What is health promotion?
Origins of health promotion
Tools for understanding health promotion
Principles and values
Critiques of health promotion
Contribution of health promotion
Summary
Questions
Further reading
11 Part III Influences upon Health 8. Individual Characteristics and their Influence upon Health Key learning outcomes Overview What is this all about? How do individual characteristics influence health? What does this mean? A lifespan perspective How is this relevant? Summary Questions Further reading 9. Social and Community Characteristics and their Influence upon Health Key learning outcomes Overview Social and community networks Social support Relationship between social support and health Social capital Measuring social capital Relationship between social capital and health Settings for social and community networks Implications for policy and practice Social and community networks Summary Questions Further reading 10. The Physical Environment and its Influence upon Health Key learning outcomes Overview What is this all about? Physical environment (living and working conditions) What does this mean? How is this relevant? Summary Questions Further reading 11. Policy Influences upon Health Key learning outcomes Overview What is social policy? Social policy as a determinant of health Current policy issues The British Welfare State Ideological and political values Health services as a determinant of health Health in all policies The broader policy environment The importance of fiscal policy Social policy and health studies Summary Questions Further reading 12. The Global Context of Health Key learning outcomes Overview Why is global health important? How does the global context influence health? Why is all of this important? Summary Questions Further reading 13. Synthesizing Perspectives: Case Studies for Action Key learning outcomes Overview The determinants of health ‘rainbow’ Key strengths of the rainbow model How the rainbow model might be improved Summary
12 Glossary
13 References and suggested reading
14 Index
15 End
