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Health Studies
Featured titles in Health Studies
- Taking a unique look at health promotion and aging in Canada, this edited collection uses the action framework in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion to explore the factors and issues related to the health of older adults. The book is organized around the five action areas... more
Promoting the Health of Older Adults
The Canadian Experience
Irving Rootman, Peggy Edwards, Mélanie Levasseur, Frances Grunberg
- The revised third edition of the formerly titled Substance Use and Abuse retains its comprehensive, holistic examination of the field of substance use and misuse from a Canadian perspective. Now organized into seven sections, the 30 chapters examine the nature of addiction; ex... more
- Poverty, Mental Health, and Social Inclusion offers a comprehensive selection of chapters written by academic researchers as well as direct practitioners and mental health consumer-survivors to examine the intersection of poverty, mental health, and social exclusion. With the ... more
Poverty, Mental Health, and Social Inclusion
Cheryl Forchuk, Rick Csiernik
- Now in its third edition, this comprehensive text provides a unique, interdisciplinary perspective on poverty and its impact on the health and quality of life of Canadians. Considering a broad range of topics, Dennis Raphael covers the central issues of defining and measuring ... more
- December 2021
- 9781773382913
- $39.95 Print
- December 2021
- 9781773382791
- $69.95 Print
Research Literacy for Health and Community Practice, Second Edition
Sonya Jakubec, Barbara Astle
- December 2021
- 9781773382760
- $54.95 Print
- August 2021
- 9781773382678
- $84.95 Print
- $79.95 Digital
The Politics of Dental Care in Canada
Carlos Quiñonez
- July 2021
- 9781773382401
- $69.95 Print
- $64.95 Digital
Promoting the Health of Older Adults
The Canadian Experience
Irving Rootman, Peggy Edwards, Mélanie Levasseur, Frances Grunberg
- July 2021
- 9781773382586
- $54.95 Print
- $49.95 Digital
- April 2021
- 9781773382296
- $87.95 Print
- $82.95 Digital
- March 2021
- 9781773382234
- $79.95 Print
- $74.95 Digital
Poverty, Mental Health, and Social Inclusion
Cheryl Forchuk, Rick Csiernik
- March 2021
- 9781773382265
- $95.95 Print
- $90.95 Digital
- January 2021
- 9781773382173
- $89.95 Print
- $84.95 Digital
Canadian Perspectives on Advanced Practice Nursing, Second Edition
Eric Staples, Roger Pilon, Ruth A. Hannon
- October 2020
- 9781773382012
- $69.95 Print
- $64.95 Digital
Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Canadian Context
An Introduction
Kimberly Maich, Sharon C. Penney, Kelly Alves, Carmen Hall
- August 2020
- 9781773381923
- $89.95 Print
- $84.95 Digital
- August 2020
- 9781773381893
- $49.95 Print
- $44.95 Digital
The Politics of Health in the Canadian Welfare State
Toba Bryant, Dennis Raphael
- July 2020
- 9781773382043
- $79.95 Print
- $74.95 Digital
Introduction to Mental Health for Child and Youth Care
Patti Ranahan, Stanley Kutcher, Mina Hashish
- December 2019
- 9781773381305
- $89.95 Print
- $84.95 Digital
Staying Alive, Third Edition
Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care
Toba Bryant, Dennis Raphael, Marcia Rioux
- November 2019
- 9781773381602
- $64.95 Print
- $59.95 Digital
The Essential Guide to Psychoactive Drugs in Canada, Second Edition
A Resource for Counselling Professionals
Rick Csiernik
- May 2019
- 9781773381060
- $74.95 Print
- $69.95 Digital
Debating Health Care Ethics, Second Edition
Canadian Contexts
Patrick Findler, Doran Smolkin, Warren Bourgeois
- May 2019
- 9781773381213
- $74.95 Print
- $69.95 Digital