Social Capital and Health

Ichiro Kawachi, S.V. Subramanian, Daniel Kim (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

292 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4419-2435-3 (ISBN)

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Social Capital and Health discusses social capital—a concept that originated in the social sciences—and its application to the field of public health. The editors take care to define the concept of social capital, describe its theoretical origins, and discuss the controversies and debates surrounding the use of the concept in public health research and practice. The book provides a comprehensive "tool kit" of current approaches to measure social capital. Further, the book surveys the empirical evidence linking social capital to physical and mental health outcomes, health-related behaviors (like smoking), and aging-related outcomes.

Ichiro Kawachi is a Professor of Social Epidemiology in the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is also Director of the Harvard Center for Society and Health. He has authored several books with Oxford University Press and New Press on society and health. S.V. Subramanian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. He has a PhD in geography with specialization in multilevel statistical methods, and he also has a master's degree in the field of development studies. Daniel Kim is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. He completed residency training in community medicine at the University of Toronto. He also has a doctor of public health degree in social epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Social Capital and Health.- Social Capital and Health.- Measurement of Social Capital.- Measurement of Individual Social Capital.- The Measurement of Community Social Capital Through Surveys.- Network-Based Approaches for Measuring Social Capital.- Actual or Potential Neighborhood Resources for Health.- Social Capital and Public Health.- The Economic Approach to Cooperation and Trust.- Empirical Evidence.- Social Capital and Physical Health.- Social Capital and Mental Health.- Social Capital and Health-Related Behaviors.- Social Capital and Aging-Related Outcomes*.- Social Capital and Health Communications.- Disaster Preparedness and Social Capital.- Social Capital and Health.

Zusatzinfo	X, 292 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4419-2435-3 / 1441924353
ISBN-13	978-1-4419-2435-3 / 9781441924353
Zustand	Neuware