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• Cover
• Half Title
• Endorsements
• Title
• Copyright
• Brief Contents
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• 1. An Interdisciplinary View of Health
• Opening Story: How Would You Describe Winston’s Health?
• Section I. A Brief History of Health
• Health Practices in Early Civilizations
• Health Practices in the United States
• Summary
• Section II. Defining Health Today
• Early Holistic Concepts
• Models of Health and Well-Being
• Section III. Current Views on Determinants of Health: A Health Psychology Perspective
• Individual/Demographic Influences
• Family/Cultural Influences
• Physical Environmental Influences on Health
• Social Environmental Influences on Health
• Health Systems/Health Policies Influences
• Summary
• 2. Research Methods
• Opening Story: Death by Research Study?
• Section I. Measuring Health
• Borrowing from Epidemiology
• Summary
• Section II. Methodology
• Qualitative Studies
• Correlational Studies
• Experimental Studies
• Intervention Studies
• Ethical Considerations in Experimental Design
• Quasi-experimental Intervention Studies
• Summary
• Section III. Research Ethics and Policy
• Reactions to the Word Research
• The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
• The Nuremberg Code of 1947
• Study of Interpersonal Dynamics (Stanford Prison Experiment)
• Research without Informed Consent
• Summary
• 3. Theories and Models of Health Behavior Change
• Opening Story: Eddie’s Dilemma
• Section I. Theories and Models of Health Behavior Change
• Expectancy Value Theory (EVT)
• Social Cognitive Theory (SCT)
• Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB)
• Health Belief Model (HBM)
• Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change (TTM)
• Section II. Social Marketing: A Technique to Promote Behavior Change
• The Four Ps
• Blended Models
• Section III. The Ecological Approach to Health: Factors That Influence Health Behaviors
• Individual Factors
• Cultural and Social Networks
• Physical Environment
• Health Systems
• Health Policy
• Section IV. Challenges to Sustaining Health Behavior Change
• Short- versus Long-Term Adherence
• The Appeal of Unhealthy Behaviors
• 4. Global, Communicable, and Chronic Disease
• Opening Story: The Worst Pandemic in 100 Years
• Section I. Global Health Problems
• Communicable Diseases: Human-to-Human Transmission
• Recurring Diseases
• Section II. Chronic Diseases
• Measures of Life Expectancy, Quality of Life, and Chronic Illnesses
• Section III. Global Health Organizations
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• The Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders)
• Section IV. Health Policy
• National Policy: Global Implications
• Isolation and Containment for TB, HIV/AIDS, and COVID-19
• Section V. The Economic Consequences of Poor Health
• Who Is Affected?
• Individual Health and Community Outcomes
• Summary
• 5. Risky Health Behaviors: Part I
• Opening Story: 70-Year-Old Lungs in a Teenage Wrestler: Is Vaping the Cause?
• Section I. Substance Use and Abuse: Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes
• Cigarettes
• E-Cigarettes/Vaping
• Theories of Substance Use
• Section II. Alcohol Use and Abuse
• Excessive Alcohol Consumption
• Theories of Alcohol Use
• Legal, Illegal, and Prescription Drugs
• Alcohol/Drug Therapy
• Section III. Risky Sexual Behaviors
• Defining Risk
• Early Initiation Behaviors
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
• Challenges to Health-Protecting Behaviors
• Summary
• Risky Health Behaviors: Part II
• Opening Story: On Prom Night: A Stick of Gum, Distracted Driving, and a Fatal Ending
• Section I. Unintentional Injury: Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries
• Adolescent Drivers
• Section II. Violence
• Homicides
• Domestic Violence
• Dating Violence
• Self-Inflicted Injuries
• Section III. Eating Disorders
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia
• Obesity
• Binge Eating
• Eating Disorders in Context
• Summary
• 6. Emotional Health and Well-Being
• Opening Story: Angelita
• Section I. Four Models of Well-Being
• Biomedical Model
• Biopsychosocial Model
• Wellness Model
• Social Ecological Model
• Summary
• Section II. Positive Psychology
• Defining Positive Psychology
• Positive versus Negative Psychology?
• Positive Psychology and Health
• Critiques of Positive Psychology
• Section III. Traditional Medicines
• Contributions of Traditional Medicine
• Chinese Traditional Medicine (CTM)
• Curanderismo
• Native American Health Practices
• 7. Stress and Coping
• Opening Story: Sarah
• Section I. Defining Stress
• Three Theories of Stress
• Section II. Stress and Illness
• Chronic Illness and Stress
• Can Stress Lead to Illness?
