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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459702103321

Titolo

Social epidemiology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lisa F. Berkman, Ichiro Kawachi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-283-09799-0

9786613097996

0-19-977148-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BerkmanLisa F

KawachiIchirō

Disciplina

306.4/61

Soggetti

Social medicine

Epidemiology - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Contributors; 1. A Historical Framework for Social Epidemiology; 2. Socioeconomic Position; 3. Discrimination and Health; 4. Income Inequality and Health; 5. Working Conditions and Health; 6. The Impact of Job Loss and Retirement on Health; 7. Social Integration, Social Networks, Social Support, and Health; 8. Social Cohesion, Social Capital, and Health; 9. Depression and Medical Illness; 10. Affective States and Health; 11. Health Behaviors in a Social Context; 12. Psychosocial Intervention; 13. Toward a New Social Biology

14. Ecological Approaches: Rediscovering the Role of the Physical and Social Environment15. Multilevel Approaches to Understanding Social Determinants; 16. Health and Social Policy; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The authors of this groundbreaking text define social epidemiology as the study of the social determinants of health, implying that an important goal of public health is to identify and address factors in the social environment that may be related to health outcomes. In the first systematic account of this field, they focus on the major social variables that influence health, including socioeconomic position, income distribution, race/ethnicity, gender, social networks/social



support, social capital and community cohesion, work environment, life transitions, and affective psychological states.