Neighbourhood structure and health promotion / Christiane Stock, Anne Ellaway, editors.
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...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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[2013]
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | 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, |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 367 pages) : illustrations (some colour) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1461466717 9781461466710 1489997547 9781489997548 1299693822 9781299693821 1461466725 9781461466727 |