• The Diathesis–Stress (D–S) Model of Disease
• Personality Type, Stress, and Illness
• Psychosocial Events and Stress
• Measuring Stress
• Daily Life Hassles and Stress
• Catastrophic Events and Stress
• Section III. Coping with Stress
• Cognitive Coping
• Behavioral Coping Strategies
• High-Risk Behaviors and Stress
• Positive Affect and Stress
• 8. Psychoneuroimmunology
• Opening Story: Earvin “Magic” Johnson
• Section I. Natural, Acquired, and Cell-Mediated Immunity
• The Human Immune System
• Summary
• Section II. Psychological Health and the Immune System
• Summary
• Individual Variability, Stress, and Immune Function
• Depression and the Immune System
• Psychoneuroimmunology and Social Support Networks
• Loneliness and Health
• Social Media and Stress
• Rats!
• Summary
• Section III. Psychoneuroimmunology and Chronic Illnesses
• Cancer and Immune Function
• Heart Disease and Immune Function
• Section IV. Psychoneuroimmunology, Environmental Factors, and Health
• Summary
• 9. Cardiovascular Disease
• Opening Story: Tim Russert
• Section I. The Heart and Its Functions
• Structure
• Function
• Summary
• Section II. Cardiovascular Disease
• Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
• Cardiac Arrest
• Stroke
• Hypertension
• Section III. Psychosocial Factors and Cardiovascular Disease
• Stress
• Ethnicity
• Perceived Racism
• Personality
• Summary
• Section IV. Cardiovascular Disease and Health Determinants
• Individual Determinants
• Community/Environment
• Health Systems and Access to Care
• 10. Chronic Pain Management and Arthritis
• Opening Story: Juvenile Arthritis
• Section I. “The Decade of Pain”
• Defining Pain
• Pain Perception
• Individual Difference Factors and Pain
• Changing Characteristics of Pain
• Section II. Pain and Arthritis
• Types of Arthritis
• Measuring Pain
• Pain Management versus Pain Elimination
• Section III. Pharmacological and Psychotherapeutic Management of Pain
• Medical Therapies for Arthritis
• Alternative Therapies
• Psychotherapeutic Treatments
• Caregivers, Pain Management, and Psychological Distress
• 11. Cancer
• Opening Story: Misinformation, Disinformation, or Misrepresentation?
• Data Misrepresentation or Just Missing Information?
• Vaccine Acceptance
• Section I. Defining Cancer
• Tumors
• Global Cancer Incidences and Mortality: Developed versus Developing Countries
• Section II. Risk Factors for Cancer
• Cancer and Gender
• Genetic Factors
• Race/Ethnicity and Cancer
• Environment and Cancer
• Health Behaviors and Cancer
• Smoking and Cancer
• Section III. Cancer Treatments and Prevention
• Preventive Health Behaviors
• Section IV. Medical and Psychological Treatments
• The Diagnosis: A Psychological Process
• Medical Therapies
• Psychological Comorbidity
• Psychotherapeutic Approaches
• Summary
• 12. Health Care Systems and Health Policy: Effects on Health Outcomes
• Opening Story: Michelle’s Dilemma
• Section I. Access to the Health Care System
• Health Care: An Unnecessary Expense?
• Health Care: An Unaffordable Expense?
• Section II. Overview of Health Care Systems in the U.S.
• In the Beginning
• Health Plans: Gatekeepers to Health Care
• Section III. Negotiating the System
• Consumer Satisfaction
• Consumer–Provider Communication
• Trust
• Section IV. Challenges for Health Care Providers
• Physicians’ Three “Fatal” Communication Errors
• Medspeak
• Physician Miscommunication or Patient Inattentiveness
• Nonverbal Communication Cues
• Section V. Health Policy
• Preventive Care
• Single-Payer Health Care System
• 13. The Health Psychologist’s Role: Research, Application, and Advocacy
• Opening Story: John and Ahmed: Aspiring Health Psychologists
• Section I. Working with Individuals
• Education
• Evaluation of Interventions
• Promoting Individual Self-Advocacy
• Section II. Working with Communities
• Community Needs Assessment
• Program Implementation
• Selecting Populations within Communities
• Promoting Community Advocates
• Section III. Working with Health Care Systems
• Assessing Access to Health Care
• Promoting Access to Health Care through Advocacy
• Section IV. Working in Health Policy
• Smoking Bans as Health Policy
• Workplace Safety
• A Healthy Workplace
• Advocating for New Health Policies
• Health Psychologists as Health Advocates
• Bibliography
• Index