Social capital and health / 
edited by Ichiro Kawachi, S.V. Subramanian, Daniel Kim. 
 - x, 291 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Social capital and health: a decade of progress and beyond /  Measurement of individual social capital: questions, instruments, and measures /  measurement of community social capital through surveys /  Network-based approaches for measuring social capital /  Actual or potential neighborhood resources for health: what can Bourdieu offer for understanding mechanisms linking social capital to health? /  Social capital and public health: qualitative and ethnographic approaches /  economic approach to cooperation and trust: lessons for the study of social capital and health /  Social capital and physical health: a systematic review of the literature /  Social capital and mental health: an updated interdisciplinary review of primary evidence /  Social capital and health-related behaviors /  Social capital and aging-related outcomes /  Social capital and health communications /  Disaster preparedness and social capital /  Ichiro Kawachi, S. V. Subramanian, Daniel Kim --  Martin van der Gaag, Martin Webber --  Trudy Harpham --  Cynthia M. Lakon, Dionne C. Godette, John R. Hipp --  Richard M. Carpiano --  Rob Whitley --  Lisa R. Anderson, Jennifer M. Mellor --  Daniel Kim, S. V. Subramanian, Ichiro Kawachi --  Astier M. Almedom, Douglas Glandon --  Martin Lindström --  Kathleen A. Cagney, Ming Wen --  K. Viswanath --  Howard K. Koh, Rebecca O. Cadigan.  The  The 
<br/><br/> 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 (like smoking), and aging-related outcomes. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0387713107 9780387713106 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007929723 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public health--Social aspects<br/>Social capital (Sociology)<br/>Health Status<br/>Social Environment<br/>Socioeconomic Factors
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM708  / .S634 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.461