Social Capital as a Health Resource in Later Life: The Relevance of Context

This book examines the social aspects of healthy ageing for older individuals. It features more than 15 papers that explore the relevance of the social environment for health on the micro, meso, and macro level. Overall, the book applies a comprehensive contextual approach that includes discussion o...

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Những tác giả chính: Nyqvist, Fredrica, Forsman, Anna K
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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-589272023-11-11T06:24:48Z Social Capital as a Health Resource in Later Life: The Relevance of Context Nyqvist, Fredrica Forsman, Anna K Geriatrics Research Aging This book examines the social aspects of healthy ageing for older individuals. It features more than 15 papers that explore the relevance of the social environment for health on the micro, meso, and macro level. Overall, the book applies a comprehensive contextual approach that includes discussion of how family and friends, neighborhoods, nations, and welfare regimes influence health. The book first explores the issue on the individual level. It looks at the importance of social capital for health among older people, examines types of social networks and health among older Americans, as well as discusses dynamic social capital and mental health in late life. Next, the book looks at the issue through a neighborhood and societal context, which takes into account day-to-day interaction in the immediate environment as well as the social, health, and economic policies in place in different regions in the world, including America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. 2015-10-21T02:03:28Z 2015-10-21T02:03:28Z 2015 Book 978-94-017-9615-6 978-94-017-9614-9 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/58927 en application/pdf Springer
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topic Geriatrics
Research
Aging
spellingShingle Geriatrics
Research
Aging
Nyqvist, Fredrica
Forsman, Anna K
Social Capital as a Health Resource in Later Life: The Relevance of Context
description This book examines the social aspects of healthy ageing for older individuals. It features more than 15 papers that explore the relevance of the social environment for health on the micro, meso, and macro level. Overall, the book applies a comprehensive contextual approach that includes discussion of how family and friends, neighborhoods, nations, and welfare regimes influence health. The book first explores the issue on the individual level. It looks at the importance of social capital for health among older people, examines types of social networks and health among older Americans, as well as discusses dynamic social capital and mental health in late life. Next, the book looks at the issue through a neighborhood and societal context, which takes into account day-to-day interaction in the immediate environment as well as the social, health, and economic policies in place in different regions in the world, including America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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title Social Capital as a Health Resource in Later Life: The Relevance of Context
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