Social epidemiology is the study of how social interactions—social norms, laws, institutions, conventia, social conditions and behavior—affect the health of populations. This practical, comprehensive introduction to methods in social epidemiology is written by experts in the field. It is perfectly timed for the growth in interest among those in public health, community health, preventive medicine, sociology, political science, social work, and other areas of social research.
Topics covered are:
Introduction: Advancing Methods in Social Epidemiology
The History of Methods of Social Epidemilogy to 1965
Indicators of Socioeconomic Position
Measuring and Analyzing 'Race'
Racism and Racial Discrimination
Measuring Poverty
Measuring Health Inequalities
A Conceptual Framework for Measuring Segregation and its Association with Population Outcomes
Measures of Residential Community Contexts
Using Census Data to Approximate Neighborhood Effects
Community-based Participatory Research: Rationale and Relevance for Social Epidemiology
Network Methods in Social Epidemiology
Identifying Social Interactions: A Review, Multilevel Studies
Experimental Social Epidemiology: Controlled Community Trials
Propensity Score Matching Methods for Social Epidemiology
Natural Experiments and Instrumental Variable Analyses in Social Epidemiology
and Using Causal Diagrams to Understand Common Problems in Social Epidemiology.
