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Role of New Media in Health Journalism
New media plays a pivotal role in disseminating health information. This was apparent during the outbreak of Covid-19 when traditional media moved...
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Health
Throughout history, culture shapes our actions regarding biological health. Myths of youthfulness and vitality, as well as hope, courage, and...
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Social Inequalities in Health
Differences in health between social groups based on these social determinants are known as social inequalities in health. The findings of empirical...
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Health Inequalities
Inequalities in health result from social inequality. While the term equality refers to equal treatment for everyone, the term equity acknowledges...
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Governmentality and Health and Social Care
This chapter explores the incidence and consequence of health and social care for vulnerable people through the distinctly post-structuralist lens of...
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Conclusion: Health Data’s Social Life
We set out in this book to emphasise the importance of an interdisciplinary reading of knowledge practicesknowledge practices in health—whether oral,...
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Surveillance and Health and Social Care
The previous chapter explored a genealogy of health and social care transitions in the United Kingdom. The thesis pursued in this particular chapter...
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Health Literacy in Digital World
Health literacy is the cognitive and social ability of an individual to access, understand, analysis and use information for promoting and...
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Assessing Child Health Disparities: Evidence from a Household-Based Health Index in Punjab, Pakistan
Around the world, undernutrition causes more than half of all deaths in children under 5 years of age. It also increases children's vulnerability to...
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Health as a Public Concern: Revitalizing Civic Engagement in the German Health System Through Civic-Minded Movements
This chapter delves into the interplay between the state and citizens within the context of the German health system which has been characterized...
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Health Psychology
Psychology focuses on what people believe and how they behave; health psychology explores how these beliefs and behaviours relate to health and...
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Oral Health and Longevity Geriatric Dentistry, Care Pathways, Oral Health Epidemiology
The oral cavity is a unique organ system due to the direct interaction that individuals have with it on a day-to-day basis, as well as its key...
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Health Literacy of Adolescents and Families from a Health Ethnology Perspective: A Theoretical Framing
Having presented the current state of health literacy research in the context of health inequalities in the previous two chapters, this chapter now...
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Inequalities in Health: Definitions, Concepts and Measurements—An Application in the Regional Health Authority in Italy
Policymakers, researchers, and public health practitioners have long sought not only to improve overall population health but also to reduce or...
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Self-assessment of health: how socioeconomic, functional, and emotional dimensions influence self-rated health among Italian nonagenarians
Self-Rated Health (SRH) is currently one of the most popular indicators of population health. Studies show that SRH has a strong association with...
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Does Political Trust Matter for Charitable Giving? The Antecedence and Consequence of Trust in Local Officials
This study examines the antecedents of political trust and its association with the likelihood of charitable giving in China using the path analysis...
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Health Literacy in Childhood and Adolescence and the Need for Family Health Literacy
Childhood and adolescence are generally and on average considered to be the healthiest periods of life in the overall biography. Nevertheless, in...
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Access to Health Care for Forcibly Displaced People as an Aspect of Health (In)equality
The right to health is stated in various global agreements such as the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN or the Constitution of the WHO. Even...
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Performativity and Health and Social Care
This chapter explores Judith Butler’s conception of ‘performativity’ as it is applied to health and social care theory and practice. In light of...
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Melatonin: A Saga of Health and Longevity
Melatonin, an indoleamine neurohormone produced during night-time from the pineal gland, is the master regulator of the circadian timing system and...