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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816103803321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-773794-3

0-19-987967-2

1-283-09799-0

9786613097996

0-19-977148-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

BerkmanLisa F

KawachiIchiro

Disciplina

306.4/61

Soggetti

Social medicine

Epidemiology - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2000.

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

This systematic account of social epidemiology discusses the major social variables that affect health, such as socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, gender, working conditions and social support.