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Expanding the Boundaries of Health and Social Science : Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Innovation.
Title:
Expanding the Boundaries of Health and Social Science : Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Innovation.
Author:
Council, Social Science Research.
ISBN:
9780195348385
Physical Description:
1 online resource (449 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Introduction: Approaching Interdisciplinary Research -- PART I: HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS: THE SOCIAL WORLD AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH AND DISEASE -- 1. Domain Introduction -- 2. A Contemporary Perspective on Multilevel Analyses and Social Neuroscience -- 3. Risk of Hypertensive Heart Disease: The Joint Influence of Genetic and Behavioral Factors -- 4. Status, Stress, and Heart Disease: A Monkey's Tale -- PART II: MIND MATTERS: AFFECTIVE AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE -- 5. Domain Introduction -- 6. Affective Neuroscience: A Case for Interdisciplinary Research -- 7. Visual Mental Imagery: A Case Study in Interdisciplinary Research -- 8. Plasticity and Health: Social Influences on Gene Expression and Neural Development -- PART III: POSITIVE HEALTH: WHAT NOURISHES WHO FLOURISHES? -- 9. Domain Introduction -- 10. Thriving in the Face of Challenge: The Integrative Science of Human Resilience -- 11. Integrating Psychosocial Factors with Biology: The Role of Protective Factors in Trajectories of Health and Aging -- 12. Religion, Spirituality, and Health: The Duke Experience -- PART IV: IN SEARCH OF METHUSELAH: POPULATION PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH AND LONGEVITY -- 13. Domain Introduction -- 14. Social Resources and Health -- 15. A Journey through the Interdisciplinary Landscape of Biodemography -- PART V: A TALE OF TWO CITIES: PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF HIV/AIDS -- 16. Domain Introduction -- 17. Learning to Cope with HIV/AIDS -- 18. The Evolution of HIV Prevention in San Francisco: A Multidisciplinary Model -- Closing Commentary: Fostering Interdisciplinary Research: The Way Forward -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Abstract:
Health psychology has a wide scope, encompassing all influences on behaviour from emotion to overcrowded living situations. This volume articulates both the benefits of interdisciplinary exchange and the best strategies for working together.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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