Social epidemiology / edited by Lisa F. Berkman, Ichiro Kawachi.

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TextSeries: ERACCE recommended resourcePublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 391 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780199771486
0199771480
1283097990
9781283097994
9786613097996
6613097993
0199879672
9780199879670

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Social epidemiology.DDC classification:

306.4/61 22

LOC classification:

RA418 .S64228 2000eb

NLM classification:

WA 31

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Contents:

A historical framework for social epidemiology / Lisa F. Berkman, Ichiro Kawachi -- Socioeconomic position / John Lynch, George Kaplan -- Discrimination and health / Nancy Krieger -- Income inequality and health / Ichiro Kawachi -- Working conditions and health / Töres Theorell -- The impact of job loss and retirement on health / Stanislav V. Kasl, Beth A. Jones -- Social integration, social networks, social support, and health / Lisa F. Berkman, Thomas Glass -- Social cohesion, social capital, and health / Ichiro Kawachi, Lisa Berkman -- Depression and medical illness / Robert M. Carney, Kenneth E. Freedland -- Affective states and health / Laura Kubzansky, Ichiro Kawachi -- Health behaviors in a social context / Karen M. Emmons -- Psychosocial intervention / Thomas A. Glass -- Toward a new social biology / Eric J. Brunner -- Ecological approaches : rediscovering the role of the physical and social environment / Sally Macintyre, Anne Ellaway -- Multilevel approaches to understanding social determinants / Michael Marmot -- Health and social policy / S. Jody Heymann.

Summary: The authors begin with presentations of theoretical concepts, continue with a recurring discussion of possible mechanisms that can explain the connections between social factors and health behaviors, disease risk and mortality, and finally discuss the applications of the social epidemiology research to the design of effective public health interventions and social policies.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The authors begin with presentations of theoretical concepts, continue with a recurring discussion of possible mechanisms that can explain the connections between social factors and health behaviors, disease risk and mortality, and finally discuss the applications of the social epidemiology research to the design of effective public health interventions and social policies.