Social Capital and Health - Kawachi, Ichiro / Subramanian, S.V. / Kim, Daniel (eds.)
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As interest in social capital has grown over the past decade-particularly in public health -so has the lack of consensus on exactly what it is and what makes it worth studying. Ichiro Kawachi, a widely respected leader in the field, and 21 contributors (including physicians, economists, and public health experts) discuss the theoretical origins of social capital, the strengths and limitations of current methodologies of measuring it, and salient examples of social capital concepts informing public health practice.
Among the highlights:
Measurement methods: survey, sociometric,…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
As interest in social capital has grown over the past decade-particularly in public health -so has the lack of consensus on exactly what it is and what makes it worth studying. Ichiro Kawachi, a widely respected leader in the field, and 21 contributors (including physicians, economists, and public health experts) discuss the theoretical origins of social capital, the strengths and limitations of current methodologies of measuring it, and salient examples of social capital concepts informing public health practice.

Among the highlights:

Measurement methods: survey, sociometric, ethnographic, experimental

The relationship between social capital and physical health and health behaviors: smoking, substance abuse, physical activity, sexual activity

Social capital and mental health: early findings

Social capital and the aging community

Social capital and disaster preparedness

Social Capital and Health is certain to inspire a newgeneration of research on this topic, and will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in public health, health behavior, and social epidemiology.
Autorenporträt
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.  
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From the reviews:

"This edited book is designed to provide an up-to-date description of scholarly thinking about the concept of social capital and its relationships to health outcomes. ... Public health students and researchers interested in social and behavioral predicates of health are the intended audience. ... The chapter authors are published and knowledgeable in their respective areas. This book will provide students and academic researchers with a very good, up-to-date accounting of the state-of-the-field in thinking about and studying social capital and its relationship to health." (Anne B. Wallis, Doody's Review Service, January 2008)

"The book consists of an introduction plus two large sections, the first on the measurement of social capital and the second on the evidence linking social capital to health. ... This book will be a useful reference for anyone interested in understanding and studying the many and complex ways in which social relationships may affect health." (Ana V. Diez Roux, American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 168, 2008)