Health improvement and well-being: strategies for action

Content: 1 Making sense of health improvement and well-being --
2 Social and health inequalities agenda --
3 Lifespan transitions and health --
4 Lifestyle and health --
5 Behavioural approaches to health and well-being. Cover page
 Halftitle page
 Title page
 Copyright page
 Dedication
 Contents
 Figures
 Tables
 About the authors
 Foreword
 Acknowledgements
 Overview of the book
 Introduction
 Structure of the book
 Chapter outlines
 Reference
 1 Making sense of health improvement and well-being
 Introduction
 Definitions and concepts of health
 Perspectives on health
 The role of the WHO in developing approaches to addressing health
 Individual, community and population approaches to assessing and measuring health improvement and well- being
 Population and community approaches to health improvement. Individual approaches to health improvementChange in the political landscape
 Definitions and concepts of well- being
 Enhancing well- being
 Measuring well- being
 Domains of national well- being
 Well- being and life satisfaction
 Well- being and policy development
 Conclusion
 Note
 References
 2 The social and health inequalities agenda
 Introduction
 Definitions and concepts of health inequalities
 Conceptualization of the inequalities in health
 Dimensions of inequalities in health. Exploring the evidence for social determinants of health, and their impact on health and well-being within and between countriesSocio-economic determinants of health inequalities
 How can health inequalities be addressed?
 Political and policy perspectives --
the economic implications for health
 Competing pressures on the agenda
 References
 3 Lifespan transitions and health
 Introduction
 Life stages and transition
 Theories of the life course and the potential impact of health improvement strategies
 Conceptual models of the life course
 Starting well
 Developing well
 Growing up well. Living and working wellAgeing well
 Lifespan and transitions --
an international perspective
 Life expectancy and how it impacts on life course stages and transition
 Changes in life expectancy in the last ten years
 Conclusion
 References
 4 Lifestyle and health
 Introduction
 Definition
 Lifestyle factors
 Health behaviours
 Lifestyle choices: culturally or socially constructed?
 Lifestyle choices and social disadvantage
 Stewardship as a new way of governing for health
 Social stratification and its influence on lifestyle
 How do poverty and affluence affect health? Models of health and lifestyleHow do poverty and affluence affect health --
specific health issues
 Social exclusion
 Summary
 References
 5 Behavioural approaches to health and well- being
 Introduction
 Theoretical perspectives
 Person- centred approaches
 Population approaches
 Summary
 References
 6 Social justice and global perspectives on health improvement and well-being
 Introduction
 Defining social justice
 Philosophical perspectives
 Collectivism versus individualism
 UK policy perspective
 Global perspective
 Conclusion
 References.