Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health

by Sandro Galea

Book Overview

This book explores social factors such as culture, mass media, political systems, and migration that influence public health while systematically considering how we may best study these factors and use our knowledge from this study to guide public health interventions. Throughout, contributors emphasize the potential of population strategies to influence traditional risk factors associated with health and disease. Each section ends with Galea's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144192423X
• ISBN13: 9781441924230
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"