EAN: 9783030977245

SOCIAL NETWORKS AND HEALTH INEQUALITIES KARTONI...

This open access book applies insights from the network perspective in health research to
explain the reproduction of health inequalities. It discusses the extant literature in this
field that strongly correlates differences in social status with health behaviours and outcomes
and add to this literature by providing a coherent theoretical explanation for the causes of
these health inequalities. It also shows that much research is needed on the precise factors
and the social and socio-psychological mechanisms that are at play in creating and cementing
social inequalities in health behaviours. While social support and social relations have
received considerable attention within social and behavioural science research on health
inequalities  this book considers the whole network of interpersonal relations  structures and
influence mechanisms. This is the perspective of the social network analytical approach which
has recently gained much attention in health research. The chapters of this book cover
state-of-the-art research  open research questions  and perspectives for future research. The
book provides network analyses on health inequalities from the perspective of sociology 
psychology  and public health and is of interest to a wide range of scholars  students and
practitioners trying to understand how health inequalities are reproduced across generations.

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