Expanding the Boundaries of Health and Social Science: Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Innovation

They demonstrate, using cynomogus monkeys, that social disruptions and instability promote coronary atherogenesis. Chapters 5 through 8 address the relationship between affective and cognitive neuroscience and span a range of levels; the authors review research that extends from molecular approaches in animals to brain imaging in humans. Davidson Chapter 6 presents an overview of recent findings on the neural substrates of emotion. In Chapter 7, Kosslyn presents how visual mental imagery has progressed from a time of introspective analysis alone to an examination of the underlying brain circuitry.

The authors outline how a combination of behavioral methods, computational modeling, and brain imaging provided the requisite tools to understand the mechanisms that underlie mental imagery. In Chapter 8, Dr. Meaney discusses the effect of parental care on the psychology and biology of offspring. The use of rodents provides a detailed model of how early environmental influences can induce changes in the biology of the offspring at the level of gene expression. Authors of Chapters 9 through 12 discuss how social and behavioral scientists together with biomedical researchers advance knowledge of positive health.

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Positive health is focused on the nature, antecedents, and consequences of human flourishing. Chapter 10 by Ryff and Singer addresses the topic of human resilience using a biopsychosocial approach. Resilience is the capacity to maintain or regain health and well-being in the face of adversity. Seeman draws on both social epidemiology and neuroendocrinology in Chapter 11 to address the protective effects of psychological strengths, social ties, and social support on health.

Chapter 12, by George, examines the relationship between religion, spirituality, and health.

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Chapters 13 through 15 examine the biodemography of aging, which examines the biology of human life, which creates the conditions under which social factors affect health and longevity. In Chapter 14, Michael Marmot examines how social resources such as social status affect biological functioning, illness, and length of life.

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Demographer Jay Olshansky and biologist Bruce Carnes examine in Chapter 15 the population consequences of the biological etiology of disease and death for individuals. The case studies provide cogent examples of how a range of behavioral and social science approaches have been used to tackle one of our most important public health problems. Schneiderman and Antoni in Chapter 17 largely focus on group-based, cognitive-behavioral stress management interventions among HIV-infected individuals.

Expanding the Boundaries of Health and Social Science: Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Innovation

Chesney and Coates, in Chapter 18, discuss the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies and its various notable findings such as identifying important variables associated with medication nonadherence in HIV-seropositive patients. Status, stress and heart disease: Kaplan and Stephen B. Thriving in the face of challenge: Ryff and Burton Singer Integrating psychosocial factors with biology: Religion, spirituality and health: In search of Methuselah: Jay Olshansky and Bruce A.

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Open to the public. Barwon Health Library Service. Not open to the public Held. Edith Cowan University Library. La Trobe University Library. Moreover, scholars and researchers who wish to engage in such interdisciplinary inquiry have no texts that serve as substantive and practical guides to the most effective avenues.

This volume fills this unfortunate gap by presenting a series of case studies that provide a variety of illustrative models of how best to undertake interdisciplinary research on health. All the authors have successfully carried out innovative, collaborative research programs; they give compelling accounts of the benefits of interdisciplinary research, and the central strategies required for successfully achieving such benefits.

This volume will be an invaluable resource for scholars and scientists, as well as for decision-makers in academic settings, foundations, and government agencies seeking to develop and promote interdisciplinary programs that expand the boundaries of research dedicated to improving human health and well-being. Approaching Interdisciplinary Research, John W.

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Risk of Hypertensive Heart Disease: Girdler, and Alan L. Status, Strees, and Heart Disease: Kaplan and Stephen B. Domain Introduction, Richard J. Domain Introduction, Carol D.

Thriving in the Face of Challenge: Ryff and Burton Singer Integrating Psychosocial Factors with Biology: