Overview
- This open access book examines health trajectories and health transitions at different stages of the life course
- Analyzes health as a dynamic experience
- Addresses theoretical, empirical and methodological issues as well as examines different national contexts
Part of the book series: Life Course Research and Social Policies (LCRS, volume 4)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This open access book examines health trajectories and health transitions at different stages of the life course, including childhood, adulthood and later life. It provides findings that assess the role of biological and social transitions on health status over time.
The essays examine a wide range of health issues, including the consequences of military service on body mass index, childhood obesity and cardiovascular health, socio-economic inequalities in preventive health care use, depression and anxiety during the child rearing period, health trajectories and transitions in people with cystic fibrosis and oral health over the life course.
The book addresses theoretical, empirical and methodological issues as well as examines different national contexts, which help to identify factors of vulnerability and potential resources that support resilience available for specific groups and/or populations.
Health reflects the ability of individuals to adapt to their social environment. This book analyzes health as a dynamic experience. It examines how different aspects of individual health unfold over time as a result of aging but also in relation to changing socioeconomic conditions. It also offers readers potential insights into public policies that affect the health status of a population.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Life Course Perspective on Health Trajectories and Transitions
Editors: Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Stéphane Cullati, Amanda Sacker, David Blane
Series Title: Life Course Research and Social Policies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20484-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20483-3Published: 20 August 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37244-0Published: 22 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20484-0Published: 11 August 2015
Series ISSN: 2211-7776
Series E-ISSN: 2211-7784
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 213
Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Health, Sociology, general, Epidemiology