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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.
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.
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 capital research. This section highlights
novel directions in social capital research. These include: a)
novel settings for conducting research on social capital
(workplaces, schools), b) new approaches for causal inference in
social capital (instrumental variable analysis, twin fixed effects
designs); c) cutting-edge directions for social capital research,
including studies of the origins of community social capital, the
use of social network analysis to investigate social capital, and
novel methods for investigating the link between social capital and
crime. Part 2. Social capital and health policy. The three chapters
in this section highlight implications of social capital for
interventions and health policy. Part 3. Social capital and health
in global perspective The four chapters in this section look at
research on social capital and health from a global perspective.
The authors summarize the empirical studies on social capital and
health conducted in each country/region, or each population group;
discuss how the concept of social capital "translates" across
different cultures; and identify challenges and future directions
for research.
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