Living with Health Inequalities: Upstream–Downstream Connections

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Anne Rogers (University of Southampton, UK) David Pilgrim (David Pilgrim, University of Liverpool, UK.)

Living with Health Inequalities

Upstream–Downstream Connections

Anne Rogers (University of Southampton, UK), David Pilgrim (David Pilgrim, University of Liverpool, UK.)

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Routledge
30 November 2023

Illness & addiction: social aspects; Social discrimination; Personal & public health; Medical sociology

This book explores how people encounter, understand, live with and respond to health risks associated with social, economic and political inequality. Complementing a traditional public health approach, the book moves beyond a focus on categories of morbidity and their structural causes. Instead, it focuses on everyday understandings and actions for people living in unequal social conditions. Making use of a variety of case studies related to physical and mental health, the authors emphasise interpersonal relationships, biographical meanings and the daily tactics of ‘getting by’. These are recurrently linked to the social-structural aspects of particular times and places.

The book:

Draws upon, applies and extends the biopsychosocial approach, which is well known to students of public health. Respects and gives due weight to the experience in context of people who live with health inequalities, in domestic and local settings. Explores notions of personal agency and the contingencies of everyday life, in order to offer a focused psycho-social compliment to a public health tradition dominated by top-down reasoning.

This is an important read for all those seeking to understand the complexities of health inequalities holistically in their studies, research and practice. The book brings together thinking in the fields of public health, sociology, mental health and social policy.

By: Anne Rogers (University of Southampton UK), David Pilgrim (David Pilgrim, University of Liverpool, UK.)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780367458379
ISBN 10: 0367458373
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 30 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anne Rogers is Professor (Emeritus) of Medical Sociology at the University of Southampton, UK. Her research interests are in the sociological aspects of mental health and illness, self-care and management of long-term conditions, people’s experiences of health care, health need and demand for care, and how patients adapt to and incorporate new technologies into their everyday life. Her most recent interests are focused on addressing how social ties and relationships operate in domestic and community settings and act as a conduit for accessing resources and support for managing wellness, social isolation and mental health. David Pilgrim is Honorary Professor of Health and Social Policy at the University of Liverpool, UK, and Visiting Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Southampton, UK. He has had a long-term interdisciplinary interest in mental health policy, which draws upon psychology, history, sociology and philosophy.