Edited by Kevin Dew and Sarah Donovan, Sociology and Social Policy Programme, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

• Contents:Introduction to theEncyclopedia of HealthResearch in the Social Sciences xKevin Dew and Sarah DonovanAnimal studies and healthcare 1James GillettBig data in healthcare 7Mary F.E. EbelingBreastfeeding 12Emily Hansen and Jennifer AytonChronic illness 18Dima Rusho and Narelle WarrenCommercial determinants of health 24Sarah HillCommunication research onclimate change 30Eryn Campbell, Sri SaahityaUppalapati, John Kotcher, andEdward MaibachComplementary and alternativemedicine 36Caragh BrosnanComplexity theory and evaluation 42Elizabeth McGillContested illness 48Tarryn Phillips and CatherineTrundleCritical policy analysis 54Heather Came and DominicO’SullivanCritical quantitative research 59Lindsay McLarenCritical realism 65Lee F. MonaghanCultural health capital 71Leslie Dubbin and Janet K. ShimDeath and dying 77Rebecca E. Olson and Zhaoxi ZhengDementia studies 82James Rupert FletcherDigital health 88Benjamin Marent and Flis HenwoodDisasters and health 94Sudeepa AbeysingheDiscourse analysis 98Ewen SpeedEconomics for health equity 103Lindsay McLarenEthical sensibilities inethnographies of care 109Ignacia Arteaga and Henry LlewellynEthnicity, racism and health 115Hannah BradbyFeminism and population health 122Kalysha Closson and Allison CarterFraming pollution 128Lesley HendersonGenetic medicine 135Courtney AddisonHarm reduction 140Rebecca J. Haines-Saah andElaine HyshkaHealth promotion 146Morten Hulvej Rod andKatherine L. FrohlichHermeneutic phenomenology 151Susan CrowtherHormonal contraception 158Nayantara Sheoran AppletonIndigenous peoples and health research 164Anna Adcock and Fiona CramIndoor ecologies and health 169Rachael Wakefield-RannLeadership 175David EvansLGBTQ+ health and social research 181Anthony K.J. Smith and Christy E.NewmanLife course research 187David BlaneMedicalisation 192Kevin DewMicro-analysis and health interactions 198Maria StubbeMobilities and health 204Judith GreenNature and wellbeing 211Jonathan (Yotti) KingsleyNeoliberalism 216Peri BallantyneNew medical technologies 221John GardnerOccupational health and safety 227Josh BartonOlder age 232Gavin J. Andrews and StephanieHatzifilalithisPandemics and epidemics 237Robert DingwallPharmaceuticalisation 243Jonathan GabePostmodernism and health research 248Lee ThompsonPractice theory and health intervention 251Fiona SpotswoodPrenatal screening 256Ruth P. FitzgeraldProfessionalization 261Jette ErnstQualitative evidence synthesis 266Christopher J. ColvinQualitative interviews 271Hilary Thomas and Sarah EarthyResponsibility 277Catherine TrundleScience and Technology Studies 283Catherine M. MontgomerySensory methods 288Marilys Guillemin and Susan M. CoxSexuality and health 293Maria Isabel Romero RuizSocial class and health inequalities 299Sarah HillSocial marketing 305Fiona SpotswoodSociology of pesticides 310Manuel ValléeStigma and public health 317Tamar M.J. Antin and Emile SandersSymbolic interactionism 322James Rupert FletcherTranslational research 328Trisha Greenhalgh and Anne E. FerreyTrust 335Michael CalnanVaccination debates 342Brian MartinVideo-reflexive ethnography 346Katherine CarrollViolence against women 352Janet L. FanslowVisual methods 359Susan M. Cox and Marilys GuilleminWellbeing 365Kim McLeod

‘Kevin Dew and Sarah Donovan offer an invaluable conceptual toolkit for health researchers wanting to learn more about what the social sciences have to offer them. The range of topics covered in this volume is impressive, providing guidance to key ideas, debates and further reading on specialist topics.’