Neighborhoods and Health

Author:   Ana V. Diez Roux ,  Ichiro Kawachi (John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Social Epidemiology, Chair of the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) ,  Ana V. Diez Roux
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
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9780190843502


Pages:   392
Publication Date:   09 May 2018
Format:   Paperback
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THE GROUNDBREAKING, FORMATIVE WORK IN SPATIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY -- NOW UPDATED FOR A NEW GENERATION OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN PUBLIC HEALTHIn 2003, Neighborhoods and Health codified the idea that a neighborhood's social and physical makeup can influence the health of people who live in it. More than a decade later, with the relationship between place and health firmly entrenched at the center of how we understand public health (and as its own scientific discipline, spatial epidemiology), this second edition of the landmark text offers another giant leap forward for the field.Offering both a synthesis of the essential research and a practical overview of the methods used to garner it, the second edition of Neighborhoods and Health is the essential guide to understanding this core component of contemporary population health -- both the journey to date and what's next.

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Author:   Ana V. Diez Roux ,  Ichiro Kawachi (John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Social Epidemiology, Chair of the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) ,  Ana V. Diez Roux
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.548kg
ISBN:  

9780190843502


ISBN 10:   0190843500
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   09 May 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Ana V. Diez Roux 1. Neighborhoods and Health: A Progress Report Dustin T. Duncan and Ichiro Kawachi 2. Operationalizing Neighborhood Definitions in Health Research: Spatial Misclassification and Other Issues Dustin T. Duncan, Seann D. Regan, and Basile Chaix 3. Quantitative Methods for Measuring Neighborhood Characteristics in Neighborhood Health Research Dustin T. Duncan, William C. Goedel, and Rumi Chunara 4. Statistical Methods in Spatial Epidemiology Samson Gebreab 5. Agent Based Models Brenda Heaton, Abdulrahman El-Sayed, and Sandro Galea 6. Experimental and quasi-experimental designs in neighborhood health effects research: Strengthening causal inference and promoting translation Nicole M. Schmidt, Quynh C. Nguyen, and Theresa L. Osypuk 7. Qualitative Methods and Neighborhood Health Research Danya E. Keene 8. Designing Healthier Built Environments Pedro Gullon Tosio and Gina S. Lovasi 9. Food Environment and Health Jason Block, Michael Seward, Peter James 10. Neighborhoods, Social Stigma, and Health Danya E. Keene and Mark B. Padilla 11. Neighborhood Foreclosure and Health Maraina Arcaya 12. Residential Segregation and Health Michael R. Kramer Index

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Advances the debate over the theory and methodology of the study of neighborhoods and health to the center stage of epidemiology, public health, and health policy. * JAMA * The methodological insights and specific research findings displayed here signal an important advance in epidemiology. This book summarizes much of the recent progress that has been made in studies that use aggregate or area-wide measurements. Overall, this book has much to offer. The authors themselves are clearly aware of the complexities, unsolved problems, and numerous challenges that confront anyone who wants to assess quantitatively the impact of social and geographic units on health. * American Journal of Epidemiology *


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Dustin T. Duncan, ScD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health at the New York University School of Medicine, where he directs the NYU Spatial Epidemiology Lab. As a social and spatial epidemiologist, he studies how specific neighborhood characteristics influence population health and health disparities. His work includes applying emerging geospatial technologies such as Global Positioning System (GPS) devices and smart phones to, in part, examine mobility and social networks in neighborhoods. Dr. Duncan completed his doctorate and the Alonzo Smythe Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship, both in social epidemiology, at the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, is the John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Social Epidemiology and Chair of the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he has taught since 1992. He has previously co-edited Behavioral Economics and Public Health, Social Epidemiology, Globalization and Health, and the Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice, all published by Oxford University Press. Kawachi lectures about social epidemiology through the Harvard University Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform, edX. His course, Health and Society (PHx 201), is a version of the class that he has taught for twenty years at Harvard. In 2013-1014, 35,000 students from all over the world were enrolled in the MOOC course.

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