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Health and modernity: the role of theory in health promotion

Choice Reviews OnlinePublished 1 August 2007
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TL;DR

From a Theory Group to a Theory Book: Thinking Health Promotion Sociologically, Cultural Capital in Health Promotion, and Managing Uncertainty Through Participation.

Abstract

From a Theory Group to a Theory Book.- Modernity, Public Health, and Health Promotion.- Critical Issues in Theory for Health Promotion.- Cultural Capital in Health Promotion.- Understanding Differentiation of Health in Late Modernity by Use of Sociological Systems Theory.- Managing Uncertainty Through Participation.- Thinking Health Promotion Sociologically.- Health Governance: The Health Society.

Keywords

Health Professions