Expanding the Boundaries of Health and Social Science

Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Innovation
Herausgeber: Anderson, Norman; Rosenfield, Patricia; Kessel, Frank

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Interdisciplinary research can pose a range of challenges to researchers in health and social science. This volume presents a series of case studies of successful interdisciplinary research programs, which provide a variety of models of how best to undertake interdisciplinary research in health and human science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 510
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 766g
• ISBN-13: 9780195324273
• ISBN-10: 0195324277
• Artikelnr.: 24765912

Inhaltsangabe

* Part I: Home is Where the Heart is: The Social World and
Cardiovascular Health and Disease
* 1: Domain Introduction
* 2: A Contemporary Perspective on Multilevel Analyses and Social
Neuroscience
* 3: Risk of Hypertensive Heart Disease: The Joint Influence of Genetic
and Behavioral Factors
* 4: Status, Stress, and Heart Disease: A Monkey's Tale
* Part II: Mind Matters: Affective and Cognitive Neuroscience
* 5: Domain Introduction
* 6: Affective Neuroscience: A Case for Interdisciplinary Research
* 7: Visual Mental Imagery: A Case Study in Interdisciplinary Research
* 8: Plasticity and Health: Social Influences on Gene Expression and
Neural Development
* Part III: Positive Health: What Nourishes who Flourishes?
* 9: Domain Introduction
* 10: Thriving in the Face of Challenge: The Integrative Science of
Human Resilience
* 11: Integrating Psychosocial Factors with Biology: The Role of
Protective Factors in Trajectories of Health and Aging
* 12: Religion, Spirituality, and Health: The Duke Experience
* Part IV: In Search of Methuselah: Population Perspectives on Health
and Longevity
* 13: Domain Introduction
* 14: Social Resources and Health
* 15: A Journey through the Interdisciplinary Landscape of
Biodemography
* Part V: A Tale of Two Cities: Prevention and Management of HIV/AIDS
* 16: Domain Introduction
* 17: Learning to Cope with HIV/AIDS
* 18: The Evolution of HIV Prevention in San Francisco: A
Multidisciplinary Model
* Closing Commentary: Fostering Interdisciplinary Research: The Way
Forward