Social Epidemiologyстатья из журнала
Аннотация: Social EpidemiologyEditors: BERKMAN, Lisa F., PhD (Harvard School of Public Health); KAWACHI, Ichiro, MD, PhD (Harvard School of Public Health) Bibliographic Data: (ISBN: 0–19-508331–8, Oxford University Press, 2000, $65.00) 391 pages, Contributors, hard cover Audiences: Epidemiologists, Public Health Specialists Subjects: Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Policy Other Info: The book contains black-and-white illustrations. DESCRIPTION: This edited, multiauthored book on social epidemiology is the first of its kind in which the major social factors that influence health outcomes are dealt with systematically. The reader is introduced to the major social forces and concepts that undoubtedly play a role in maintaining health and preventing disease. Collectively, the contributors examine the social context in which behavioral risk factors occur, and identify and describe a range of social conditions that may influence a broad range of health outcomes. PURPOSE: The editors have attempted to define, in chapters written by internationally renowned social epidemiologists, this newly recognized area of epidemiology. The main objective is to provide the reader with a guide to the major social conditions of importance and to new approaches in statistics, physiology, public policy, and social psychology; this endeavor has been largely successful. AUDIENCE: The audience is identified broadly, ranging from graduate student (I would include medical and nursing students) to active investigator. It should appeal to a wide range of prospective readers. Psychiatrists, practitioners in primary care, psychologists, policy analysts and others in public health, in addition to epidemiologists and medical sociologists, should find something of interest in this up-to-date text. ASSESSMENT: As an academic psychiatrist-epidemiologist, I have long recognized the importance of psychosocial factors in the onset and course of psychiatric illness and in the response to therapeutic interventions. With medicine becoming more population-based and less individual-oriented, future practitioners must be schooled in the social conditions and behavioral risk factors relevant to disease and its prevention. In providing a resource that explicates the social determinants of illness and helps the reader to understand the impact of social organization and structure on health and access to healthcare, the editors make this book a valuable contribution to the literature on psychosocial epidemiology. The listed price is a little high but competitive in today’s book market. SCORE: Weighted Numerical Score: 98 - *****
Год издания: 2000
Авторы: Howard M. Kravitz
Издательство: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Источник: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Ключевые слова: Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Открытый доступ: closed
Том: 32
Выпуск: 8
Страницы: 1529–1529