Understanding Wellbeing
Lantern Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-908625-00-7 (ISBN)
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Each chapter considers an aspect of wellbeing with an emphasis on conceptual clarity and the importance of reflective practice in this field.
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, spirituality
Physical aspects of wellbeing — food, exercise, genetics, health promotion
Social approaches to wellbeing — social policy, culture, environment, housing, education, information
The 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.
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. She qualified as a registered nurse in 1982 and worked in orthopaedics and oncology, then trained as a midwife. She continued to practise in a variety of nursing and midwifery clinical settings before moving into Higher Education in 2000. Prior to taking up her role at Bournemouth University in 2015, Anneyce was the Course Lead for the innovative Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care (clinical) for Associate Practitioners, a joint NHS and Southampton Solent University collaboration. Previously she was at the University of Greenwich, where she held a number of positions. She was passionate about the need for compassionate care, thereby enhancing the quality of patient care, particularly at the end of life. Her primary research interests focused on public health and wellbeing, areas in which she has published and presented nationally and internationally.
Part 1: Overview
1. Defining Wellbeing
Allan McNaught
2. Wellbeing and Health
Stella Jones-Devitt
3. Ethics and Wellbeing
Nevin Mehmet
4. Monitoring and Evaluating Wellbeing Projects
Carlos Moreno-Leguizamon and Clarence Spigner
Part 2: Psychological Aspects of Wellbeing
5. Psychoneuroimmunology and Wellbeing
Christine Stacey
6. Psychological Aspects of Wellbeing
Ben Bruneau
7. Spirituality and Wellbeing
Anneyce Knight and Qaisra Khan
Part 3: Physical Aspects of Wellbeing
8. Food and Wellbeing
Stuart Spear
9. Exercise and Wellbeing
Alfonso Jimenez, Silvano Zanuso and Mark Goss-Sampson
10. The Genetics and Genomics of Wellbeing
Harry Chummun
11. Promoting Wellbeing in Long-term Conditions
Silvano Zanuso and Alfonso Jimenez
Part 4: Social Approaches to Wellbeing
12. Social Policy and Wellbeing
Allan McNaught and Simten Malhan
13. Public Health, Wellbeing and Culture: A Critical Perspective
Clarence Spigner and Carlos Moreno-Leguizamon
14. Environment and Wellbeing
Veronica Habgood
15. Housing, the Built Environment and Wellbeing
Jill Stewart and Fiona Bushell
16. Education and Wellbeing
Bill Goddard
17. Wellbeing and the Workplace
Kate Beaven-Marks, Anneyce Knight and Bill Goddard
18. Information for Wellbeing
Anne Gill
Conclusion
Anneyce Knight and Allan McNaught
| Verlagsort | Cheltenham |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 166 x 239 mm |
| Gewicht | 560 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-908625-00-7 / 1908625007 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-908625-00-7 / 9781908625007 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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