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From: Nancy Krieger <[log in to unmask]>
Social Epidemiology
Edited by Lisa F. Berkman, Professor and Chair, Department of Health and
Social Behavior, and Ichiro Kawachi, Associate Professor, Department of
Health and Social Behavior, both at Harvard School of Public Health
456 pages, 39 line illustrations, 255mm x 178mm
Hardback, 0-19-508331-8
UK Price: 47.50
Publication date: May 2000
Readership: Epidemiologists, public health officials, medical sociologists
The authors of this excellent text define social epidemiology as the
epidemiologic study of the social distribution and social determinants
of states of health, implying that the aim is to identify
socio-environmental exposures which may be related to a broad range of
physical and mental health outcomes. In the first systematic account of
this field, they focus on methodological approaches but draw widely from
related disciplines such as sociology, psychology, physiology, and
medicine in the effort to develop and evaluate testable hypotheses about
the pathways between social conditions and health. The persistent patterns
of social inequalities in health make this a timely publication.
Contents/contributors
1 Lisa F. Berkman and Ichiro Kawachi (Harvard School of Public Health):
A Historical Framework for Social Epidemiology
2 John Lynch and George Kaplan (University of Michigan):
Socioeconomic Position
3 Nancy Krieger (Harvard School of Public Health):
Discrimination and Health
4 Ichiro Kawachi:
Income Inequality and Health
5 Tres Theorell (Karolinska Institute):
Working Conditions and Health
6 Stanislav V. Kasl and Beth A. Jones (Yale University School of Medicine):
The Impact of Job Loss and Retirement on Health
7 Lisa F. Berkman, and Thomas A. Glass (Harvard School of Public Health):
Social Integration, Social Networks, Social Support and Health
8 Ichiro Kawachi and Lisa F. Berkman:
Social Cohesion, Social Capital and Health
9 Robert M. Carney and Kenneth E. Freedland (Washington University
School of Medicine): Depression and Medical Illness
10 Laura Kubzansky and Ichiro Kawachi (Harvard School of Public Health):
Affective States
11 Karen M. Emmons (Harvard School of Public Health):
Health Behaviors in Social Context
12 Thomas A. Glass (Harvard School of Public Health):
Psychosocial Intervention
13 Eric J. Brunner (University College London):
Towards a New Social Biology
14 Sally Macintyre and Anne Ellaway (Medical Research Council, Social
and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow):
Ecological Approaches: Rediscovering the Role of the Physical
and Social Environment
15 Michael Marmot (University College London):
Multi-Level Approaches to Understanding Social Determinants
16 S. Jody Heymann (Harvard School of Public Health):
Health and Social Policy
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Associate Professor fax: 617-432-3123
Dept of Health and Social Behavior
Harvard School of Public Health (Kresge 717)
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