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Play and playfulness for public health and wellbeing / edited by Alison Tonkin and Julia Whitaker.

Holman Biotech Commons RJ505.P6 P53 2019
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Tonkin, Alison, 1962- editor.
Whitaker, Julia, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Play therapy.
Play Therapy.
Public Health.
Health Policy.
Social Environment.
Public health.
Medical policy.
Well-being.
Medical Subjects:
Play Therapy.
Public Health.
Health Policy.
Social Environment.
Physical Description:
xv, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Summary:
This innovative book extends the play debate by assembling and examining the many pieces of the play puzzle from the perspective of public health--back cover.
Contents:
Improving the public's health through playful endeavors / Julia Whitaker and Alison Tonkin
Playing for a healthy brain / Alison Tonkin
The science of public health / Alison Tonkin and Lisa Whiting
The art of public health and the wisdom of play : participation in the creative arts as a route to health and wellbeing / Eric Fleming and Julia Whitaker
Playing together : the art and the science of relationships / Julia Whitaker and Alison Tonkin
Play, attachment and the empathy-equity connection / Julia Whitaker
Finding playfulness in the everyday : an antidote to the saturation of modern family life / Julia Whitaker
The playful pursuit of child public health / Jenni Etchells and Alison Tonkin
Play, disability and public health / Claire Weldon and Alison Tonkin
A playful working life and beyond / Christina Freeman and Alison Tonkin
Playing in a digital world / Alison Tonkin
A place for play : creating playful environments for health and wellbeing / Julia Whitaker and Alison Tonkin
Playful policy / Rachel Bayliss and Alison Tonkin
Playful endings : making meaning at the end of life / Julia Whitaker and Alison Tonkin.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
ebook version :
ISBN:
9781138541665
1138541664
9781138541689
1138541680
OCLC:
1067222756

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