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Jill Dorrian, Einar Torsteinsson, Mirella Di Benedetto, Katrina Lane-Krebs, Melissa Day, Amanda Hutchinson and Kerry Sherman
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA
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Provides psychology and allied health students with a comprehensive understanding of the role of the health psychologist
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Publication date: December 2016 Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781316623954 *also available as an eBook *Subject to meeting course requirements ABN 28 508 204 178
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HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA In today’s diverse society, health professionals require a complete understanding of how physiological, social and psychological factors impact physical wellbeing. Health Psychology in Australia provides a contemporary, relevant perspective on the unique climate in which this increasingly important area of healthcare is practised in Australia. Drawing on the expertise of the author team, this book gives students the skills to identify and evaluate health risk factors and to intervene in and manage health behaviour. Each chapter includes learning objectives, case studies with accompanying reflection questions, critical thinking activities and a detailed summary to consolidate learning. The comprehensive glossary and links to online resources solidify understanding of key concepts and ideas. KEY FEATURES •
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Specialist chapters on Cross-Cultural Applications, Sleep and Presentation of Research, based on market feedback that these areas are lacking in current local texts An online instructor’s resource manual to enhance teaching practice Links to contemporary online resources to solidify understanding and encourage wider reading Provides psychology and allied health students with a comprehensive understanding of the role of the health psychologist as clinician, researcher, educator and client
COMPANION WEBSITE www.cambridge.edu.au/academic/ healthpsychology Resources for each chapter include: • Multiple choice questions and answer key • Short answer questions and suggested responses • Useful links to relevant video and audio material •
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AUTHORS Jill Dorrian is Associate Professor in the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy at the University of South Australia. Einar Thorsteinsson is Associate Professor in Psychology in the School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences at the University of New England, Australia.
PUB DATE: December 2016 FORMAT: Paperback* ISBN: 9781316623954 *also available as an eBook
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction to health psychology Health What is health psychology? About this book
2. Understanding health behaviour and evaluating change Health behaviour Societal influences Environmental manipulations Interpersonal influences Behaviour change for individuals
3. Common models in health psychology The health belief model (HBM) The transtheoretical model (TTM) The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) Building better models of health behaviour
4. Understanding presentation of research in health: research designs, figures and statistics Epidemology in brief for health psychology students Analysing the occurrence of health-related events: risk and odds Analysing time to event: survival analysis
Mirella Di Benedetto is a lecturer in psychology in the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
5. Nutrition, exercise and health
Katrina Lane-Krebs is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Central Queensland University.
6. Sleep, sleep loss, safety and health
Nutrition Eating disorders Exercise Research Understanding sleep and circadian rhythms The effects of sleep loss Sleep loss in healthcare
Melissa Day is a NHMRC Early Career Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland.
7. Health risk behaviours: alcohol, drugs and smoking
Amanda Hutchinson is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy at the University of South Australia.
8. Stress and managing stress
Kerry Sherman is Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at Macquarie University, Sydney.
Behavioural risk factors for health Alcohol consumption and alcohol-use disorder Tobacco use The stress response Factors that cause stress (stressors) Coping with stress
www.cambridge.org/healthpsychANZ Managing stress Mindfulness meditation
9. Lifestyle-related chronic illnesses (CVD and T2D) and depression Cardiovascular disease Type 2 diabetes The treatment and prevention of CVD and T2D The interconnection between CVD, T2D and depression
10. Experiencing cancer: an acute and chronic condition Cancer and its prevalence Diagnosis During active treatment Survivorship Cancer recurrence and end-of-life When cancer runs in the family
11. Pain and its optimal management The physiology of pain A biopsychosocial understanding of pain Psychosocial pain management approaches: theory and evidence Needed future directions
12. Health inequalities Socioeconomic status Social determinants of health inequalities Barriers to better health Research
13. Cross-cultural psychology Culture Expanding our horizons: gaining insight Impacts of culture on human behaviour Culture as a shared behaviour across non-traditional groups Cross-cultural psychology and specialised practice