| Description |
xiii, 163 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Preface; 1 What Is Social Capital?; Contents; 2 Definitions and Forms of Social Capital; 3 Measuring Social Capital; 4 Social Participation; 5 How Does Cultural Participation Contribute to Social Capital and Well-Being?; 6 Social Trust, Mistrust and Reciprocity; 7 Cross-Sectional Studies of Social Capital and Health; 8 Prospective Longitudinal Surveys; 9 Healthy Communities; 10 Social Capital and Health from Cradle to Grave; 11 Gendering Social Capital and Population Health; 12 Health-Related Behaviors; 13 Proposed Biological Mediating Mechanisms; 14 Emergent Social Capital |
| Summary |
Social capital is a widely acknowledged candidate for implementing beneficial democratic processes and promoting public health. "Healthy Ties"--Social capital, population health and survival traces the path from the conceptualization to the implementation of social capital. To provide empirical proof of the effects of social capital on public health is a serious challenge and the main focus of the book. In the Nordic countries, personal identification codes linking data from various sources, nation-wide population registers, nationally representative and re-tested health surveys, an |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-158) and index |
| Subject |
Finland-Swedes -- Health and hygiene.
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Public health -- Research -- Finland.
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Social capital (Sociology)
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Social capital (Sociology) -- Finland.
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Sociology -- Finland.
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Health Status Disparities.
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Social Environment.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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| SUBJECT |
Finland. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005387 |
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Sweden. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013548 |
| LC no. |
2010934648 |
| ISBN |
9048196051 |
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9789048196050 |
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