Social Capital and Health discusses social capital a concept that originated in the social sciences and 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...
Social Capital and Health discusses social capital a concept that originated in the social sciences and its application to the field of public heal...
Social Capital and Health discusses social capital a concept that originated in the social sciences and 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...
Social Capital and Health discusses social capital a concept that originated in the social sciences and its application to the field of public heal...
This book is a follow up to Social Capital and Health (2008), edited by Kawachi, Subramanian & Kim. Global Perspectives on Social Capital and Health provides a timely update on emerging topics in a fast-growing field, and features contributions from an outstanding international team of scholars, selected from a diverse range of disciplinary backgrounds including: social epidemiology, medical geography, social psychology, social welfare and gerontology, pediatrics, political science, economics, and medical sociology. The book is organized in three parts: Part 1. Emerging directions in social...
This book is a follow up to Social Capital and Health (2008), edited by Kawachi, Subramanian & Kim. Global Perspectives on Social Capital and Health p...
Ichiro Kawachi, Soshi Takao, and S.V. Subramanian, editors
The idea of social capital emerged in the social science disciplines to explain puzzling phenomena such as why some communities fare better in crisis than others. As the field matures, it has been adapted to wide-ranging issues such as population health, making many question its status as a concept.
Global Perspectives on Social Capital and Health presents the major research issues as well as nuanced theoretical discussion in keeping...
Global Perspectives on Social Capital and Health
Ichiro Kawachi, Soshi Takao, and S.V. Subramanian, editors
