Methods in social epidemiology
By: J. Michael Oakes, Jay S. Kaufman, editors.
Contributors: Oakes, J. Michael, 1967-; Kaufman, Jay S., 1963-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2006
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
Subjects: Social medicine.; Epidemiology -- Social aspects.; Epidemiologic Methods.; Social Medicine.
Description: Social epidemiology is the study of how social interactions -- social norms, laws, institutions, conventia, social conditions and behavior -- affect the health of populations. This book considers the major methodological challenges facing this important field.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: advancing methods in social epidemiology / J. Michael Oakes and Jay S. Kaufman; title: The history of methods of social epidemiology to 1965 / Christopher S. Hamlin; title: Indicators of socioeconomic position / Bruna Galobardes ... [et al.]; title: Measuring and analyzing "race," racism, and racial discrimination / Saffron Karlsen and James Yzet Nazroo; title: Measuring poverty / David M. Betson and Jennifer L. Warlick; title: Measuring health inequalities / Sam Harper and John Lynch; title: A conceptual framework for measuring segregation and its association with population outcomes / Sean F. Reardon; title: Measures of residential community contexts / Patricia O'Campo and Margaret O'Brien Caughy; title: Using census data to approximate neighborhood effects / Lynne C. Messer and Jay S. Kaufman; title: Community-based participatory research : rationale and relevance for social epidemiology / Paula M. Lantz ... [et al.]; title: Network methods in social epidemiology / Peter V. Marsden; title: Identifying social interactions : a review / Lawrence E. Blume and Steven N. Durlauf; title: Multilevel studies / Tony A. Blakely and S.V. Subramanian; title: Experimental social epidemiology : controlled community trials / Peter J. Hannan; title: Propensity score matching for social epidemiology / J. Michael Oakes and Pamela Jo Johnson; title: Using causal diagrams to understand common problems in social epidemiology / M. Maria Glymour; title: Natural experiments and instrumental variable analyses in social epidemiology / M. Maria Glymour.