Social Pathways to Health Vulnerability Implications for Health Professionals /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pacquiao, Dula F. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Douglas, Marilyn "Marty" (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Nursing-Study and teaching.; Health administration.; Social medicine.; Health economics.; Nursing Education.; Health Administration.; Medical Sociology.; Health Economics.

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 d...

Table of 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. .