ECOLOGICAL HEALTH: SOCIETY, ECOLOGY AND HEALTH -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: CRITICAL THEORETICAL ENGAGEMENTS WITH SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO HEALTH RESEARCH -- EXPANDING THE SOCIAL: MOVING TOWARDS THE ECOLOGICAL IN SOCIAL STUDIES OF HEALTH -- INTRODUCTION -- TOUCHING THE EARTH: UNSETTLING THE SOCIAL -- MOVING TOWARDS A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL APPROACH -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- TOWARDS A CRITICAL APPROACH TO ECOHEALTH RESEARCH, THEORY AND PRACTICE -- INTRODUCTION -- CENTRAL TENETS OF CRITICAL THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- SOCIETY, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH: BEYOND LINEAR LINKAGES -- COMMUNITY: BEYOND A RESEARCH SITE -- PARTICIPATION: BEYOND SIMPLE INVOLVEMENT -- TRANSDISCIPLINARITY: BEYOND INTEGRATION OF DISCIPLINARY EXPERTISE -- GENDER AND SOCIAL EQUITY: BEYOND SPECIFIC IDENTITIES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EXPLORING ABORIGINAL PEOPLE'S CONNECTION TO COUNTRY TO STRENGTHEN HUMAN-NATURE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- BIOPHILIA HYPOTHESIS -- BEYOND THE BIOPHILIA HYPOTHESIS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- PART II: SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL HEALTH INJUSTICES AND PATHS TO JUSTICE -- TIBETAN PROTEST SELF-IMMOLATION IN CHINA: REFLECTIONS ON ECOLOGY, HEALTH AND POLITICS -- INTRODUCTION: ECOHEALTH AND PLANETARY OVERLOAD -- ECOHEALTH AND ONE HEALTH -- ECOHEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDICINE -- ECOHEALTH AND TIBET -- PROTEST SELF-IMMOLATION -- THE CHINESE IN TIBET -- THE PLUNDERING OF TIBETAN ECOLOGY -- LAND SICKNESS, SOLASTALGIA AND BIOPHILIA -- TIBETAN CULTURAL OPPRESSION BY CHINA -- SELF-IMMOLATION OF TIBETANS IN CHINA -- SELF-IMMOLATION, HEALTH AND POLITICS -- REFLECTIONS -- THE RESPONSE OF THE IAEH -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ECOHEALTH THROUGH AN ABILITY STUDIES AND DISABILITY STUDIES LENS -- INTRODUCTION.

ECOHEALTH THROUGH A DISABILITY STUDIES LENS -- ABILITY STUDIES: INVESTIGATING ECO-ABILITY EXPECTATION AND ECO-ABLEISM AND THEIR IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEM APPROACHES -- WHAT DO THESE PERSPECTIVES MEAN FOR THE FUTURE? -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- STRUCTURAL VULNERABILITY AND NARRATIVE: SENSITISING CONCEPTS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE -- INTRODUCTION -- STRUCTURAL VULNERABILITY -- NARRATIVE INQUIRY -- CLIMATE CHANGE ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- PART III: RESEARCHING HEALTH IN THE NEXUS BETWEEN THE SOCIAL AND THE ECOLOGICAL -- HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- RACHEL CARSON -- FRIENDS OF THE EARTH -- BIOCENTRISM -- THE LOVE CANAL HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION -- GAIA -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- EXPLORING THE LINKS BETWEEN HIV/AIDS AND FORESTS IN MALAWI: MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, AND CHANGING DEPENDENCE ON FOREST RESOURCES -- INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- DROPS AND HOT STONES: TOWARDS INTEGRATED URBAN PLANNING IN TERMS OF WATER SCARCITY AND HEALTH ISSUES IN LEH TOWN, LADAKH, INDIA -- INTRODUCTION -- LINKING URBAN PLANNING AND SOCIALECOLOGICAL HEALTH ISSUES IN LEH -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION: IMPLICATIONS FOR URBAN PLANNING -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE ECOLOGY OF DYING: COMMODITY CHAINS, GOVERNANCE, AND THE MEDICALIZATION OF END-OF-LIFE CARE -- INTRODUCTION -- ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF MEDICINE -- FOCUS ON THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF END-OF-LIFE MEDICINE -- METHODOLOGY -- RESEARCH SITES -- DATA COLLECTION -- FINDINGS -- COMPARISON OF IMPACTS -- SOCIAL GOVERNANCE OF IMPACTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

WHY IS AN INTEGRATED SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS (ISES) LENS NEEDED TO EXPLAIN CAUSES AND DETERMINANTS OF DISEASE? A CASE STUDY OF DENGUE IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH -- A JOURNEY FROM GERM THEORY TO MULTIPLE CAUSATION -- A SEARCH FOR THE UNDERLYING DRIVER - THE UNSEEN 'SPIDER' OF DISEASE IN POPULATION -- SOCIETAL FACTORS MATTER: ROLE OF PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE -- DISCIPLINARY, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY LENSES: TOWARDS THE INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE SPHERES -- SYSTEMS THINKING AND INTEGRATED LENSES TO VIEW INTERCONNECTED, MULTI-LEVEL FACTORS -- SEEING DENGUE THROUGH THE INTEGRATED SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS LENS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PERPETUATING A REDUCTIONIST MEDICAL WORLDVIEW: THE ABSENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE IN THE AMERICAN ADHD CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND -- THE ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE LITERATURE ON ADHD -- ANALYZING THE CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES -- THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES -- ACCOUNTING FOR THE OMISSION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART IV: SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO STUDYING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE FOR HEALTH -- A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA FOR THE UK NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS): AN ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING MODEL FOR DEFINING AND SUPPORTING GOALS -- INTRODUCTION -- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE UK NHS -- ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- USING THE MODEL TO DEFINE AND INTERPRET PROGRESS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK GOVERNANCE IN PRACTICE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A FLEMISH CASE STUDY APPROACH -- INTRODUCTION -- RISK GOVERNANCE FOR DEALING WITH COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS -- ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION.

INTRODUCTION -- CONTEXT: EXISTING AND EMERGING ECOHEALTH ISSUES IN THE CARICOM CARIBBEAN REGION -- THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW PARADIGM OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE -- GOVERNANCE IN RELATION TO THE MARINE RESOURCES AND ISSUES OF HUMAN HEALTH IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION -- FISHERIES GOVERNANCE: THE SAME OLD MODEL OR NEW ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE? -- THE NEW INSTRUMENTS OF GOVERNANCE? -- ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE IN THE CARIBBEAN - A PHOENIX? -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING.