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Stephen Bezruchka <[log in to unmask]>@u.washington.edu on 04/28/2003
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 Subject: Neighborhoods and Health book








I've seen some of the chapters in this, and think it an important
contribution.  STephen

Kawachi, I. and L. F. Berkman, Eds. (2003). Neighborhoods and Health. New
York, Oxford University Press.
     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 eld, including social
epidemiologists, demographers, medical geographers, sociologists, and
medical practitioners. This comprehensive textbook lays out for the rst
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 neighborhood effects on health outcomes throughout the life cycle, from
infant mortality and low birthweight, to childhood asthma, adult
infectious diseases, and disability in old age. The approaches covered in
the book range from testing the linkages between community-level
variables, such as social capital and residential segregation, and
population health to designing and implementing community interventions
and policies to improve the health of the public. The book is a timely
companion volume to Social Epidemiology (Oxford University Press, 2000),
edited by the same authors, and an indispensable manual on neighborhood
research for students, researchers, and practitioners.


Cheapest price out there ($53) seems to be:
http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?AID=42121&PID=484346&isbn=0195138384

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