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Book SynopsisWith the exception of Africa, the highest percentage of HIV infections are found in high-risk groups such as drugs users, prostitutes, the transgender community, gay men, street children or prisoners. They encounter more stigmatisation and discrimination than other groups, which makes it harder for aid to reach them. Writer Colet van der Ven and photographer Adriaan Backer travelled around the world to give these people a voice: women in patriarchal Tadzhikistan, victims of political violence in Kenya, black homosexuals in the deeply religious southern states of America, transgenders in India, (ex-)prisoners in South Africa and drug users in Myanmar. They also interviewed a representative of the first generation of AIDS patients in the Netherlands and a female refugee in the Ukraine.

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Book SynopsisBody, Capital and Screens: Visual Media and the Healthy Self in the 20th Century brings together new research from leading scholars from Europe and North America working at the intersection of film and media studies and social and cultural history of the body. The volume focuses on visual media in the twentieth century in Europe and the U.S. that informed and educated people about life and health as well as practices improving them. Through a series of in-depth case studies, the contributors to this volume investigate the relationships between film/television, private and public actors of the health sector and economic developments. The book explores the performative and interactive power of these visual media on individual health understandings, perceptions and practices. Body, Capital and Screens aims to better understand how bodily health has evolved as a form of capital throughout the century.Trade Review"From the mid-twentieth century onwards, televisual media has actively shaped relations between human bodies, health practices and market forces. By paying close critical attention to the nuances of these connections, Body, Capital and Screens makes an important intervention in the field of European and global health history, and presents a convincing argument for the value of engaging with visual resources in historiographic research."- Fiona Johnstone, Durham University, European Journal for the History of Medicine and Health (2021) "Die beiden Wissenschaftler_innen, die bereits zuvor in Co-Autorenschaft veröffentlichten, verbinden elf Beiträge, die auf der Mikroebene visuelle Kommunikationsformen analysieren. Dabei bearbeiten die Autor_innen dokumentarische Filme, Lehrfilme und Fernsehformate ebenso wie Amateurvideos. So passt sich das Buch perfekt in die Reihe „Media Matters“ der Amsterdam University Press ein, die den Fokus auf die Verflechtungen von Materialität und Performativität in alten und neuen Medien legt. [...] Den Herausgeber_innen gelingt es, strategische Gesundheitskommunikation und Medienwissenschaft zu vereinen. Diese interdisziplinäre Forschungsperspektive findet im deutschsprachigen Raum erst selten Anwendung."- Charmaine Voigt (Leipzig), MEDIENwissenschaft 03-04/2021 "Der von Christian Bonah und Anja Laukötter herausgegebene Sammelband ist ein überaus gelungenes Beispiel für die Implementierung der Funktionsprinzipien des zeitgemäßen historisch-kulturwissenschaftlichen Denkens in eine interdisziplinäre und international ausgerichtete Veröffentlichung. [...] Die immense Vielfalt an inhaltlichen Positionen und Ergebnissen, die vor diesem Hintergrund an konkreten thematischen Beispielen deutlich werden, macht den Sammelband in seiner Gänze zu einem höchst anregenden und lesenswerten Text."- Stefan Zahlmann, Institut für Geschichte, Universität Wien, H-Soz-Kult, 2021Table of ContentsBody, Capital, and Screens: An Introduction Christian Bonah and Anja Laukötter Chapter One Playing the Doctor, Playing the Patient: The Performance of Health Identities in Live Medical Television, 1958 Timothy M. Boon Chapter Two The BBC's Children in Need Telethon: The Currencies of Compassion Karen Lury Chapter Three Let's Talk about S=: The Influence of Cinema Verité on Sex Education in French National Television around 1968 Christian Bonah Chapter Four Measuring Subjectification: The Reception of Health Education Campaigns and the Evaluation Conundrum Luc Berlivet Chapter Five Swimming the Crawl to Educate the Modern Body-Visual Material and the Expanding Market for Participatory Sports in the USA, 1890s-1930s Olaf Stieglitz Chapter Six Inside Magoo (1960): Cancer and Comedic Commentary on 1950s America David Cantor Chapter Seven 'One Feels so Much in These Times!': Emotional Education and the Construction of New Subjectivities: Sex Education Films in Early 1960s GDR Anja Laukötter Chapter Eight Revealing Norms and Sowing Confusion: VALIE EXPORT's Body Sophie Delpeux Chapter Nine 'Before Education, Good Food, and Health': World Citizenship and Biopolitics in UNESCO's Post-war Literacy Films Zoë Druick Chapter Ten From Colonial to Global: Visuals and the Historiography of Body Government beyond Europe Jean-Paul Gaudillière Chapter Eleven Zika Virus, Global Health Communication, and Dataveillance Kirsten Ostherr Index

