TY - BOOK AU - Ragin,Deborah Fish TI - Health psychology: an interdisciplinary approach to health SN - 9780205962952 U1 - 616.0019 23 PY - 2015/// CY - London : PB - Routledge KW - Clinical health psychology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 1. An Interdisciplinary View of Health -- 2. Research Methods -- 3. Global Communicable and Chronic Disease -- 4. Theories and Models of Health Behavior Change -- 5. Risky Health Behaviors -- 6. Emotional Health and Well-Being -- 7. Stress and Coping -- 8. HIV and AIDS -- 9. Cardiovascular Disease -- 10. Chronic Pain Management and Arthritis -- 11. Cancer -- 12. Health Care Systems and Health Policy:Effects on Health Outcomes -- 13. The Health Psychologist's Role: Research, Application, and Advocacy N2 - Health Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Approach uses the social ecological perspective to explore the impact of five systems on individual health outcomes: individual, culture/family, social/physical environment, health systems and health policy. In order to provide readers with an understanding of how health affects the individual on a mental and emotional level, the author has taken an interdisciplinary approach, considering the roles of anthropology, biology, economics, environmental studies, medicine, public health, and sociology ER -