This book is both a sequel to and expansion of Community Psychology, published in 1992. It
serves as a textbook for courses on community psychology but now also includes material …

We invite you to join us for this book's journey through the exciting field of community
psychology! As a team of authors, we each came to community psychology because it …

Natural environments, or 'green spaces', have been associated with a wide range of health
benefits. Gender differences in neighbourhood effects on health have been found in a …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 SOCIOLOGY of HEALTH and ILLNESS An Introduction to the Page 3
In memory of my parents, William Stewart White and Margaret Ann White (née Doyle), and for …

Objectives Public health has recognized that nature is good for health but there are calls for
a review of its gendered aspects. This review attempts to develop and explore a broad …

Multiple deprivation indicators are frequently used to capture the characteristics of an area.
This is a useful approach for identifying the most deprived areas, and summary indices are …

This paper describes an analysis of perceptions of the local residential environment and self-
reported health in four socially contrasting neighbourhoods in Glasgow in the late 1990s …

Objective Urban green spaces provide a wide range of health benefits for the population
and, therefore, their use should be promoted. However, men and women perceive and value …

Purpose/Objectives: To examine the relationship between women's reported social support
and their adherence to recommended breast cancer screening guidelines. Design …

Green space has been identified as a modifiable feature of the urban environment and
associations with physiological and psychological health have been reported at the local …