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Social epidemiology / edited by Lisa F. Berkman, Ichiro Kawachi, M. Maria Glymour.
Van Pelt Library RA418 .S64228 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social medicine.
- Epidemiology--Social aspects.
- Epidemiology.
- Social Medicine.
- Health Status Disparities.
- Public Policy.
- Medical Subjects:
- Social Medicine.
- Epidemiology.
- Health Status Disparities.
- Public Policy.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 615 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- Text in English.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Historical framework for social epidemiology : social determinants of population health / Lisa F. Berkman and Ichiro Kawachi
- Socioeconomic status and health / M. Maria Glymour, Mauricio Avendano, and Ichiro Kawachi
- Discrimination and health inequities / Nancy Krieger
- Income inequality / Ichiro Kawachi and SV Subramanian
- Working conditions and health / Lisa F. Berkman, Ichiro Kawachi, and Töres Theorell
- Labor markets, employment policies, and health / Mauricio Avendano and Lisa F. Berkman
- Social network epidemiology / Lisa F. Berkman and Aditi Krishna
- Social capital, social cohesion, and health / Ichiro Kawachi and Lisa F. Berkman
- Affective states and health / Laura D. Kubzansky, Ashley Winning, and Ichiro Kawachi
- Changing health behaviors in a social context / Cassandra Okechukwu, Kirsten Davison, and Karen Emmons
- Experimental psychosocial interventions / Thomas A. Glass, Amii M. Kress, and Lisa F. Berkman
- Policies as tools for research and translation in social epidemiology / M. Maria Glymour
- Applications of behavioral economics to improve health / Ichiro Kawachi
- Biological pathways linking social conditions and health : plausible mechanisms and emerging puzzles / Laura D. Kubzansky, Teresa E. Seeman, M. Maria Glymour
- From science to policy / Michael Marmot and Jessica Allen.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195377903
- 0195377907
- 9780199395330
- 0199395330
- OCLC:
- 870890508
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