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Rethinking Social Epidemiology Towards a Science of Change /

To date, much of the empirical work in social epidemiology has demonstrated the existence of health inequalities along a number of axes of social differentiation. However, this research, in isolation, will not inform effective solutions to health inequalities. Rethinking Social Epidemiology provides...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: O'Campo, Patricia (Editor ), Dunn, James R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword.-1. Introduction. Section I: Foundations.-2 "Explanation," Philosophy and Theory in Health Inequalities Research: Towards a Critical Realist Approach.-3 Values and Social Epidemiologic Research.-4 Population-based Data and Community Empowerment.-5 Differences That Matter. Section II: Context
  • 6 Place-based Stress and Chronic Disease: A Systems View of Environmental Determinants.-7 How Goes The Neighbourhood? Rethinking Neighbourhoods and Health Research in Social Epidemiology.-8 Application of Two Schools of Social Theory to Neighbourhood, Place and Health Research.-9 Locating Politics in Social Epidemiology. Section III: Research Tools in Action.-10 Structural Violence and Structural Vulnerability within the Risk Environment: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives for a Social Epidemiology of HIV Risk among Injection Drug Users and Sex Workers.-11 Realist Review Methods for Complex Health Problems
  • 12 Addressing Health Equities in Social Epidemiology: Learning from Evaluation(s).Section IV: Making a Difference.-13 Knowledge Translation and Social Epidemiology: Taking Power, Politics and Values Seriously.-14 Community-Academic Partnerships and Social Change.-15 Producing More Relevant Evidence: Applying a Social Epidemiology Research Agenda to Public Health Practice.-16 Conclusions. Index.