The Sociology of Health Promotion: Critical Analyses of Consumption, Lifestyle and Risk

by RobinBunton (Editor), RogerBurrows (Editor), SarahNettleton (Editor)

• Used

  Illustrated
  1995

  $3.25

  Promotion of health has become a central feature of health policy at local, national and international levels, forming part of global health initiatives such as those endorsed by the World Health Organisation. The issues examined in The Sociology of Health Promotion include sociology of risk, the body, consumption, processes of surveillance and normalisation and considerations relating to race and gender in the implementation of health programmes. It will be invaluable reading for students, health promoters, public health doctors and academics.

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $186.90

  Issues examined include: sociology of risk, the body, consumption, processes of surveillance and normalisation, race and gender in health programmes. Invaluable for students, health promotors, public health doctors and academics.