TY - BOOK
T1 - Social networks and health inequalities
T2 - A new perspective for research
AU - Klärner, Andreas
AU - Gamper, Markus
AU - Keim-Klärner, Sylvia
AU - Moor, Irene
AU - von der Lippe, Holger
AU - Richter, Matthias
AU - Vonneilich, Nico
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/6/21
Y1 - 2022/6/21
N2 - 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 thisbook 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.
AB - 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 thisbook 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.
KW - Health inequalities
KW - Health psychology
KW - Health sociology
KW - Open access
KW - Social capital
KW - Social determinants of Health
KW - Social inequalities in Health
KW - Social network Analysis
KW - Social networks
KW - Social status
KW - Social support
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85206279963&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-97722-1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-97722-1
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:85206279963
SN - 9783030977214
BT - Social networks and health inequalities
PB - Springer International Publishing
ER -