Format:
Online-Ressource (digital)
ISBN:
9780387713113
Series Statement:
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Content:
Social Capital and Health discusses social capitala concept that originated in the social sciencesand its application to the field of public health. The editors take care to define the concept of social capital, describe its theoretical origins, and discuss the controversies and debates surrounding the use of the concept in public health research and practice. The book provides a comprehensive 'tool kit' of current approaches to measure social capital. Further, the book surveys the empirical evidence linking social capital to physical and mental health outcomes, health-related behaviors (like smoking), and aging-related outcomes.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""1 Social Capital and Health""; ""Part I Measurement of Social Capital""; ""2 Measurement of Individual Social Capital""; ""3 The Measurement of Community Social Capital Through Surveys""; ""4 Network-Based Approaches for Measuring Social Capital""; ""5 Actual or Potential Neighborhood Resources for Health""; ""6 Social Capital and Public Health""; ""7 The Economic Approach to Cooperation and Trust""; ""Part II Empirical Evidence""; ""8 Social Capital and Physical Health""; ""9 Social Capital and Mental Health""
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""10 Social Capital and Health-Related Behaviors""""11 Social Capital and Aging-Related Outcomes""; ""12 Social Capital and Health Communications""; ""13 Disaster Preparedness and Social Capital""; ""Index""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780387713106
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Social capital and health New York : Springer, 2008 ISBN 0387713107
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780387713113
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780387713106
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
Keywords:
Soziales Kapital
;
Gesundheit
;
Soziales Kapital
;
Gesundheit
DOI:
10.1007/978-0-387-71311-3
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