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Title Social pathways to health vulnerability : implications for health professionals / Dula F. Pacquiao, Marilyn "Marty" Douglas, editors
Published Cham : Springer, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Foreword -- Preface -- UNIT I: Nature of Social Determinants of Health -- Social Determinants of Population Health -- Built Environment and Health -- Epigenetics -- Poverty, Discrimination and Health -- Disempowerment and Migrant populations -- Globalization and Health -- UNIT II: Research and Population Health -- Social Epidemiology -- Program Evaluation -- UNIT III: Approaches for Health Equity -- Building Neighborhood Social Capital -- Framework for Practices toward Health Equity -- Putting it all together
Summary Primarily intended for DNP and PhD students in nursing and health care who are expected to design research to identify health-related problems and solutions, this book focuses on the concepts, theories and processes of how social determinants affect the health of populations. Using specific social determinants as an organizing framework, it presents ample scientific evidence from health and social disciplines of the universal processes that produce the social patterning of health inequities. This book is organized into three major parts, beginning with the social pathways to health vulnerability, followed by research methods and subsequently frameworks for action. The methods section provides selected research approaches suitable for studying the impact of social variables on population health, as well as the outcomes of multilevel interventions. Each chapter provides an in-depth presentation of relevant theoretical knowledge and research-based examples of work conducted in the area. The book addresses the specific implications for health professional leaders such as nurses or health policy makers, highlighting their role in achieving macrosocial changes to promote health among specific vulnerable populations. Both of the book's editors are prominent and highly respected scholars in their field. The team of authors is highly multidisciplinary, including experts from the fields of medicine, public health, education and epidemiology who have conducted research on the social determinants of population health. Combining their varied perspectives, this book offers a valuable resource for graduate students (PhD, MD, DNP, MSN, etc.), faculty, researchers and clinicians in health professions
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 11, 2018)
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Subject Social medicine.
Medical care -- Needs assessment.
Social Determinants of Health
Health Status Disparities
Population Health
Socioeconomic Factors
Health Services Needs and Demand
Medical care -- Needs assessment
Social medicine
Form Electronic book
Author Pacquiao, Dula F., editor
Douglas, Marilyn, editor
ISBN 9783319933269
3319933264
3319933256
9783319933252