Book Detail
Edition: 1
Release: 2003-03-20
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0195138384
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB
Neighborhoods and Health (Medicine) pdf
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Do places make a difference to people's health and well-being? The authors of this groundbreaking textbook demonstrate convincingly how the physical and social characteristics of a neighborhood can shape the health of its residents. Drawing on the expertise of a renowned cast of researchers, this book presents a state-of-the art account of the theories, methods, and empirical evidence linking neighborhood conditions to population health. Represented in the volume are contributions from the world's leading investigators in the field, including social epidemiologists, demographers, medical geographers, sociologists, and medical practitioners. This comprehensive textbook lays out for the first time the methodological approaches to conducting neighborhood research, including multi-level and contextual analysis, geocoding and the use of small area-based measures of deprivation, as well as the evolving science of "ecometrics." Substantive chapters present the case for the relevance of ne Download Neighborhoods and Health (Medicine) for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve
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