Neighbourhood Structure and Health Promotion
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.; Springer
Published: 2013
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9781461466710
Description: It has long been theorized that people living in poor areas have more health problems than their more advantaged peers. More recently, science has been testing this hypothesis, concentrating on the impact of the built environment on well-being and its contribution to health inequities.Neighbourhood Structure and Health Promotion offers sociology-based theory and evidence-based findings so readers may better understand the effects of place on health choices, behaviour, and outcomes. This international volume analyzes the complex relationships among neighbourhood conditions and characteristics,