Neighborhoods and health /
Neighbourhoods and health
edited by Ichiro Kawachi, Lisa F. Berkman.
- xiii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Acquisitions record. Format: Hardback.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Neighborhoods and Health: An Overview / The Examination of Neighborhood Effects on Health: Conceptual and Methodological Issues Related to the Presence of Multiple Levels of Prganization / Multilevel Methods for Public Health Research / The Quantitative Assessment of Neighborhood Social Environments / Neighborhood-Level Context and Health: Lessons from Sociology / Geocoding and Measurement of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Position: A U.S. Perspective / Area-Based Deprivation Measures: A U.K. Perspective / Neighborhoods and Infectious Diseases / Infant Health: Race, Risk, and Residence / Putting Asthma into Context: Community Influences on Risk, Behavior, and Intervention / Residential Segregation and Health / Neighborhoods and Networks: The Construction of Safe Places and Bridges / Neighborhoods, Aging, and Functional Limitations / Neighborhoods, Health Research, and Its Relevance to Public Policy / Ichiro Kawachi and Lisa F. Berkman -- Sally Macintyre and Anne Ellaway -- Ana V. Diez-Roux -- S. V. Subramanian, Kelvyn Jones and Craig Duncan -- Stephen W. Raudenbush -- Robert J. Sampson -- Nancy Krieger, Sally Zierler, Joseph W. Hogan, Pamela Waterman, Jarvis Chen, Kerry Lemieux and Annie Gjelsvik -- David Gordon -- Mindy Thompson Fullilove -- James W. Collins, Jr. and Nancy Fisher Schulte -- Rosalind J. Wright and Edwin B. Fischer -- Dolores Acevedo-Garcia and Kimberly A. Lochner -- Lisa F. Berkman and Cheryl Clark -- Thomas A. Glass and Jennifer L. Balfour -- Jody Heymann and Aron Fischer. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Do places make a difference to people's health and well-being? This book presents a state-of-the-art account of the theories, methods, and empirical evidence linking neighbourhood conditions to population health.
Postgraduate.
0195138384 9780195138382
2002029287
Community health services. Health services accessibility. Social medicine. Medical care--Utilization Socioeconomic Factors