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of Health Studies provides an authoritative and contemporary introduction to the study of health. With chapters including epidemiology, psychology, human and environmental geography, and anthropology, it is the only book to explore in one volume all of the core disciplines that contribute to understanding health. It illustrates how the complexity of health problems such as obesity should be viewed with an interdisciplinary perspective. Each chapter explains the disciplinary approach and then its theoretical and research approaches with examples. A highlight of this 4th edition is a new chapter on sports and exercise science providing another scientific chapter on physiology which is applied and will be of interest to all those thinking of employment in sports or leisure industry.The book is accessible and learner-centered and each chapter features: a connections feature that links the chapters together; learning tasks; questions for reflection and debate; examples to illustrate concepts, methodologies and to explore contemporary issues; a case study on obesity, food and diet.Comprehensive, accessible and written by leading experts in the different fields, this is the introductory text for all students of health studies.Table of Contents1. Why Study Health?2. Human Biology and Health3. Epidemiology and Health4. Sport and Exercise Science and Health5. Geography and Health6. Health Psychology7. Sociology and Health8. Social Policy and Health9. Health Economics10. Politics and Health11. Organization and Management of Health and Healthcare12. History and Health13. Cultural Studies and Social Anthropology14. Ethics and Law

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Book SynopsisIn light of the potential novel applications of neurotechnologies in psychiatry and the current debate on moral bioenhancement, this book outlines the reasons why more conceptual work is needed to inform the scientific and medical community, and society at large, about the implications of moral bioenhancement before a possible, highly hypothetical at this point, broad acceptance, and potential implementation in areas such as psychiatry (e.g., treatment of psychopathy), or as a measure to prevent crime in society. The author does not negate the possibility of altering or manipulating moral behavior through technological means. Rather he argues that the scope of interventions is limited because the various options available to “enhance morality” improve, or simply manipulate, some elements of moral behavior and not the moral agent per se in the various elements constitutive of moral agency. The concept of Identity Integrity is suggested as a potential framework for a responsible use of neurotechnologies in psychiatry to avoid human beings becoming orderers and orderables of technological manipulations.Table of Contents1 Introduction.1.1 Biology Is Not Destiny.1.2 Overview of the Book.2 The Scope and Limits of Moral Bioenhancement.2.1 Conceptual Issues and Scientific Realities.2.2 Becoming Fit for the Future.3 Moral Bioenhancement and the Clinical Ideal.3.1 The Challenge of Defining Enhancement.3.2 The Clinical Ideal and Enhancement.3.3 Clinical Ideal and Psychiatric Disorders with Moral Pathologies.4 Neurobiology, Morality, and Agency.4.1 The Neurobiology of Morality.4.2 Moral Judgments and the Moral Self.4.3 Phronesis and the Virtues.4.4 The Autonomous Modern Self.4.5 The Pathologizing of Human Behavior.5 Techno-Science, Politics, and the Common Good.5.1 Post-academic Science.5.2 The Implications of Postmodernity for Science and Technology.5.3 Beyond the Postmodern Cacophony: Deliberative Democracy.5.4 Applying the Deliberative Democracy Paradigm.6 Neurotechnologies and Psychopathy.6.1 Psychiatry and Moral Bioenhancement.6.2 Psychopathy.6.3 The Diagnosis of Psychopathy.6.4 Treatment of Psychopathy.6.5 Feasibility, Usefulness, and Limitations of Neurotechnologies.7 Punishment, Responsibility, and Brain Interventions.7.1 Retribution Versus Rehabilitation.7.2 Dangerousness and Prevention.7.3 Capacity and Responsibility.7.4 Moral and Legal Responsibility.8 Identity Integrity in Psychiatry.8.1 Technology and the Current Anthropological Identity Crisis.8.2 Homo Sapiens Interacting with Machines.8.3 Identity Integrity.9 Epilogue: Final Thoughts for the Path to Future Philosophical Explorations.