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Communities, Neighborhoods, and Health

Expanding the Boundaries of Place

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Editors:
  1. Linda M. Burton

    1. Dept. Sociology, Duke University, Durham, USA

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  2. Stephen A. Matthews

    1. Dept. Anthropology, Penn State University, University Park, USA

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  3. ManChui Leung

    1. , Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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  4. Susan P. Kemp

    1. Dept. Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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  5. David T. Takeuchi

    1. Dept. Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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  • Provides new definitions and conceptualizations for the study of place
  • Interdisclipinary group of contributors addresses questions of place from many angles
  • Provides practical approaches for addressing place in research

Part of the book series: Social Disparities in Health and Health Care (SDHHC, volume 1)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Place Foundations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. PLACE FOUNDATIONS

    1. Place, History, Memory: Thinking Time Within Place

      • Susan P. Kemp
      Pages 3-19

    2. Formalizing Place in Geographic Information Systems

      • Michael F. Goodchild
      Pages 21-33

    3. Spatial Polygamy and the Heterogeneity of Place: Studying People and Place via Egocentric Methods

      • Stephen A. Matthews
      Pages 35-55

    4. Placing Biology in Breast Cancer Disparities Research

      • Sarah Gehlert, Charles Mininger, Toni M. Cipriano-Steffens
      Pages 57-72

    5. Race, Place, and Health

      • ManChui Leung, David T. Takeuchi
      Pages 73-88

  4. Missing Places, Invisible Places

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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  5. MISSING PLACES, INVISIBLE PLACES

    1. Morality, Identity, and Mental Health in Rural Ghettos

      • Linda M. Burton, Raymond Garrett-Peters, John Major Eason
      Pages 91-110

    2. The Case of the Missing Mountain: Migration and the Power of Place

      • Lisa Sun-Hee Park, David Naguib Pellow
      Pages 111-126

    3. Moving Beyond Geography: Health Practices and Outcomes Across Time and Place

      • Karen Albright, Grace Chung, Allison De Marco, Joan Yoo
      Pages 127-143

    4. Sacred Place: An Interdisciplinary Approach for the Social Science

      • Jennifer Abe
      Pages 145-162

    5. Dis-placement and Dis-ease: Land, Place, and Health Among American Indians and Alaska Natives

      • Karina L. Walters, Ramona Beltran, David Huh, Teresa Evans-Campbell
      Pages 163-199

  6. Justice in Places

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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  7. JUSTICE IN PLACES

    1. Structural Violence, Historical Trauma, and Public Health: The Environmental Justice Critique of Contemporary Risk Science and Practice

      • Devon G. Peña
      Pages 203-218

    2. Environmental Justice and the Well-being of Poor Children of Color

      • Michael S. Spencer, Amanda Garratt, Elaine Hockman, Bunyan Bryant, Laura Kohn-Wood
      Pages 219-233

  8. Epilogue

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
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  10. Back Matter

    Pages 249-253
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Keywords

About this book

Place is an important element in understanding health and health care disparities. More that merely a geographic location, place is a socio-ecological force with detectable effects on social life, independent well-being, and health. Despite the general enthusiasm for the study of place and the potential it could have for a better understanding of the distribution of health in different communities, research is at a difficult crossroads because of disagreements in how the construct should be conceptualized and measured. This edited volume incorporates an cross-disciplinary approach to the study of place, in order to come up with a comprehensive and useful definition of place. Topics covered include: Social Inequalities, Historical Definitions of Place, Biology and Place, Rural vs. Urban Places, Racialization of a Place, Migration, Sacred Places, Technological Innovations An understanding of place is essential for health care professionals, as interventions often do not have the same effects in the clinic as they do in varied, naturalistic social settings.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Sociology, Duke University, Durham, USA

    Linda M. Burton

  • Dept. Anthropology, Penn State University, University Park, USA

    Stephen A. Matthews

  • , Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    ManChui Leung

  • Dept. Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    Susan P. Kemp, David T. Takeuchi

About the editors

Linda Burton is a James P. Duke Professor of Sociology and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Duke University.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Communities, Neighborhoods, and Health

  • Book Subtitle: Expanding the Boundaries of Place

  • Editors: Linda M. Burton, Stephen A. Matthews, ManChui Leung, Susan P. Kemp, David T. Takeuchi

  • Series Title: Social Disparities in Health and Health Care

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7482-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-7481-5Published: 03 February 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2797-1Published: 19 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-7482-2Published: 15 February 2011

  • Series ISSN: 2468-6778

  • Series E-ISSN: 2468-6786

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 254

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Medicine/Public Health, general, Social Policy

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