Health Psychology in Global Perspective (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761909415)

What do we know about health in other countries? How can we use explanations from health psychology to understand health issues around the world? This volume uses health psychology to compare health issues faced by people in developing and developed countries.

Taking a broad social science perspective, Frances E Aboud brings mainstream health psychology concepts to bear on the problems of international health. She also: integrates findings from psychology with literature from other disciplines such as epidemiology, education, anthropology and nursing; and brings cross-cultural issues to bear on concepts and theories in health psychology. International health statistics and social science research methods applied to health i

Author: Frances E. Aboud
ISBN-10: 0761909419
ISBN-13: 9780761909415
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Language: English
Published: 03/09/1998
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.20h x 5.86w x 0.85d