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book that analyzes tobacco control policies in China from the perspectives of economics and health. For readers interested in the economic aspects of tobacco control policy issues not only in China but also in other developing countries, this book provides a comprehensive analytical and empirical framework addressing key debated issues.This book covers a range of interesting topics from the prevalence of smoking in China, health and economic burden of smoking in China, demand for cigarettes and taxation in China, the role of tobacco on farming, the tobacco industry and the World Trade Organization, poverty and smoking in China, to future challenges of tobacco control for the Chinese government.Trade Review"Long the plague of the world's affluent nations, the epidemic of tobacco-produced disease has metastasized to developing countries. Nowhere is this more evident than in China, home to 350 million smokers, 1 million of whom die each year as a consequence of their smoking. Sadly, that number will grow substantially in the coming years. It is urgent, therefore, that health professionals and policy makers in China and other developing countries come to fully understand the disastrous outcomes of smoking and the beneficial impacts of selected policies in reducing them. Rigorous analysis of the effects of tobacco control policies has aided wealthy nations in reversing the toll of smoking. Now such analysis must be directed at the problem in the developing world. Tobacco Control Policy Analysis in China: Economics and Health is the first major volume to provide a comprehensive analysis of the issues in a single developing country. A collaborative effort between U.S. and Chinese scholars, the book presents a compelling case for raising taxes on tobacco products, banning tobacco product promotion, and creating smoke-free environments to protect non-smoking Chinese. Policy scholars and professionals in countries throughout the developing world should emulate the model created by this book. The health of the public demands it."Kenneth E WarnerDean, School of Public Health and Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University ProfessorUniversity of MichiganDirector, University of Michigan Tobacco Research Network"A well-timed and outstanding book. China has already taken many strides in tobacco control, and with the ratification of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, it is now poised for further action. The greatest obstacle is the misperceived concern that tobacco control, especially via raising taxes, would harm the economy, leading to unemployment of farmers and other workers, hurting poor smokers, and reducing tax revenue. This book is therefore timely, coherent, reassuring, authoritative, and encouraging, concluding with the expert health economist's view that tobacco control is good for the wealth as well as the health of China."Dr Judith MackayWorld Lung Foundation, Bloomberg Global Initiative to Reduce Tobacco UseAsian Consultancy on Tobacco Control"There is no market more important to the tobacco industry and no nation posing more challenges to tobacco control than China. With 350 million smokers and 1 million tobacco-caused deaths annually, China is the biggest challenge in international tobacco control. Teh-wei Hu is the world's pre-eminent scholar in Chinese tobacco control. This seminal collection of papers is required reading for all who want to contribute to this unparalleled challenge."Simon ChapmanProfessor of Public HealthUniversity of SydneyEditor, Tobacco ControlTable of ContentsPrevalence of Smoking in China (G H Yang); Economic Burden of Smoking in China, 2000 (H Y Sung et al.); Cigarette Taxation in China: Lesson for International Experiences (T W Hu); The Role of Government in Tobacco Leaf Production in China: National and Local Interventions (T W Hu et al.); Effect of Cigarette Tax on Cigarette Consumption in the Chinese Economy (T W Hu & Z Mao); Cigarette Smoking and Poverty in China (Y Liu et al.); Smoking, Standard of Living, and Poverty in China (T W Hu et al.); China at the Crossroads: The Economics of Tobacco and Health (T W Hu et al.); and other papers.

