Social Determinants of Health : : An Interdisciplinary Approach to Social Inequality and Wellbeing / / ed. by Adrian Bonner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Bagnall, Anne-Marie,; Bambra, Clare,; Bonham, Claire,; Bonner, Adrian,; Brooks, Naomi,; Brown, Katherine,; Burstow, Paul,; Coles, Steve,; Critchlow, Nathan,; Fallaize, Rosalind,; Fortescue, Deborah,; Foster, Jon,; Garthwaite, Kayleigh,; Hamlet, Neil,; Hannah, Jean,; Hetherington, Katy,; Hewett, Nigel,; Kerr, Kirstin,; Lovegrove, Julie,; Luscombe, Claire,; Maguire, Nick,; McIntosh, Barbara,; Melican, Joyce,; Munro, Gayle,; Murphy, Amy Greer,; Oddy, Michael,; Parnham, Andrew,; Ramos, Sara da Silva,; Smith, Katherine,; Svanberg, Jenny,; West, Charles,
• HerausgeberIn: Bonner, Adrian,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.) :; 11 Black and White

This book provides an applied, interdisciplinary approach to an understanding of the key social determinants of health, essential at a time of increasing inequalities and reductions in existing NHS services and local authority budgets. A person's health and wellbeing is influenced by a spectrum of socioeconomic, cultural, living and working conditions, social and community networks and lifestyle choices. Based on the 'rainbow model' of the social determinants of health, chapters from experts in a wide range of disciplines examine the key factors which can lead to poor quality of life, homelessness and reduced mortality. Featuring practitioner, academic and commentator experiences, and clear case studies, this book will enable researchers, front-line workers, managers, service commissioners and politicians to identify and employ the most appropriate health, social and economic interventions to support those at the edge of the community, and the promotion of their inclusion in society.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Life chances -- The individual: growing into society -- Addressing inequalities in education: parallels with health -- Wholistic well-being and happiness: psychosocial-spiritual perspectives -- Nutrition in marginalised groups -- Lifestyle challenges -- Alcohol-related harm and health inequalities -- Addiction, inequality and recovery -- Health and exercise in the community -- Health and well-being in the digital society -- Social and community networks -- Building an inclusive community through social capital: the role of volunteering in reaching those on the edge of community -- Support for people with learning disabilities: promoting an inclusive community -- Community well-being programmes: reviewing ‘what works’ -- Looking through a realist lens: services provided by faith-based and third sector organisations -- Employment and housing -- Social enterprise and the well-being of young people not in education, employment or training -- Health and homelessness -- Local authority perspectives on community planning and localism: a case study -- Supporting people at the edge of the community -- Towards an integrative theory of homelessness and rough sleeping -- Mental health and multiple exclusions -- Brain injury and social exclusion -- What works to improve the health of the multiply excluded? -- The socio-political environment -- Geopolitical aspects of health: austerity and health inequalities -- Health and well-being of refugees and migrants within a politically contested environment -- The Care Act 2014 -- Health and social care in an age of austerity -- Conclusion -- Index