With new chapters on key topics such as mental health, the environment, race, ethnicity and health, and pharmaceuticals, this new edition maintains its multidisciplinary framework and bridges the gap between health policy and the sociology of health. It builds upon the success of the first by encompassing a range of issues, studies, and disciplines. The broad coverage of topics in addition to new chapters present an engagement with contemporary issues, resulting in a valuable teaching aid.

Chapter 1: Introduction - Susan C. Scrimshaw, Sandra D. Lane, Robert A. Rubinstein, & Julian FisherPart 1: Culture, Society and HealthChapter 2: Cultural Variation in the Experience of Health and Illness - Pamela I. Erickson & Cynthia A. FrankChapter 3: The Intersectional Impact of Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Place on Social Determinants of Health across the Life Course - Ruth Enid Zambrana, Deborah Parra-Medina, & Courtney ButlerChapter 4: The Social Causation of Health and Illness - Johannes SiegristChapter 5: The History of the Changing Concepts of Health and Illness: Outline of a General Model of Illness Categories - Bryan S. TurnerChapter 6: The Sociomaterial Nature of the Body and Medicine - Deborah LuptonChapter 7: Network Analysis: The Social Bridge to Health - Douglas A. Luke & Beth Prusaczyk Chapter 8: Personal Experience of Illness - Christine Holmberg & Martina BreuningChapter 9: Anthropological Approaches to Food and Nutrition - Miguel Cuj & Susan C. ScrimshawChapter 10: Community Engaged Learning: Community Health and Learning Through Service in Sri Lanka - Suzanne Gaulocher, Ewen N. Wang, Vinya Ariyaratne, & Tumisang RameriaPart 2: Lived ExperiencesChapter 11: Historical Trauma and Epigenetics - Wencheng Zhang, Gary Rodziewicz, Margaret Voss, & Sandra LaneChapter 12: Historical Trauma and Health Injustice in Indigenous Communities - Corinne Abrams & Lois JircitanoChapter 13: Refugees, Life in Host Communities, and Health Challenges - Julia McDaniel, Andrea Shaw, & Jok Madut JokChapter 14: Gender and Health - Humayra Mayat, Mariel Rivera, & Sandra D. LaneChapter 15: A Public Health Approach to Loneliness and Isolation among Older Adults - Thomas Prohaska, Roger O'Sullican, Gerard Leavey, & Annette BurnsChapter 16: Mental Illness, the Global Landscape of Stigma, and the Power of Social Relationships - Bernice Pescosolido & Bianca N. ManagoChapter 17: From Ableism to Amplitude: A celebration of dis/ability - Norah A. SchwartzChapter 18: Social and Geo-Political Factors Influencing Trends in Substance Use - Dessa Bergen-Cico, David Otiashvili, Irma Kirtadze, & Jay Jeong Hyun ParkPart 3: Health Care Systems, Access and UseChapter 19: Comparative Health Systems: Paradigm Changes - Cecilia Vindrola-Padros & Linda WhitefordChapter 20: Health Service Utilization and Barriers to Health Care - Lutchmie Narine & Ambika KrishnakumarChapter 21: Measuring Health and Health Related Quality of Life - Manu Raj MathurChapter 22: Lay Participation in Healthcare Policy, Planning and Practice: To What End? - Deena WhiteChapter 23: Complementary and Integrative Health & Medicine (CIHM) Practices and Systems - Elizabeth A. Goldblatt & Stacey GomesChapter 24: Childbirth, Midwifery, and Obstetrics: Global Issues in Maternity Care - Robbie Davis-Floyd & Ibu Robin LimChapter 25: Medicalization and Pharmaceuticalisation: A Conceptual Analysis - Tom Douglass & Michael CalnanChapter 26: Digital Health: An Important Public Health Tool - Lina Williatte-Pellitteri, Nesrine Benyahia, Thierry Moulin, & Nicolas Giraudeau Chapter 27: Health Behaviors and Social Media - Bhavneet Walia & Christopher BoudreauxPart 4: Health in Environmental and Planetary ContextChapter 28: The Ecological Paradox: Health and Environment in the 21st Century - Daniel Hryhorczuk & Alex HryhorczukChapter 29: Connecting Human Health to Nature Health: The Bridging Potential of Sustainable Food Systems - Stephan Rist & Theresa TribaldosChapter 30: Syndemics and Structural Violence - Merrill Singer & Barbara Rylko-BauerChapter 31: Disasters and Health - Robert A. RubinsteinChapter 32: Occupational Health in the 21st Century - Lorraine M. Conroy & Linda ForstChapter 33: Economics and Health Policy in the Context of the SDG 2030 Agenda - From idea to action - Jesús Gómez Rossi & Falk SchwendickeChapter 34: The Social Determinants of Lifelong Learning - Julian Fisher, Patricia Cuff, Ian Couper, Klaus von Pressentin, Roger Strasser, Lionel Green-Thompson, & Aparna Roy