by
Leung, Ping-Chung, 1941-
Call Number
613.2 22
Publication Date
2013
Summary
The fear of death may translate into the desire for longevity. However, longevity is a true blessing only if it is coupled with good health. Healthiness, in today's expectation, is not simply a disease free state. Rather, it is very much a state of wellbeing and competence, both physically and socially. While Oriental medicine emphasizes on the promotion of physiological balance and internal balance as an integral requirement for longevity, other cultures also have various sophisticated concepts and orientations. This book successfully collates all the different views and approaches from Austria, Russia, China and Japan in the exploration of health, wellbeing, competence and aging.
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49101.4961
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Adamson, Peter, 1946 September 23-
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305.23 22
Publication Date
2013
Summary
PART ONE presents a league table of child well-being in 29 of the world's advanced economies. PART TWO looks at what children say about their own well-being (including a league table of children's life satisfaction). PART THREE examines changes in child well-being in advanced economies over the first decade of the 2000s, looking at each country's progress in educational achievement, teenage birth rates, childhood obesity levels, the prevalence of bullying, and the use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs.
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49100.3477
by
Ash, Neville.
Call Number
333.714 22
Publication Date
2010
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47544.8711
by
Young, Janette (Janette O.) (Janette O.), editor.
Call Number
306.4812 DOM
Publication Date
2018
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47539.7500
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English-Lueck, J. A. (June Anne), 1953-
Call Number
362.10979473 22
Publication Date
2010
Summary
As the great American work-benefit experiment erodes, companies are increasingly asking people to take responsibility for managing their own health. This book explores this health culture, detailing the biomedical, countercultural, and immigrant-based beliefs and practices that shape ideas about working, care-giving, and more.
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47539.6797
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McGene, Juliana, author.
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358.4112 23
Publication Date
2013
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Examines social fitness, the combination of resources from social connections that influence how individuals respond to stressful circumstances, to identify methods of increasing social connectedness and support among U.S. Airmen and their families.
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46124.3164
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Polachek, S. W.
Call Number
331 22
Publication Date
2010
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46124.3125
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Prilleltensky, Isaac, 1959- author.
Call Number
301 23
Publication Date
2016
Summary
Do you experience stress? Are you interested in better health and well-being? Do you pursue happiness? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need to read this book. If you answered no, you're in denial. All of us can use a little help to become happier or healthier. Unfortunately, the help we get is often too scary: "if you don't do this or that, some catastrophic event of epic proportions will happen." Prilleltensky's approach, in contrast, is to help you become healthier and happier through laughter. In this hilarious book, Prilleltensky combines humor with science to help you i
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46124.2891
by
Biddle, Stuart.
Call Number
613.71019 22
Publication Date
2003
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44825.9844
by
Liu, Hui, 1977- editor.
Call Number
306.848 23
Publication Date
2020
Summary
"Studies have shown that married couples have better mental and physical health than unmarried people. Leading scholars and policy makers propose that marriage can provide similar benefits to people in both same-sex and different-sex relationships. Though research on the health and well-being of same-sex couples is a new and growing field, Marriage and Health: The Well-Being of Same-Sex Couples represents the forefront of marriage and health research and the far-reaching policy implications for the health of same-sex couples. This collection of essays presents new perspectives that address current opportunities and challenges faced by people in same-sex unions in multiple domains of well-being, including physical and mental health, social support, socialized behaviors, and stigmas. The book offers a broad view of same-sex couples' experiences by examining not only marriage and civil unions, but also dating and cohabiting relationships as well as same-sex sexual experiences outside of relationships"--
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44824.1289
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Schaie, K. Warner (Klaus Warner), 1928-
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305.260973 22
Publication Date
2007
Summary
Examines the effects of the aging baby boomers in America on health care, migration and immigration and how it can support the tax health care networks, cultural issues regarding access to health care, and changing cultural attitudes towards marriage and family that are affecting the relationships between the elderly and their communities.
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44822.2617
by
Howell, Nancy.
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613.2089961 22
Publication Date
2010
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Life Histories of the Dobe!Kung re-examines an important anthropological data set collected by Nancy Howell and colleagues for the Dobe!Kung, the well-known "Bushmen" of the Kalahari Desert. Using life history analysis, Howell reinterprets this rich material to address the question of how these hunter-gatherers maintain their notably good health from childhood through old age in the Kalahari's harsh environment. She divides the population into life history stages that correlate with estimated chronological ages and demonstrates how and why they survive, even thrive, on a modest allotment of.
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43630.5117
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