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Social Capital as a Health Resource in Later Life: The Relevance of Context (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
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Social Capital as a Health Resource in Later Life: The Relevance of Context (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Series: International Perspectives on Aging, 11
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This book examines the social aspects of healthy ageing for older
individuals. It features more than 15 papers that explore the
relevance of the social environment for health on the micro, meso,
and macro level. Overall, the book applies a comprehensive
contextual approach that includes discussion of how family and
friends, neighborhoods, nations, and welfare regimes influence
health. The book first explores the issue on the individual level.
It looks at the importance of social capital for health among older
people, examines types of social networks and health among older
Americans, as well as discusses dynamic social capital and mental
health in late life. Next, the book looks at the issue through a
neighborhood and societal context, which takes into account
day-to-day interaction in the immediate environment as well as the
social, health, and economic policies in place in different regions
in the world, including America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. From
there, the book goes on to offer implications and recommendations
for research and practice, including the management of related
concepts of research on well-being and health. It also offers a
psychosocial approach to promoting social capital and mental health
among older adults. This book provides health professionals as well
as researchers and students in gerontology, sociology, social
policy, psychology, and social work with vital insights into the
social factors that increase healthy life years and promote
well-being.
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