Authors: William David Marelich (Editor), Jeff S. Erger, Jeff S. Erger (Editor), Jeff S. Erger
ISBN-13: 9780761928218, ISBN-10: 0761928219
Format: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: January 2004
Edition: 1st Edition
William D. Marelich, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at California State University, Fullerton. He is also a lecturer at UCLA and a consulting statistician with the UCLA Health Risk Reduction Projects. Dr. Marelich received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Claremont Graduate University and was an NIMH post-doctoral fellow at UCLA. He teaches courses in health psychology, close relationships, and quantitative methods. His research interests include decision-making strategies in health and organizational settings, patient-provider interactions, interpersonal relationships, and statistical/methodological approaches in experimental and applied research. He surfs as a hobby for health and peace of mind.
Jeff S. Erger, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Iowa in 1997. He teaches courses in medical sociology, social psychology, and research methods. He has served as a University of Iowa Fellow and an NIMH post-doctoral fellow at UCLA and is now researching health care delivery to marginalized populations and the dynamics of communities in cyberspace. His research looks at the links between identity, community, and health. For his own health, he enjoys riding his bicycle and making chocolate truffles (but only once a year).
The 26 readings do not aspire to be comprehensive or systematic, but explore many facets of the field as example and inspiration for students in introductory courses. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Preface | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
Pt. I | Social Psychology of Health: Foundations | 7 |
Essay: Health and Illness Seen Through Different Lenses | 9 | |
1 | Health Psychology: The Science and the Field | 15 |
2 | Themes in Medical Sociology | 31 |
3 | Don Quixote, Machiavelli, and Robin Hood: Public Health Practice, Past and Present | 38 |
4 | Type A Botulism From Sauteed Onions: Clinical and Epidemiologic Observations | 46 |
5 | The Need for a New Medical Model: A Challenge for Biomedicine | 51 |
6 | The Discovery of Hyperkinesis: Notes on the Medicalization of Deviant Behavior | 64 |
7 | Behavior as the Central Outcome in Health Care | 72 |
Pt. II | Health Attitude Change | 85 |
Essay: Social Theory, Conforming, and the Change of Health Attitudes and Behaviors | 87 | |
8 | From Individual to Social Change: Current and Future Directions of Health Interventions | 95 |
9 | Do Postcard Reminders Improve Influenza Vaccination Compliance? A Prospective Trial of Different Postcard "Cues" | 111 |
10 | Condom Use: A Self-Efficacy Model | 117 |
11 | Application of the Theories of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior to Exercise Behavior: A Meta-Analysis | 127 |
12 | HIV Risk Behavior Reduction Following Intervention With Key Opinion Leaders of Population: An Experimental Analysis | |
13 | The Systematic Influence of Gain- and Loss-Framed Messages on Interest in and Use of Different Types of Health Behavior | 143 |
Pt. III | The Health Care Setting | 161 |
Essay: Health Care Settings and Their Social Dynamics | 163 | |
14 | Behavior in Private Places: Sustaining Definitions of Reality in Gynecological Examinations | 169 |
15 | HIV Health Care Provider-Patient Interaction: Observations on the Process of Providing Antiretroviral Treatment | 181 |
16 | On Being Sane in Insane Places | 191 |
Pt. IV | Stress, Coping, and Social Relationships | 199 |
Essay: The Process of Stress, Coping, and Empowerment | 201 | |
17 | Life Events, Stress, and Illness | 209 |
18 | An Analysis of Coping in a Middle-Aged Community Sample | 222 |
19 | Social Relationships and Health | 237 |
20 | The Effects of Choice and Enhanced Personal Responsibility for the Aged: A Field Experiment in an Institutional Setting | 247 |
21 | HIV/AIDS Patient Involvement in Antiretroviral Treatment Decisions | 255 |
Pt. V | Health Policy and Future Paths | 265 |
Essay: Health Policy, Future Paths, and Concerns | 267 | |
22 | Institutions | 275 |
23 | AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Health | 286 |
24 | Accounting for the Use of Behavior Technologies in Social Psychology | 294 |
25 | Two Pathways to Prevention | 306 |
26 | The Threat of Biological Weapons: Prophylaxis and Mitigation of Psychological and Social Consequences | 324 |
Name Index | 331 | |
Subject Index | 343 | |
About the Editors | 353 |