Health, Illness and Wellbeing: Perspectives and Social Determinants introduces students to the important ideas that underlie the field of public health today. Written for beginning students, it provides an overview of the forces and trends that combine to shape the health of individuals, communities, and populations, within a conceptual framework of determinants of health.

1. Health, Illness and Well-being: An Introduction ; PART 1 PERSPECTIVES OF HEALTH, ILLNESS AND WELL-BEING ; 2. Introduction to Pathogens and Impacts on Health and Illness ; 3. Introduction to Epidemiology ; 4. Human Genetics and Inheritance: Biological, Social, Cultural and Environmental Perspective ; 5. Chronic Illness and the Genome ; 6. Ageing and health: Biological, social and environmental perspectives ; 7. Introduction to Health Promotion ; 8. Anthropogenic Change and Human Health ; 9. Climate Change: Drivers and Health Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for the Health Sector ; 10. Health and the Living Environment ; PART 2 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, ILLNESS AND WELL-BEING ; 11. Social Determinants of Health: Historical Developments and Global Implications ; 12. Health as a Social Construct ; 13. Health throughout the Life Course ; 14. Language, Culture, and Health ; 15. Deviance, Difference, and Stigma as Social Determinants of Health ; 16. Health and the Media ; 17. Health and Social Justice ; 18. The Economics of Health and Disease ; 19. The Social Determinants and the Health Care System