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Introduction to Health Psychology in Australia
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Describe, Predict, Intervene
For courses in Health Psychology found in Nursing and Allied Health Departments, as well as in Psychology Departments.
Introduction to Health Psychology in Australia provides comprehensive, balanced and up-to-date coverage of health psychology from an Australian and international perspective. The text covers all mainstream health psychology topics – such as risk behaviour, stress and illness, family life and public health – with analyses and evaluations of contemporary issues such as cross-cultural dimensions of health and illness, biological systems, lifespan influences and the impact of illness on family carers. Following the approach that describing, predicting and intervening are the goals of health psychologists, the authors present issues, then introduce the theory and research evidence and assess the relevant interventions. Health promotion across the lifespan is discussed throughout the text.
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- Chapter outlines introduce main topics and highlight links between the chapters, while chapter learning outcomes provide students with a framework for their study.
- A balanced perspective is taken on health issues, allowing students to understand the reasons why people make certain decisions.
- ‘Research focus’ boxes provide summaries of the aims and outcomes of current research. These encourage students to understand the methods used to evaluate the issues relevant to health psychology.
- ‘Issue’ boxes provide students with a greater awareness of the problems surrounding research in the field.
- ‘What do you think?’ boxes encourage critical thinking and further engagement with the topic in discussion.
- ‘In the spotlight’ boxes explore hot topics and critical/cutting-edge material relevant to the chapter.
- Case studies are used throughout the text to develop issues further.
- Margin definitions are included throughout, highlighting key terms to improve students’ understanding.
- Extensive references provide students with an opportunity for additional reading to develop their understanding further.
Supplements
- A companion website for students.
- Instructor resources include: PowerPoint slides, suggested tutorials, multiple choice questions to test knowledge and consolidate learning.
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PART 1: Being and staying healthy
1. What is health?
2. Health inequalities
3. Health-risk behaviour
4. Health-enhancing behaviour
5. Predicting health behaviour
6. Reducing risk of disease – individual approaches
7. Population approaches to public health
PART 2: Becoming ill
8. The body in health and illness
9. Symptom perception, interpretation and response
10. The consultation and beyond
11. Stress, health and illness: theory
12. Stress and illness moderators
13. Managing stress
PART 3: Being ill
14. The impact of illness on quality of life
15. The impact of illness on patients and their families
16. Pain
17. Improving health and quality of life
PART 4: Futures
18. Futures
References
Index
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Professor Phyllis Butow, a clinical psychologist, is Professor of Health Psychology at The University of Sydney, and a National Health and Medical Research Council Principle Research Fellow. She is the Director of the Medical Psychology Research Unit and has published widely in the areas of Psycho-Oncology. With a particular interest in doctor-patient communication, Professor Butow has facilitated many health professional communication skills workshops, and sits on a number of committees which have influenced the development of medical communication skills training in Australia.
Dr Barbara Mullan is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and a Member of the Higher Education Academy. She has worked in the area of Health Psychology for more than 10 years and has wide experience of teaching in this area both to psychology students as well as to students in the allied health professions. Her research interests include social cognition models in health psychology, the role of gender in health, gender issues in nursing and allied health professions, sexuality and ill health, sex education and communication skills training. Dr Mullan currently lectures in the School of Psychology at The University of Sydney.
Professor Kate White is Director of the Research Development and Support Unit (RDSU) in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at The University of Sydney. Her research interests are in the areas of psychosocial research related to cancer and palliative care, rural health, sexuality, breast cancer, and quality of life of cancer patients and their families. Her clinical background is in the areas of oncology and palliative care nursing.
Dr Val Morrison is a senior lecturer in health psychology and is a chartered health psychologist, based at the University of Wales, Bangor. She has taught health psychology since 1992, whilst maintaining an active research programme in psychosocial predictors of patient and carer outcomes of chronic disease.
Paul Bennett is Professor of Clinical Health Psychology at the University of Wales, Swansea and head of Swansea NHS Trust Psychology Services. He has published several books on health and clinical psychology as well as over 100 academic papers and chapters.
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