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• About the Authors
• Preface
• Online Resources
• Acknowledgements
• PART I HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY
• 1 Health Psychology: An Introduction
• 2 The Nervous, Endocrine and Immune Systems, and the Principle of Homeostasis
• 3 Genetics, Epigenetics and Early Life Development
• 4 Macrosocial Influences
• 5 Social Justice and Health
• 6 Culture and Health
• PART II THEORIES, MODELS AND INTERVENTIONS FOR HEALTH BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
• 7 Theories, Models and Interventions for Health Behaviour Change
• 8 Sexual Health
• 9 Food, Eating and Obesity
• 10 Alcohol and Drinking
• 11 Smoking and Vaping
• 12 Physical Activity and Exercise
• PART III HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION
• 13 Information, Communication and Health Literacy
• 14 Screening and Immunisation
• 15 Health Promotion
• 16 Stress and Disease Prevention
• 17 Preventing the Spread of Disease: The COVID-19 Pandemic
• PART IV ILLNESS EXPERIENCE AND HEALTH CARE
• 18 Pregnancy, Parenting and Health
• 19 Gender Affirmative Health Care
• 20 Pain and Pain Control
• 21 Cancer
• 22 Coronary Heart Disease
• 23 HIV Infection and AIDS: Tackling Stigma and Victim Blaming
• 24 Long-Term Conditions: The Examples of Diabetes and ME/CFS
• 25 End-of-Life Care, Dying and Death
• References
• Author Index
• Subject Index