Health and Society
The group focuses on the sociological study of public health, health promotion and health protection, in resource poor and research rich contexts, with emphasis on (1) the social, natural and built environment, and (2) the role of actors and social institutions in advancing health and wellbeing.
Research
Our research group uses a holistic view to health, considering physical, social, mental and spiritual well-being. Health is created in everyday-life and arises from interaction between individual lifestyle, the social and physical environment.
Education
The Bachelor Health and Society (BGM) and the Master specialization Health and Society (MHS) at Wageningen University & Research offer the unique opportunity to study health issues both inside and outside the health care sector taking into account the interaction between lifestyle and the social and physical environment.
The Health and Society group is part of Centre for Space, Place and Society
Latest publications
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Unravelling mechanisms underlying the action principles of a community-based health promotion programme: a realist evaluation
Archives of Public Health 81 (2023). - ISSN 0778-7367 -
Barriers and Facilitators for Patient-Centered Care for Hospitalized COVID Patients: Lived Experiences from Ex-hospitalized Patients and Health Care Professionals
Human Organization 81 (2022)4. - ISSN 0018-7259 - p. 304 - 315.
