The Group Effect Social Cohesion and Health Outcomes /

• Main Author: Bruhn, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Public health.; Medical research.; Sociology.; Quality of life.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Public Health.; Quality of Life Research.

Sociologists and anthropologists have had a long interest in studying the ways in which cultures shaped different patterns of health, disease, and mortality. Social scientists have documented low rates of chronic disease and disability in non-Western societies and have suggested that social stabilit...

Table of Contents:

• The Significance of the Social Group
• The Concept of Social Cohesion
• Social Cohesion and Related Concepts: Social Support and Social Capital
• Cohesive Societies
• Cohesive Communities
• Cohesive Neighborhoods
• Cohesive Families
• Social Cohesion as a Mediator of Health Outcomes.