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Author:   Lisa F. Berkman, Ph.D. (Professor and Chair, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Professor and Chair, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health) ,  Ichiro Kawachi (Associate Professor, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Associate Professor, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health) ,  M. Maria Glymour (Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Fransisco)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.302kg
ISBN:  

9780199395330

ISBN 10:   0199395330
Pages:   640
Publication Date:   28 August 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Leonard Syme Chapter 1 A Historical Framework for Social Epidemiology: Social Determinants of Population Health Lisa F. Berkman and Ichiro Kawachi Chapter 2 Socioeconomic Status and Health M. Maria Glymour, Mauricio Avendano, and Ichiro Kawachi Chapter 3 Discrimination and Health Inequities Nancy Krieger Chapter 4 Income Inequality Ichiro Kawachi and SV Subramanian Chapter 5 Working Conditions and Health Lisa F. Berkman, Ichiro Kawachi, And Töres Theorell Chapter 6 Labor Markets, Employment Policies, and Health Mauricio Avendano and Lisa F. Berkman Chapter 7 Social Network Epidemiology Lisa F. Berkman and Aditi Krishna Chapter 8 Social Capital, Social Cohesion, and Health Ichiro Kawachi and Lisa F. Berkman Chapter 9 Affective States and Health Laura D. Kubzansky, Ashley Winning, and Ichiro Kawachi Chapter 10 Changing Health Behaviors in a Social Context Cassandra Okechukwu, Kirsten Davison, and Karen Emmons Chapter 11 Experimental Psychosocial Interventions Thomas A. Glass, Amii M. Kress, and Lisa F. Berkman Chapter 12 Policies as Tools for Research and Translation in Social Epidemiology M .Maria Glymour Chapter 13 Applications of Behavioral Economics to Improve Health Ichiro Kawachi Chapter 14 Biological Pathways Linking Social Conditions and Health: Plausible Mechanisms and Emerging Puzzles Laura D. Kubzansky, Teresa E. Seeman, M .Maria Glymour Chapter 15 From Science to Policy Michael Marmot and Jessica Allen

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An extraordinary work of scholarship. Its excellence provides assurance that it will become a classic. Leon Eisenberg, New England Journal of Medicine [Social Epidemiology] is brilliant. Journal of Public Health Medicine In providing a resource that explicates the social determinants of illness and helps the reader to understand the impact of social organization and structure of health and access to healthcare, the editors make this book a valuable contribution to the literature on psychosocial epidemiology. Doody's Provocative and stimulating... a great resource. International Journal of Epidemiology An important book, and a critical and timely addition to the field. The Epidemiology Monitor

An extraordinary work of scholarship. Its excellence provides assurance that it will become a classic. -Leon Eisenberg, New England Journal of Medicine [Social Epidemiology] is brilliant. -Journal of Public Health Medicine In providing a resource that explicates the social determinants of illness and helps the reader to understand the impact of social organization and structure of health and access to healthcare, the editors make this book a valuable contribution to the literature on psychosocial epidemiology. -Doody's Provocative and stimulating... a great resource. -International Journal of Epidemiology An important book, and a critical and timely addition to the field. -The Epidemiology Monitor The seminal textbook in the field. -- American Journal of Epidemiology

"""An extraordinary work of scholarship. Its excellence provides assurance that it will become a classic."" -Leon Eisenberg, New England Journal of Medicine ""[Social Epidemiology] is brilliant."" -Journal of Public Health Medicine ""In providing a resource that explicates the social determinants of illness and helps the reader to understand the impact of social organization and structure of health and access to healthcare, the editors make this book a valuable contribution to the literature on psychosocial epidemiology."" -Doody's ""Provocative and stimulating... a great resource."" -International Journal of Epidemiology ""An important book, and a critical and timely addition to the field."" -The Epidemiology Monitor ""The seminal textbook in the field."" -- American Journal of Epidemiology"

Author Information

Lisa F. Berkman, PhD, is the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Epidemiology, and Global Health and Population at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is the Director of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, is Professor of Social Epidemiology and Chair of the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health, where he has taught for over 20 years. M. Maria Glymour, ScD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco, where she directs the PhD program in Epidemiology and Translational Sciences.

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