
Chapter 21. Global Health: History, Current Approaches, and Future Directions - Deborah Baron and Suzanne Maman
Index
About the Editor
About the Contributors