Part 1 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY IN CONTEXT
1 Health psychology as a new field of inquiry
2 The macro-social environment and health
3 Social inequalities, social justice and health
4 Culture and health
5 A-Z of research methods in health psychology
Part 2 HEALTH BEHAVIOUR AND EXPERIENCE
6 Theories, models and interventions applied to sexual health
7 Food and eating
8 Alcohol and drinking
9 Tobacco and smoking
10 Exercise and activity
Part 3 HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION
11 Information and communication
12 Stress and coping
13 Immunization and screening
14 Health literacy
15 Community and alternative approaches
Part 4 ILLNESS EXPERIENCE AND HEALTH CARE
16 Lay representations of illness
17 Illness and personality
18 Medicine taking: adherence and resistance
19 Pain
20 Cancer and chronic diseases
Glossary
Bibliography
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