The numbering in the index has used bold to indicate pages with a quick access to a precise definition for that particular term.
Ableism, 44
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), 178
AIDS coalition to unleash power (ACT-UP), 108
alcohol, 4, 14, 17, 35, 92, 93, 99, 103, 120, 159, 195
Alma Ata declaration, 41
alternative press, 102
anti-sweatshop movement, 36
Bangkok Charter, 84
behavioural approach, 17
behavioural risk factors, 160
breast cancer, 75, 155, 173, 190
breastfeeding movement, 15, 16
built environment, 48, 49, 96, 132, 192
chemotherapy, 129
child guarding, 23
child maltreatment, 23
childbirth, 93, 116, 117, 118, 165
childhood obesity, 132, 133, 163
civil society, 33, 34, 45, 75, 76, 85, 109, 115, 136, 141
communicable disease prevention, 29
community based rehabilitation (CBR), 44
community development, 10, 11, 36
corporate social responsibility, 36
counselling and therapy, 4, 5, 121, 179
crisis communication, 157
diabetes, 6, 61, 92, 120, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 159, 169, 195
Directly Observed Therapy (DOTs), 31
Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY), 159
discrimination, 7, 43, 44, 64, 95, 107, 108, 122, 151, 167, 168, 190
disease prevention, 7, 29, 40, 128, 129
domestic violence, 176, 183, 189
double burden of disease, 114, 132
drug misuse, 3
drug resistance, 31
Ebola, 31
environmental breast cancer movement, 173
environmental protection, 49
epidemic, 30, 88, 89, 108, 155
ethics, 13
evidence hierarchy, 54
Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI), 77
First Nations, 93
gap (knowledge and practice), 104, 105
gender based violence, 183, 189
gender equality, 64, 65, 121, 184, 190
genetic predisposition, 3, 119
global health, 67
hard power, 146
harm minimization, 99
harm reduction, 4
health activism, 2
health behaviour, 17, 19, 48, 80, 149, 160
health education, 86
health status, 17, 26, 70, 79, 92, 96, 133
healthy public policy, 82
heart disease, 111, 120, 131, 132, 149, 159
homelessness, 7, 23, 96, 107, 170, 171
individual empowerment, 46
Information and Communication Technology, 101
informed choice, 110, 152, 158, 178
infrastructure for health, 85
injury prevention, 98
intactivists, 65
Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI), 118
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 26
International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA), 74
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, 44
journalism
investigative, 102
knowledge, attitude and practice survey, 104, 105
Kushner, Rose, 155
kwashiorkor, 115
lay epidemiology, 51
lay health worker, 186
life skills, 24, 164, 167, 184
lifestyle drift, 96
corporate, 16
mal-distribution of human resources, 87, 88
marasmus, 115
marginalisation, 107, 136, 137, 143, 198
mass media, 8, 18, 51, 102, 103, 105, 108, 164, 178
maternal and child under-nutrition, 114
maternal mortality ratio, 116
media advocacy, 8
medical hygiene, 89
mental health promotion, 123, 124
microcredit, 171
microfinance, 171
micronutrients, 114, 115, 132, 194
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), 30, 58
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 79, 88, 118
minority stress model, 107
negative population growth, 144
neglected tropical diseases, 32
new public health, 40
New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC), 151, 152
newborn health, 117
obesogenic environment, 132, 133
occupational safety and health, 151, 191, 192, 193
one-to-one communication, 19
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, 84
outbreaks, 26
overpopulation, 144
palliative care, 130
Participatory Action Research, 137
patient centred clinical method, 47
patient empowerment, 46
Patients Association, 81
People’s Health Movement, 51
PhotoVoice, 38
physiological risk factors, 110, 160
planetary health, 67
population growth rate, 144, 145
powerlessness, 11, 38, 48, 57, 60, 64, 139, 161, 164
practitioner-patient relationship, 44, 173
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), 109
pregnancy, 29, 113, 116, 118, 140, 166
pressure groups, 45, 47, 65, 82, 123, 172, 179
primary health care, 41, 42, 94
Protein-Energy Malnutrition (PEM), 114
psychological risk factors, 110, 122, 160, 169
Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), 54, 123
reproductive health, 120, 121, 165, 166, 167
salutogenesis, 69
Sanger, Margaret, 156
Schools for Health in Europe (SHE), 162
screening, 75, 78, 119, 121, 123, 129, 151, 162
self-advocacy, 9
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), 30
sex workers, 140, 150, 151, 166
sexual rights, 166
situation assessment, 125, 126
smoking cessation, 13, 17, 99, 111, 129, 178, 179, 180, 182
Snow, John, 51
social and behaviour change communication, 19
social causation, 122
social drift, 122
social exclusion, 93, 106, 122, 151, 168
social gradient, 96, 129, 168, 169
social justice, 36, 41, 123, 154
social marketing, 56
social media, 33, 163, 192, 195
social policy, 83
soft power, 146
spider web configuration, 21, 22
stewardship, 83
Students Against Drunk Driving Substance dependence, 195
supportive environments, 49, 58, 85, 111, 123, 152, 164, 196
target audience, 19, 56, 57, 58
top-down, 18, 105, 106, 125, 133, 136, 157, 181
tuberculosis, 29, 31, 155, 159
universal health coverage, 42
violence against women, 183, 184
Virchow, Rudolph, 155
Whole-of Government (WoG), 76
whole-system reform, 78
women’s health movement, 190
young people, 136, 140, 166, 179, 194, 196
zero lift policy, 98