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Health Studies
Featured titles in Health Studies
- Taking a unique look at health promotion and aging in Canada, this edited collection uses the action framework in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion to explore the factors and issues related to the health of older adults. The book is organized around the five action areas... more
Promoting the Health of Older Adults
The Canadian Experience
Irving Rootman, Peggy Edwards, Mélanie Levasseur, Frances Grunberg
- The revised third edition of the formerly titled Substance Use and Abuse retains its comprehensive, holistic examination of the field of substance use and misuse from a Canadian perspective. Now organized into seven sections, the 30 chapters examine the nature of addiction; ex... more
- Poverty, Mental Health, and Social Inclusion offers a comprehensive selection of chapters written by academic researchers as well as direct practitioners and mental health consumer-survivors to examine the intersection of poverty, mental health, and social exclusion. With the ... more
Poverty, Mental Health, and Social Inclusion
Cheryl Forchuk, Rick Csiernik
- Now in its third edition, this comprehensive text provides a unique, interdisciplinary perspective on poverty and its impact on the health and quality of life of Canadians. Considering a broad range of topics, Dennis Raphael covers the central issues of defining and measuring ... more
- August 2018
- 9781773380001
- $89.95 Print
- $84.95 Digital
- July 2018
- 9781773380704
- $39.95 Print
- $34.95 Digital
- May 2018
- 9781773380520
- $67.95 Print
- $62.95 Digital
The Drug Paradox
An Introduction to the Sociology of Psychoactive Substances in Canada
Tara Bruno, Rick Csiernik
- April 2018
- 9781773380377
- $67.95 Print
- $62.95 Digital
Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health, Second Edition
Beyond the Social
Margo Greenwood, Sarah de Leeuw, Nicole Marie Lindsay
- December 2017
- 9781773380094
- $67.95 Print
Population Health in Canada
Issues, Research, and Action
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Ronald Labonté, Corinne Packer, Vivien Runnels
- December 2017
- 9781773380032
- $89.95 Print
- $84.95 Digital
An Introduction to Global Health, Third Edition
Michael Seear, Obidimma Ezezika
- November 2017
- 9781773380063
- $84.95 Print
- $79.95 Digital
Health Promotion in Canada, Fourth Edition
New Perspectives on Theory, Practice, Policy, and Research
Irving Rootman, Ann Pederson, Katherine Frohlich, Sophie Dupéré
- August 2017
- 9781551309705
- $77.95 Print
- $72.95 Digital
- August 2017
- 9781551309910
- $69.95 Print
- $64.95 Digital
Research Literacy for Health and Community Practice
Sonya Jakubec, Barbara Astle
- July 2017
- 9781551309668
- $91.95 Print
- $86.95 Digital
Perspectives canadiennes de la pratique infirmière avancée
Eric Staples, Susan L. Ray, Ruth A. Hannon
- May 2017
- 9781551309187
- $56.95 Print
- $51.95 Digital
Complementary, Alternative, and Traditional Medicine
Prospects and Challenges for Women's Reproductive Health
Jennie M. Hornosty, Maria Costanza Torri
- May 2017
- 9781551309637
- $82.95 Print
- $77.95 Digital
- April 2017
- 9781551309330
- $77.95 Print
- $72.95 Digital
Responding to the Oppression of Addiction, Third Edition
Canadian Social Work Perspectives
Rick Csiernik, William S. Rowe
- January 2017
- 9781551309279
- $72.95 Print
- $67.95 Digital
- December 2016
- 9781551309248
- $79.95 Print
- $74.95 Digital
- September 2016
- 9781551309095
- $95.95 Print
- $90.95 Digital
Canadian Perspectives on Advanced Practice Nursing
Eric Staples, Ruth A. Hannon, Susan L. Ray
- August 2016
- 9781551309064
- $89.95 Print
- $84.95 Digital
A Concise Introduction to Mental Health in Canada, Second Edition
Elliot Goldner, Emily Jenkins, Dan Bilsker
- August 2016
- 9781551309125
- $66.95 Print
- $61.95 Digital