Social Capital and Health
Samenvatting
As interest in social capital has grown over the past decade—particularly in public health —so has the lack of consensus on exactly what it is and what makes it worth studying. Ichiro Kawachi, a widely respected leader in the field, and 21 contributors (including physicians, economists, and public health experts) discuss the theoretical origins of social capital, the strengths and limitations of current methodologies of measuring it, and salient examples of social capital concepts informing public health practice.
Among the highlights:
Measurement methods: survey, sociometric, ethnographic, experimental
The relationship between social capital and physical health and health behaviors: smoking, substance abuse, physical activity, sexual activity
Social capital and mental health: early findings
Social capital and the aging community
Social capital and disaster preparedness
Social Capital and Health is certain to inspire a new generation of research on this topic, and will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in public health, health behavior, and social epidemiology.
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
Ichiro Kawachi, S.V. Subramanian and Daniel Kim PART I MEASUREMENT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL Chapter 2. Measurement of individual social capital: questions, instruments, and measures
Martin van der Gaag and Martin Webber Chapter 3. The measurement of community social capital through surveys
Trudy Harpham Chapter 4. Network-based approaches for measuring social capital
Cynthia M. Lakon, Dionne C. Godette and John R. Hipp Chapter 5. Actual or potential neighborhood resources for health: What can Bourdieu offer for understanding mechanisms linking social capital to health?
Richard M. Carpiano Chapter 6. Social capital and public health: Qualitative and ethnographic approaches
Rob Whitley Chapter 7. The economic approach to cooperation and trust: Lessons for the study of social capital and health
Lisa R. Anderson and Jennifer M. Mellor PART II EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE Chapter 8. Social capital and physical health: A systematic review of the literature
Daniel Kim, S.V. Subramanian and Ichiro Kawachi Chapter 9. Social capital and mental health: An updated interdisciplinary review of primary evidence
Astier M. Almedom and Douglas Glandon Chapter 10. Social capital and health-related behaviors
Martin Lindström Chapter 11. Social capital and aging-related outcomes
Kathleen Cagney and Ming Wen Chapter 12. Social capital and health communications
K. (Vish) Viswanath Chapter 13. Disaster preparedness and social capital
Howard K. Koh and Rebecca O. Cadigan