Why did critical health psychology emerge? How have categories of social class and gender impacted on social identities? Where can health policy go from here, and how will health psychology inform its development?With contributions from leading experts in the field, this book deepens our understanding of health psychology at a time where traditional approaches are being rethought. Covering contemporary issues and with a focus on both mainstream and non-traditional areas, including material on social identities and social class, gender, and leadership in the NHS, the book provides cutting edge coverage of theory and research. Crucially, the book considers how theory impacts on practice and how health psychology can ignite change in health policy.Covering important issues with clear and fresh insight, this is indispensable reading for students, researchers and practitioners of health psychology, health studies and public health.
Introduction How can we Advance Health Psychology?; C.Horrocks & S.Johnson Working with the Tensions between Critique and Action in Critical Health Psychology; S.Johnson Critical Health Psychology and the Scholar-activist Tradition; M.Murray Changing Behaviour: Can Critical Psychology Influence Policy and Practice?; W.Stainton Rogers Social Class, Socioeconomic Status and 'health-risk' Behaviours: A critical Analysis; K.Day Men's Health: Thinking about Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Sensitive Services; C.Horrocks Working without Sacrifice: Discourse, Femininity and Occupational Risk; B.Rickett The Emancipatory Potential of Critical Approaches to Promoting Sexual Health: Exploring the Possibilities for Action; K.Milnes Taking the Lead: Authority and Power in the National Health Service; P.Nicholson, E.Rowland, P.Lokman & R.Fox Re-visiting Pandora's Box: Primary Healthcare 'directive' and Participatory Practices with Women Experiencing Domestic Violence; V.Lavis & C.Horrocks Feminist Health Psychology and Abortion: Towards a Politics of Transversal Relations of Commonality; C.Macleod Being Creative around Health: Participative Methodologies in Critical Community Psychology; R.Lawthom, C.Kagan, M.Richards, J.Sixsmith & R.Woolrych Discursive Psychology and its Potential to make a Difference; B.de Kok 'I forget my problems - the problems are in the soil': Encountering nature in Allotment Gardening; N.King.
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