Contemporary Health Psychology

An Inclusive and Culturally-Responsive Approach
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-70743-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 390 Seiten, Format (B × H): 245 mm x 174 mm, Gewicht: 774 g

Reihe: BPS Core Textbooks Series

This radical new textbook provides readers with a balanced, research-focused, critical understanding of health psychology through an inclusive lens, addressing issues relating to diversity, inclusion and decolonisation of the curriculum. In so doing, it offers a new understanding on established topics in the field of health psychology to create a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of health and illness that reflects the diversity of human experience.

The book explores the importance of biopsychosocial processes in health and illness, through an exploration of socio-cultural factors beyond the restrictive Western-centric models of health to include Indigenous populations and marginalised groups. Within this book, readers are introduced to the negative health impacts of direct and transgenerational colonialism, racism, restrictions on cultural practices, freedoms and institutionalisation. This includes recognising the impact of systemic oppression on health outcomes and advocating for policies that address health disparities of diverse populations in order to tailor interventions to meet their specific needs. Research studies present examples of how sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, culture and disabilities intersect with health outcomes in the exploration and the perpetuation of health disparities.

Primarily written for undergraduates, the book also provides a firm foundation for graduate students, teachers and practitioners in psychology, nursing and the allied health professions.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dunwoody, Lynn

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Angewandte Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Health psychology context setting: Careers, cultures and diversity

Chapter 2. Historical and cross-cultural views of health and the development of health psychology

Chapter 3. Methods and issues in research

Chapter 4. Physiological knowledge for health psychology

Chapter 5. Conceptions of health, disease and illness

Chapter 6. Adherence

Chapter 7. Health theories and models

Chapter 8. Stress and coping

Chapter 9. Chronic Illness

Chapter 10.Pain

Chapter 11. Palliative and end of life care

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Lynn Dunwoody is a Lecturer in Health Psychology in the School of Psychology, Ulster University, United Kingdom. She has been engaged in teaching, training and research of health psychology for over 30 years, has been involved in curriculum development for British Psycological Society (BPS) stage 1 and 2 training in health psychology since 2007 and is the Head of Assessment for the Stage 2 Qualification in Health Psychology. She is an Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)-registered Health Psychologist and a Chartered Psychologist with the BPS. Lynn’s research is health psychology focused on the areas of adversarial growth, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and quality of life in relation to cancer; physical activity and cancer rehabilitation, palliative care, psychosocial interventions and physical activity in community-dwelling adults, along with the psychological and physical benefits of walking and being a volunteer community walk leader.