Communities, Neighborhoods, and Health
Expanding the Boundaries of Place
Place is an important element in understanding health and health care disparities. More that merely a geographic location, place is a socio-ecological force with detectable effects on social life, independent well-being, and health.Despite the general enthusiasm for the study of place and the potential it could have for a better understanding of the distribution of health in different communities, research is at a difficult crossroads because of disagreements in how the construct should be conceptualized and measured. This edited volume incorporates an cross-disciplinary approach to the study of place, in order to come up with a comprehensive…
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Weitere Autoren: Kemp, Susan P. (Hrsg.) / Leung, ManChui (Hrsg.) / Matthews, Stephen A. (Hrsg.) / Takeuchi, David T. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4419-7482-2
- EAN: 9781441974822
- Produktnummer: 18251401
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 254 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 5'168 KB
- Auflage: 2011
- Abbildungen: 20 schwarz-weiße Tabellen, Bibliographie
Über den Autor
Linda Burton is a James P. Duke Professor of Sociology and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Duke University.
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