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Rethinking Social Epidemiology

Towards a Science of Change

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Patricia O’Campo

    1. St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada

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  2. James R. Dunn

    1. , McMaster University, Department of Health, Aging and Society, Hamilton, Canada

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  • Rethinking Social Epidemiology is one of the first texts that links “evidence to action” to ensure that social epidemiologic research can meaningfully affect social and health policy change
  • This book focuses on producing actionable evidence on social inequalities by expanding upon current practice and introducing new social epidemiologic methods
  • Unlike any other social epidemiology texts, this book offers a philosophically informed approach to major scientific debates within the field
  • This book is applicable to a broad audience as it is written for and by social epidemiologists as well as non-academic users of social epidemiologic knowledge

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Patricia O’Campo, James R. Dunn
    Pages 1-19

  3. Foundations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. “Explanation,” Philosophy and Theory in Health Inequalities Research: Towards a Critical Realist Approach

      • James R. Dunn
      Pages 23-42

    3. Values and Social Epidemiologic Research

      • Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Adrian Guta
      Pages 43-65

    4. Population-Based Data and Community Empowerment

      • Janet Smylie, Aisha Lofters, Michelle Firestone, Patricia O’Campo
      Pages 67-92

    5. Differences That Matter

      • Aisha Lofters, Patricia O’Campo
      Pages 93-109

  4. Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Place-Based Stress and Chronic Disease: A Systems View of Environmental Determinants

      • Ketan Shankardass
      Pages 113-136

    3. How Goes the Neighbourhood? Rethinking Neighbourhoods and Health Research in Social Epidemiology

      • Ketan Shankardass, James R. Dunn
      Pages 137-156

    4. Application of Two Schools of Social Theory to Neighbourhood, Place and Health Research

      • Irene H. Yen, Janet K. Shim, Airín D. Martínez
      Pages 157-174

    5. Locating Politics in Social Epidemiology

      • Carles Muntaner, Carme Borrell, Edwin Ng, Haejoo Chung, Albert Espelt, Maica Rodriguez-Sanz et al.
      Pages 175-202

  5. Research Tools in Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. Structural Violence and Structural Vulnerability Within the Risk Environment: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives for a Social Epidemiology of HIV Risk Among Injection Drug Users and Sex Workers

      • Tim Rhodes, Karla Wagner, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Kate Shannon, Peter Davidson, Philippe Bourgois
      Pages 205-230

    3. Realist Review Methods for Complex Health Problems

      • Maritt Kirst, Patricia O’Campo
      Pages 231-245

    4. Addressing Health Equities in Social Epidemiology: Learning from Evaluation(s)

      • Sanjeev Sridharan, James R. Dunn, April Nakaima
      Pages 247-263
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About this book

To date, much of the empirical work in social epidemiology has demonstrated the existence of health inequalities along a number of axes of social differentiation. However, this research, in isolation, will not inform effective solutions to health inequalities. Rethinking Social Epidemiology provides an expanded vision of social epidemiology as a science of change, one that seeks to better address key questions related to both the causes of social inequalities in health (problem-focused research) as well as the implementation of interventions to alleviate conditions of marginalization and poverty (solution-focused research). This book is ideally suited for emerging and practicing social epidemiologists as well as graduate students and health professionals in related disciplines.

Editors and Affiliations

  • St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada

    Patricia O’Campo

  • , McMaster University, Department of Health, Aging and Society, Hamilton, Canada

    James R. Dunn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rethinking Social Epidemiology

  • Book Subtitle: Towards a Science of Change

  • Editors: Patricia O’Campo, James R. Dunn

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2138-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2137-1Published: 05 October 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9739-0Published: 30 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2138-8Published: 05 October 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 350

  • Topics: Biomedicine general, Epidemiology, Public Health, Social Sciences, general

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