Health Psychology (eBook, ePUB)

Contributions to the Indian Health System
Redaktion: Hariharan, Meena; Chivukula, Usha; Padhy, Meera

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a holistic understanding of the state of health psychology in the Indian context and the types of psychological and social support and welfare that is offered and required within treatment processes for various illnesses.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000824896
• Artikelnr.: 66764616

Autorenporträt

Meena Hariharan is a Professor and the Founder Director of the Centre for Health Psychology. She joined the University of Hyderabad in 1992. She has published extensively in the field of health psychology covering behavioural cardiology, ICU trauma, coping with non-communicable diseases and resilience studies. She is the Founder President of the Association of Health Psychologists and the Chief Editor of Indian Journal of Health Studies. Meera Padhy has been associated with the Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, India, since 2007. She has published extensively on health psychology, developmental psychology, and occupational psychology. Her research interests include behavioural diabetology, occupational health, social support, leisure, and well-being. Usha Chivukula is working as a faculty member at the Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, and has extended her research into the areas of behavioural cardiology, community health psychology and child and adolescent health.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. Holistic Approach to Health
1. Evidence-Based Health Care: Contributions of Health Psychology
Meena Hariharan
2. Health Communication as a Preface to Management of Non-Communicable
Diseases
Sunayana Swain
3. Health and Well-being for all: Policy Perspectives in the Indian
Context
Ramya Chitrapu
4. Implementation Research for Public Health and Preventive Health Care
in India
B.R.Shamanna
Part II. Health and Wellbeing of Individual in Society
5. Residential Crowding and Subjective Wellbeing: Mediating Role of
Helplessness
Surendra Kumar Sia and Neethu. P. S
6. Health in the Culturally Changing Underdeveloped Adivasi Communities
Purnima Awasthi, Madhurima Mukherjee and R. C. Mishra
7. Smoking and Alcohol Consumption Among Type 2 Diabetics: Health
Behaviour Model-Based Investigation
Rajkumar E., Romate J., Lakshmi R., & Kruthika G.T.
Part III. Psychosocial Factors in Cardiovascular Diseases
8. Psychological Necessities of Patients Electing Cardiac Bypass
Surgery: A Review and Roadmap
Marlyn Thomas Savio
9. Illness Perception and Adherence Behaviour in Patients with Coronary
Artery Disease
Arti Singh and Shikha Dixit
10. Optimizing Hypertension Management: Children as Adherence Monitors
for Adult Patients
Sandra Roshni Monteiro
Part IV. Psychosocial Factors in Diabetes Management
11. Illness Perceptions and Quality of Life of Diabetic Patients: Role of
Perceived Control of Internal States
Meera Padhy and A. Sheila Kumari Valli
12. Illness Perceptions and Diabetes Self- Management: A Mixed Method
Approach
Chelli Kavya
Part V. Critical Care Needs and Psychological Support
13. The Intensive Care Unit Experiences and Repercussions: Need for
Psychosocial Care
Usha Chivukula
14. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis:The Unmet Information and
Supportive Care Needs of Cancer Patients
Mahati Chittem, Matsungshila Pongener, Sravannthi Maya, and Shweta Chawak
Index