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Book SynopsisNearly 370 million people in China smoke; about one-third of all smokers in the world are in China; and about 1.2 million deaths in China are attributable to smoking. The death toll is expected to reach 2.2 million in 2030 if no smoking intervention programs are implemented. Taxation on tobacco products is one of the most effective tobacco control programs. This book addresses not only why China should raise cigarette tax, but also how to raise the tobacco tax, by providing decision makers with relevant research findings and quantitative estimate about the impact of raising the tobacco tax. It documents how these research findings were communicated to the Chinese government officials, and how, finally, tobacco tax was raised 10 years after China's ratification of the WHO Frame Work Convention on Tobacco Control Treaty.The purposes of this book are (1) to inform economists, public health professionals, and policymakers about the economic consequences of smoking, (2) to provide the essential economics (particularly related to taxation) and public health information upon which to build the specifics of the taxation policy that is adopted, (3) to identify barriers, challenges, and recommendations for the Chinese government, and (4) to describe how research findings can be disseminated and communicated successfully to Chinese government policy makers. It is a must read for researchers who are interested in China's tobacco control efforts and in how to communicating their findings to the policy makers. It could also be useful for tobacco control professionals, researchers and policy makers in other countries.Table of ContentsPreface: Introduction; Economic Costs of Smoking: Economic Costs Attributable to Smoking in China: An Update and an 8-year Comparison, 2000-2008 (Yang L, Sung HY, Mao Z, Hu TW, Rao K); Secondhand Smoke Exposure at Home in Rural China (Yao T, Sung HY, Mao Z, Hu TW, Max W); The Healthcare Costs of Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Rural China (Yao T, Sung HY, Mao Z, Hu YW, Max W); Demand for Cigarette Consumption: Quality and Spatial Price Variation of Tobacco: Demand Analysis of Household Survey Data in China (Chen, Y, Weibo X); The Effect of Cigarette Prices on Brand-switching in China: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data from the ITC China Survey (White JS, Li J, Hu TW, Fong GT, Jiang Y); The Heterogeneous Effects of Cigarette Prices on Brand Choice in China: Implications for Tobacco Control Policy (Li J, White JS, Hu TW, Fong GT, Jiang Y); The Epidemic of Gift Giving: A Social Barrier to Tobacco Control in China (Zhang XL, Lin S, Hu TW); Tobacco Taxation System and Its Reform Impact: The Role of Taxation in Tobacco Control and Its Potential Economic Impact in China (Hu T-w, Mao Z, Shi J, Chen W); Recent Tobacco Tax Rate Adjustment and Its Potential Impact on Tobacco Control in China (Hu T-w, Mao Z, Shi J); Can Increases in the Cigarette Tax Rate Be Linked to Cigarette Retail Prices? Solving Mysteries Related to the Cigarette Pricing Mechanism in China (Gao S, Zheng R, Hu TW); The Potential Effects of Tobacco Control in China: Projections from the China SimSmoke Simulation Model (Levy D, Rodriguez-Buno RL, Hu TW, Moran AE); The Consequences of Tobacco Tax on Household Health and Finances in Rich and Poor Smokers in China: An Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (Verguet S, Gauvreau C, Mishra S, MaxLennan M, Murphy S, Brouwei E, Nugent R, Zhao K, Jha P, Jamison D); Tobacco Control in China: Barriers, Challenges and Recommendations: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in China: Barriers, Challenges and Recommendations (Hu TW, Lee AH, Mao Z); Tobacco Control in China: From Policy Research to Practice and the Way Forward (Hu TW, Zhang XL);

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Book SynopsisThe Artefacts of Digital Mental Health focuses on smartphone apps, wearables devices, and ingestible sensors, which are at the centre of research, development, and investment in mental health and digitalisation. The book aims to examine digital mental health through three artefacts that are defined by their ubiquity, everydayness, popularity, innovation and hype, and emergent qualities. It engages with theoretical approaches to technology, mental health, and wellbeing informed by Science and Technology Studies, sociological studies of health and mental health, and sociomaterialism. The book brings together different theories of mental health, subjectivity, the body, care, and digitalisation alongside biodigital artefacts as exemplars of transformations in digital mental health.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Artefacts in the making of digital mental health.- Apps and chatbots: The emergence of algorithmic subjectivity.- Wearable devices: Bodies living and becoming with vital artefacts.- Ingestible sensors: Embodied care with/for data.- Coda.

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Book SynopsisExisting portrayals of women who drink typically fall into two categories: disturbing stories of women hitting rock bottom, resulting in ruined careers, families, and futures, or amusing stories of fun and harmless girls' nights out, with women drinking and overindulging as a temporary escape from a never-ending list of work and family demands. Drawing on original research and extensive interviews with a diverse group of women, author Susan Stewart challenges these stereotypes, revealing women's complex relationships with alcohol and factors associated with its use.In On the Rocks Stewart asks a question others might prefer stay buried: what about women''s lives have changed such that they drink more alcohol? Stewart's participants share stories of the many social forces that encourage women to drink: increased marketing of alcohol to women, the growing presence of alcohol in the workplace, pressure to drink from friends and family, and that drinking provides an easy time-out from children and housework. Stewarts'' unvarnished examination of women and drinking challenges readers to think through its implications to individuals, families, and society.

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Book SynopsisIn Public Health Systems in the Age of Financialization, Ana Carolina Cordilha unpacks policy shifts that have transformed public health systems into vehicles for financial speculation and capital accumulation.While it is commonly thought that these systems are being cut back in the period of financialization, the author shows that current changes in public health financing go far beyond budget cuts and privatization measures. She examines how public health systems are adopting financial instruments and participating in financial accumulation strategies, with harmful impacts on transparency, democratic accountability, and health service provision. With an in-depth study of both the French and Brazilian systems, Cordilha explores the different ways in which this process unfolds in central and peripheral countries.

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