Social determinants of health : a comparative approach / Alan Davidson.

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Social Determinants of Health: A Comparative Approach introduces the various elements that determine the health of individuals in their communities. The text takes a macro-level approach, focusing on population health in "Anglo-American" countries and examines social, economic, and political commona...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Davidson, Alan (Alan Reginald) (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Don Mills, Ontario : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Public health > Social aspects. Social medicine. Medical policy > Social aspects. Social Medicine. Health Status. Sociological Factors. Santé publique > Aspect social. Médecine sociale. Politique sanitaire > Aspect social. volksgezondheid public health sociale geneeskunde social medicine gezondheidsbeleid health policy socioeconomic status sociale economie socioeconomics studieboeken textbooks Public Health Sociology (General) Volksgezondheid Sociologie (algemeen)
Physical Description:	xii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Introduction: Conventional understanding of health and its alternative
Thinking about individual and population health
Population health and social epidemiology
Income, inequality, and health
Childhood and the transition to adulthood
Social support, social capital, and social exclusion
Health of aboriginal peoples
Gender and health
Employment, working conditions, and health
Housing and neighborhood
Food, food insecurity, obesity, and nutrition
Social patterning and behaviour
Politics of population health.