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Name: Social Capital and Health
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN-13: 9780387713106
ISBN-10: 0387713107
Addition ISBN: 9781441924353, 0387713115, 9780387713113
Author(s): Ichiro Kawachi; ‎S.V. Subramanian; ‎Daniel Kim, Publisher: Springer, Copyright: 2008
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.