Handbook of health inequalities across the life course / edited by Rasmus Hoffmann (professor of sociology, faculty of social and economic sciences, University of Bamberg, Germany).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoffmann, Rasmus, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Research handbooks in sociology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--Health aspects.

Equality.

Minorities--Medical care.

Minorities.

Health and race.

Discrimination in medical care.

Health services accessibility.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

"The development of health across an individual's life depends on many factors, but social determinants play a vital role. This timely Handbook simultaneously uses theoretical, descriptive, explanatory and policy approaches to explore health inequalities related to income, education, occupational status, social capital, and also biologic and genetic factors. World- leading experts define and present the most prominent research topics, perspectives, and findings in the field and pose critical questions from within and beyond the research community. Structured into five parts this handbook addresses theories, methods, single stages of the life course, long-term perspectives on the whole life course, and policies. It helps readers understand the complexity ohofff health sociology while also investigating important mechanisms and solutions through which health inequalities can be reduced. Providing a comprehensive, multi- and interdisciplinary analysis of topics and approaches to health inequalities, this Handbook will be an inspiring resource for researchers seeking to expand their knowledge and tackle new research questions. Advanced students of sociology, demography, epidemiology, public health and related fields will also benefit"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface

1. Introduction to the Handbook of Health Inequalities Across the Life Course: a societal problem and a source for interdisciplinary research / Rasmus Hoffmann

Part I. Theoretical approaches to health inequalities across the life course

2. Sociology of the life course and its implications for health inequalities / Karl Ulrich Mayer

3. Cumulative dis/advantage processes, nutrition transition, and global metabolic disparities: interrogating the cohort-policy linkage / Jessica A. Kelley, Abolade Oladimeji and Dale Dannefer

4. Economic theories of health inequality across the life course / Titus J. Galama and Hans van Kippersluis

5. Health as a consequence of genetic variation, gene transcription and life course experiences / Martin Diewald

Part II. Methodological issues for the longitudinal analysis of health inequalities

6. Methods for studying life course health inequalities / Scott M. Lynch and Christina Kamis

7. Causal inference based on non-experimental data in health inequality research / Michael Gebel

8. Predictive machine learning approaches - possibilities and limitations for the future of life course research / Hannes Kröger

9. Instrumental variables in studies of health and health inequalities / Rasmus Hoffmann and Gabriele Doblhammer

Part III. Mechanisms and empirical evidence for health inequalities at stages of the life course

10. Health inequalities in adolescence and their consequences for (emerging) adulthood / Marie Bernard, Kristina Winter, and Irene Moor

11. Social inequalities, social capital, and health inequalities in the process of growing up / Andreas Klocke and Sven Stadtmüller

12. Work and health inequalities / Johannes Siegrist

13. Family relations and health inequalities: grandparents and grandchildren / Valeria Bordone, Giorgio Di Gessa and Karsten Hank

14. The effects of retirement on health and mortality by socio-economic group / Matthias Giesecke

15. Health inequalities in older age: the role of socioeconomic resources and social networks in context / Martina Brandt, Nekehia T. Quashie and Alina Schmitz

Part IV. Long-term perspectives on the development of health inequalities across life course stages

16. Early childhood origins of modern social class health disparities / Alberto Palloni, Daniel Ramirez and Sebastian Daza

17. The long arm hypothesis: childhood poverty, epigenetic ageing, and late-life health in America, Britain, and Europe / Gindo Tampubolon

18. Childhood conditions and health later in life: examples from Sweden / Serhiy Dekhtyar and Stefan Fors

19. The influence of early health on educational and socioeconomic outcomes / Marco Cozzani and Juho Härkönen

20. Divergence and convergence: how health inequalities evolve as we age / Johan Fritzell and Johan Rehnberg

21. Environmental inequality and health outcomes over the life course / Christian König and Jan Paul Heisig

22. Infectious diseases across the life course: an inequalities perspective / Nico Dragano

Part V. Policy perspectives and empirical evaluations of interventions against health inequalities

23. Policy, inequity, and the life course in the US / Sarah Petry

24. The role of Social Protection Policies in reducing health inequalities / Amanda Aronsson, Hande Tugrul, Clare Bambra and Terje Andreas Eikemo

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781800888166 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.