Handbook of Community Well-Being Research

Handbook of Community Well-Being Research
Author: Rhonda Phillips
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 610
Release: 2016-12-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9402408789

This Handbook brings together foundational and leading-edge research exploring dimensions of improving quality of life in communities of place. Social indicators and other assessment techniques will be explored, including from the framework of community perspectives which is concerned with enhancing quality of life for community members. As part of this trans-disciplinary work, participation, engagement, and empowerment will be key concepts presented. Along with capacity building and service provision, these elements influence community well-being and will be considered along with subjective and objective assessment approaches. Researchers from around the globe share their work on this important topic of community well-being, bringing together a diverse array of disciplinary perspectives. Those working in the areas of public policy, community development, community and social psychology, urban and regional planning, and sustainable development will find this volume particularly useful for the array of approaches presented.

The Routledge Handbook of Public Health and the Community

The Routledge Handbook of Public Health and the Community
Author: Ben Y.F. Fong
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2021-08-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000427447

Community health is an emerging and growing discipline of public health and it focuses on the physical, social, and mental well-being of the people of specific districts. This interdisciplinary field brings together aspects of health care, economics, environment, and people interaction. This handbook is a comprehensive reference on public health for higher education students, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers of health care. There are five key thematic sections in the book: perspectives in public health; community health in practise; planning, built, and social environment and community health; digital and mobile health; and, towards sustainable health in the community. Each theme explores the leading research and trends. This book aims to help achieve the shared goal of healthier communities and quality of life for the residents. This collaborative work should be a very useful handbook to health professionals and government bodies in the planning of initiatives to improve population health, prevent chronic diseases, control infectious diseases and outbreaks, and prepare for natural disasters. This handbook integrates research and practise of public health in the community.

Handbook of Research on Adult and Community Health Education

Handbook of Research on Adult and Community Health Education
Author: Victor C. X. Wang
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre:
ISBN: 9781466662629

"This book presents educational and social science perspectives on the state of the healthcare industry and the information technologies surrounding it, offering a compilation of some of the latest cutting edge research on methods, programs, and procedures practiced by health literate societies"--Provided by publisher.

Research Handbook on Community Development

Research Handbook on Community Development
Author: Rhonda Phillips
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2020-04-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1788118472

This timely Research Handbook offers new ways in which to navigate the diverse terrain of community development research. Chapters unpack the foundations and history of community development research and also look to its future, exploring innovative frameworks for conceptualizing community development. Comprehensive and unequivocally progressive, this is key reading for social and public policy researchers in need of an understanding of the current trends in community development research, as well as practitioners and policymakers working on urban, rural and regional development.

The Handbook of Stress and Health

The Handbook of Stress and Health
Author: Cary Cooper
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 730
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1118993799

A comprehensive work that brings together and explores state-of-the-art research on the link between stress and health outcomes. Offers the most authoritative resource available, discussing a range of stress theories as well as theories on preventative stress management and how to enhance well-being Timely given that stress is linked to seven of the ten leading causes of death in developed nations, yet paradoxically successful adaptation to stress can enable individuals to flourish Contributors are an international panel of authoritative researchers and practitioners in the various specialty subjects addressed within the work

The Cambridge Handbook of Community Psychology

The Cambridge Handbook of Community Psychology
Author: Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1137
Release: 2021-12-16
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1108621783

This comprehensive handbook provides community psychology approaches to addressing the key issues that impact individuals and their communities worldwide. Featuring international, interdisciplinary perspectives from leading experts, the handbook tackles critical contemporary challenges. These include climate change, immigration, educational access, healthcare, social media, wellness, community empowerment, discrimination, mental health, and many more. The chapters offer case study examples to present practical applications and to review relevant implications within diverse contexts. Throughout, the handbook considers how community psychology plays out around the world: What approaches are being used in different countries? How does political context influence the development and extension of community psychology? And what can nations learn from each other as they examine successful community psychology-based interventions? This is essential reading for researchers, students, practitioners, and policy makers involved with community well-being.

The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being

The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being
Author: Hugh Barton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 851
Release: 2015-05-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317542398

Urban planning is deeply implicated in both the planetary crisis of climate change and the personal crises of unhealthy lifestyles. Worldwide health issues such as obesity, mental illness, growing health inequalities and climate vulnerability cannot be solved solely by medicines but also by tackling the social, economic and environmental determinants. In a time when unhealthy and unsustainable conditions are being built into the physical fabric of cities, a new awareness and strategy is urgently needed to putting health and well-being at the heart of planning. The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-being authoritatively and comprehensively integrates health into planning, strengthening the hands of those who argue and plan for healthy environments. With contributions from international leaders in the field, the Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-being provides context, philosophy, research, processes, and tools of experienced practitioners through case studies from four continents.

Handbook of Methodological Approaches to Community-based Research

Handbook of Methodological Approaches to Community-based Research
Author: Leonard Jason
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2016
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0190243651

The Handbook of Methodological Approaches to Community-Based Research is intended to aid the community-oriented researcher in learning about and applying cutting-edge quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches.

The International Handbook of Black Community Mental Health

The International Handbook of Black Community Mental Health
Author: Richard J. Major
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2020-06-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1839099666

This international handbook addresses classic mental health issues, as well as controversial subjects regarding inequalities and stereotypes in access to services, and misdiagnoses. It addresses the everyday racism faced by Black people within mental health practice.

Handbook of Research on Assertiveness, Clarity, and Positivity in Health Literacy

Handbook of Research on Assertiveness, Clarity, and Positivity in Health Literacy
Author: Vaz de Almeida, Cristina
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2021-09-17
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1799888258

Health literacy in practice requires the development of techniques that ensure that the patient can better access information, understand its content, know how to use this information, and make better health decisions. If the patient makes better health decisions, there are immediate reflexes in health outcomes. The aim is to develop an approach based on the commitment and creation of an atmosphere of trust that reduces uncertainty, anxiety, and embarrassment based on a process of assertive, clear, and positive communication (ACP model). The Handbook of Research on Assertiveness, Clarity, and Positivity in Health Literacy brings the consolidation of knowledge, strategies, and techniques to improve health literacy. This book discusses the importance of making sound health decisions: decisions that can save lives, prevent premature deaths, avoid hospitalizations and abusive resources to medical emergencies, and improve overall health outcomes for the individual, family, community, and society. Covering topics such as dietary guidance, health behavior change models, and medication reconciliation, this resource has theoretical and practical aspects essential to health information libraries, hospitals, clinics, health centers, health schools, patient associations, health professionals, medical students, researchers, professors, and academicians.