Full Description
Understanding Wellbeing is an accessible introduction to the concept of wellbeing and its relevance to areas of health and social policy.Understanding Wellbeing provides students, professionals and practitioners of health and social care with the essential resources for understanding and promoting wellbeing. The book includes case studies, activities and reflection points to engage the reader with both the theory and its practical application.The book provides an overview of the concept of wellbeing and its relationship with and role in health, including:Psychological aspects of wellbeing - mind/body influences, psychology, spiritualityPhysical aspects of wellbeing - food, exercise, genetics, health promotionSocial approaches to wellbeing - social policy, culture, environment, housing, education, informationThe Editors:The late Anneyce Knight, who died in 2021, had retired earlier that year from her role as Associate Dean for Global Engagement and Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Bournemouth University, where she was also the Programme Leader for the Return to Nursing Practice course.The late Allan McNaught was Principal Lecturer at the University of Greenwich.The authors are a multi-professional group of health academics with considerable national and international experience across the statutory and non-statutory sectors.
Contents
Part 11 Defining WellbeingAllan McNaught2 Wellbeing and HealthStella Jones-Devitt3 Ethics and WellbeingNevin Mehmet4 Monitoring and Evaluating Wellbeing ProjectsCarlos Moreno-Leguizamon and Clarence SpignerPart 2: Psychological Aspects of Wellbeing5 Psychoneuroimmunology and WellbeingChristine Stacey6 Psychological Aspects of WellbeingBen Bruneau7 Spirituality and WellbeingAnneyce Knight and Qaisra KhanPart 3: Physical Aspects of Wellbeing8 Food and WellbeingStuart Spear9 Exercise and WellbeingAlfonso Jimenez, Silvano Zanuso and Mark Goss-Sampson10 The Genetics and Genomics of WellbeingHarry Chummun11 Promoting Wellbeing in Long-term ConditionsSilvano Zanuso and Alfonso JimenezPart 4: Social Approaches to Wellbeing12 Social Policy and WellbeingAllan McNaught and Simten Malhan13 Public Health, Wellbeing and Culture: A Critical PerspectiveClarence Spigner and Carlos Moreno-Leguizamon14 Environment and WellbeingVeronica Habgood15 Housing, the Built Environment and WellbeingJill Stewart and Fiona Bushell16 Education and WellbeingBill Goddard17 Wellbeing and the WorkplaceKate Beaven-Marks, Anneyce Knight and Bill Goddard18 Information for WellbeingAnne GillConclusionAnneyce Knight and Allan McNaught
